El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
22 August 2026
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Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
21 August 2026
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Europe
UK PM urges ‘reflection’ after death of Cambridge professor
16 August 2026
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Europe
UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
15 August 2026
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Europe
Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
15 August 2026
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Europe
Europe Heatwave: More than 135m in Europe face 35°C plus
13 August 2026
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Europe
Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
11 August 2026
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Europe
Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
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Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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Europe
Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave after 49,000 cross in a day
31 July 2026
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Europe
Iran would resist US plot
German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday pushed back against Washington's rejection of the Iran nuclear deal, saying the accord
16 May 2018
Auschwitz trial files get Unesco nod
Documents from the post-war Auschwitz trial have been classed part of the Unesco "Memory of the World Register", underlining their
16 May 2018
Scotland rejects UK's Brexit bill
The Scottish Parliament yesterday formally rejected legislation for taking Britain out of the EU, in an unprecedented move that sets the
15 May 2018
Markle's father won't attend royal wedding
Meghan Markle's father will not attend her wedding to Prince Harry this weekend, US media reported Monday, as Kensington Palace
15 May 2018
240,000 infant girls die yearly: study
Almost a quarter-of-a-million girls younger than five die in India every year due to neglect resulting from society's preference for sons, a
15 May 2018
Torra appointed new leader of Catalonia
Quim Torra, a newcomer to politics who has campaigned fiercely for Catalonia's independence, was appointed regional president
14 May 2018
Iran seeks assurances
Iran's foreign minister said on a visit to Moscow yesterday he was seeking "assurances" from the backers of the country's nuclear deal
14 May 2018
WHAT WE KNOW
An attacker crying "Allahu akbar" killed one person and wounded four others on the streets of Paris Saturday evening before being
13 May 2018
Putin, Merkel back Iran deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken with Germany's Angela Merkel and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a bid to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive after the US decision to withdraw, the Kremlin said yesterday.
11 May 2018
Turkey coup: 252 life sentences each!
Turkish prosecutors yesterday demanded that former generals suspected of being the ringleaders of a failed 2016 coup be handed 252
9 May 2018
Split in UK govt surfaces again
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson yesterday dismissed as "crazy" a government proposal for customs arrangements with the EU after
8 May 2018
Another Brexit defeat for UK PM
Britain's upper house of parliament yesterday inflicted a new defeat on Prime Minister Theresa May's government yesterday, challenging her decision
8 May 2018
Don't ditch Iran deal
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has appealed to US President Donald Trump not to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement,
7 May 2018
PUTIN'S CHALLENGES: A look at what could happen after his fourth term ends in 2024
Without constitutional reform, Putin will not be able to run for a fifth time -- Russian law forbids serving more than two consecutive
7 May 2018
Putin sworn in for another 6yrs in office
Vladimir Putin swears in for another six years as Russian president, buoyed by popular support but weighed down too by a costly confrontation with the West, a fragile economy and uncertainty about what happens when his term ends.
7 May 2018
Russia braces for Putin 4.0
Vladimir Putin will be inaugurated today for his fourth Kremlin term under the shadow of hugely strained ties with the West and a
6 May 2018
Russia sees closer Iran ties if US exits
Russia will stand by the Iran nuclear deal and develop closer ties with Iran if US President Donald Trump withdraws from the agreement on May 12, a senior Russian official said yesterday.
4 May 2018
UK PM party fares well in local polls
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party fared better than expected in local elections in England, results yesterday
4 May 2018
Test for May as local polls open in England
Voters in England went to the polls yesterday to choose local councillors in the first electoral test for Prime Minister Theresa May since she lost her parliamentary majority last year.
3 May 2018
109 held in France over May Day chaos
France's interior minister yesterday promised to boost security at protests after hooded youths ran amok at a May Day rally in Paris,
2 May 2018