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
Putin says he will seek new term in 2018
President Vladimir Putin yesterday announced that he would seek re-election in March 2018, a contest opinion polls
6 December 2017
Countries pledge $857m to help world's refugees: UN
The United Nations said Tuesday that it had received pledges amounting to $857 million (726 million euros) to fund
6 December 2017
Bangladeshi-British man held over ‘plot to kill PM May’
A 20-year-old Bangladeshi-British man appears in London court accused of plotting to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street office.
6 December 2017
Austria SC allows same-sex marriage
Austria's top court has ruled that same-sex couples can marry from 2019 at the latest, bringing the often conservative
5 December 2017
Call grows for soft Brexit
Hours after a Brexit deal collapsed, British Prime Minister Theresa May came under pressure yesterday from opposition parties and even some allies to soften the EU divorce by keeping Britain in the single market and customs union after Brexit.
5 December 2017
Spain drops int warrant for ex-leader
Spain has withdrawn a European arrest warrant for Catalonia's sacked leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his
5 December 2017
Ayman, Zaiba win The Queen’s Young Leaders 2018 award
For their exceptional achievements in transforming lives, Ayman Sadiq and Zaiba Tahyya of Bangladesh have won The Queen’s Young Leaders 2018 award.
5 December 2017
Merkel's coalition woes pile up
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's struggling bid to form a government was hit by a new setback yesterday as her key
4 December 2017
Malta arrests ten over blogger murder
Maltese police have arrested 10 suspects in the murder of anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia, the
4 December 2017
Judge refuses to free four Catalan leaders
Catalonia's sacked vice president Oriol Junqueras and three other separatist leaders will remain in prison during a
4 December 2017
Britain and EU close in on Brexit deal after deadlock
British Prime Minister Theresa May closed in on a divorce deal with European Union chiefs yesterday with last-minute
4 December 2017
Key meeting for May as Brexit talks enter decisive phase
Theresa May hopes to break the Brexit talks deadlock with a new offer on divorce settlements at a crunch meeting with EU officials, as some of her party members urge her to walk away unless there is progress.
4 December 2017
Merkel in key talks with SDP's Schulz
Chancellor Angela Merkel was scheduled to hold first talks with Social Democrat chief Martin Schulz yesterday hoping to end Germany's political stalemate, but the atmosphere is poisoned by disobedience within her ranks.
30 November 2017
Chaos hits UN war crimes court
The UN war crimes court for former Yugoslavia descended into chaos during it last judgement yesterday when a
29 November 2017
Yahoo hacking suspect pleads guilty in US
Karim Baratov, a Canadian accused by US of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a
29 November 2017
'99pc being removed'
Facebook yesterday said that it was removing 99 percent of content related to militant groups Islamic State and al
29 November 2017
EU hopes deal on divorce bill next week
The EU's Brexit negotiator yesterday denied reports that Britain and the bloc have a deal on the UK's final divorce bill,
29 November 2017
'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz', 96, fit to go to jail
A German court ruled yesterday that a 96-year-old German known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" was fit to go to
29 November 2017
Russian strikes kill 53 civilians in Deir Ezzor
At least 53 civilians, including 21 children, perished early Sunday morning when Russian air strikes hit "residential
27 November 2017
UN aid workers return to Yemen after weeks
Humanitarian aid workers arrived in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa yesterday, after a nearly three week blockade by the
25 November 2017