Half of world’s soils are in poor condition: UN
28 August 2026
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Europe
El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
22 August 2026
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Europe
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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World
Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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Europe
No regrets over bold move
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has no regrets about her 2015 decision to open the country's borders to
27 August 2017
UK warns EU not to 'drag its feet' on Brexit
The European Union should not "drag its feet" in negotiating Brexit, a British government source said yesterday
27 August 2017
Police probing terror acts
Police in Belgium and Britain were yesterday investigating two attempted knife attacks on security forces by assailants who allegedly
26 August 2017
Dutch 'foil terror attack'
Dutch police yesterday stepped up a probe into a planned terror attack against a Rotterdam concert by a US rock band, having
24 August 2017
Eight missing after landslide in Swiss Alps
Eight hikers are missing after a massive landslide swept away an entire mountainside in the Swiss Alps, ripping apart buildings and
24 August 2017
Russian ambassador to Sudan found dead
Russia's ambassador to Sudan, veteran diplomat Mirgayas Shirinsky, was found dead in the swimming pool at his Khartoum home on
24 August 2017
UN warns US over alarming racism
A UN committee tasked with combatting racism has issued a formal "early warning" over conditions in the United
23 August 2017
World record for largest samosa
The world record for the largest samosa was smashed in London on Tuesday by a whopping version of the popular
23 August 2017
Austrian football fan jailed for Hitler salute
An Austrian football fan has been given an 18-month prison sentence for a Hitler salute during a match, falling foul of
22 August 2017
Bigger attack was planned
An alleged member of the terror cell that unleashed carnage in Spain last week admitted to a judge yesterday that he
22 August 2017
Vehicle ramming kills one in Marseille
At least one person was killed and another injured in Marseille yesterday when a van crashed into two bus shelters in
21 August 2017
Brigitte Macron to work as unofficial 'first lady'
Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, will represent the country and carry out charity work
21 August 2017
Cops uncover 'bomb factory'
Spanish police yesterday said they had uncovered a cache of 120 gas canisters at a house believed to be the bomb-
20 August 2017
Cowardly, barbaric act
"Revolting", "cowardly", and "barbaric" are some of the words leaders worldwide have used to describe the attack in
18 August 2017
What we know
An explosion in a house late Wednesday in Alcanar, about 200 kilometres south of Barcelona, left one person dead
18 August 2017
Fatal vehicle-ramming attacks in Europe
Major deadly attacks using vehicles since July 2016
18 August 2017
ICC rules jihadist liable for damages
War crimes judges said yesterday that a Malian jihadist was liable for 2.7 million euros in personal damages for destroying Timbuktu's
17 August 2017
Belgium orders trial for Abdeslam
Belgium yesterday ordered Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam to stand trial over a shootout in Brussels last year with Belgian and French
17 August 2017
Turkey places 9 more journos under arrest
A Istanbul court has placed under arrest nine journalists on suspicion of links to the alleged mastermind of the failed 2016 coup, the
17 August 2017
Over 300 migrants rescued off Spanish coast
Over 300 migrants were rescued in seven dinghies off Spain's southern coast after attempting to cross the sea from Morocco, the Spanish maritime rescue service says.
17 August 2017