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
French police recover some jewels
French police have recovered some of the millions in jewels looted from the Ritz hotel in Paris, a police source told AFP yesterday, as
11 January 2018
Farage open to 2nd Brexit referendum
Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage yesterday said he was warming to the idea of holding a second referendum on Britain's membership of
11 January 2018
Russian 'werewolf' policeman on trial for 59 murders
A Russian ex-policeman convicted of killing 22 women went on trial yesterday for a further 59 murders, in a case that could make him
10 January 2018
Turkey urges Russia, Iran to stop offensive on Idlib
Turkey yesterday called on Russia and Iran, the two chief allies of President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, to halt an air offensive on the rebel-held Idlib province near the Turkish border.
10 January 2018
Migration to dominate southern EU meet
The heads of seven southern European states were set to gather in Rome yesterday to tackle one of the most stubborn thorns in the
10 January 2018
Donald Trump awarded for undermining press freedom: CPJ
United States President Donald Trump among other top world leaders was awarded for “his overall achievement in undermining press freedom”, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says.
9 January 2018
British PM appoints new party chairman
Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday named immigration minister Brandon Lewis chairman of her Conservative Party
8 January 2018
BBC China editor quits in equal pay protest
BBC journalist Carrie Gracie announced yesterday that she had quit her post as China editor in protest at an
8 January 2018
Hundreds evacuated as PNG volcano erupts
Some 600 residents on a tiny island off Papua New Guinea have been evacuated after a volcano previously believed to be dormant erupted and
7 January 2018
Merkel courts SPD in bid to end political impasse
Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday voiced optimism as she opened talks with Germany's second biggest party on
7 January 2018
British PM to change govt ministers soon
British Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday she would announce changes to her ministerial team soon, with
7 January 2018
Vicar slaps fine on brides running late
Fed up with repeated delays to wedding services because of brides arriving late, an English vicar is imposing £100 fines for a delay of
6 January 2018
'No chance for progress'
French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Friday that Turkey should renounce its ambition of joining the EU and settle instead for
6 January 2018
Merkel starts over with coalition talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, weakened by an election setback in September, launches a second bid to build a coalition government
5 January 2018
Court refuses to free jailed Catalan ex-VP
Spain's Supreme Court yesterday decided not to release former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras, jailed while he is investigated for
5 January 2018
Quarter of land will be drier under 2C warming: study
More than a quarter of Earth's land surface will become "significantly" drier even if humanity manages to limit global warming to two
4 January 2018
Macron plans law to fight fake news
President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday he would overhaul French media legislation this year to fight the spread of
4 January 2018
Turkey fury over US move
Turkey yesterday condemned the US conviction of a Turkish banker for evading Iran sanctions as unprecedented meddling in its
4 January 2018
Russian jets kill 30 civilians in Syria
At least 30 civilians were killed early yesterday when jets dropped bombs on a residential area in a besieged rebel enclave east of
4 January 2018
Two dead as Russian copter crashes in Syria
A Russian helicopter crashed in Syria on New Year's Eve killing both pilots following a technical fault, Moscow's defence
3 January 2018