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
UK's Prince Philip in hospital
Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been admitted to hospital as a "precautionary measure" for
21 June 2017
Macron allies quit French govt
Two more ministers from the centrist party that helped bring French President Emmanuel Macron to power quit the
21 June 2017
'Could have been much worse'
Belgium yesterday said a Moroccan man carried out a foiled terrorist attack with a nail bomb at a busy Brussels train
21 June 2017
Temps soar in Europe, US
Europe, US sizzled in a heatwave yesterday, with London bracing for Britain's hottest June day since 1976 as Portugal
21 June 2017
May softens tone on Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday promised to listen more closely to businesses' concerns about Britain leaving
21 June 2017
130 feared dead
Nearly 2,000 people are believed to have drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, the UN's refugee agency said yesterday
20 June 2017
Terrorism or an act of violence?
When is terrorism simply a hate crime or an act of violence? Only when it involves Muslims, some have complained.
20 June 2017
UK bows to EU pressure
Britain accepted the European Union's timetable for Brexit talks on Monday, in an apparent climbdown on the first day of formal
20 June 2017
French minister quits over fake jobs claims
French Defence Minister Sylvie Goulard announced her resignation yesterday over a fake jobs scandal that has hit her small centrist
20 June 2017
EU kicks off formal Brexit process
Britain and the European Union began their first formal Brexit negotiations yesterday, under pressure to seal a deal amid disarray in
19 June 2017
Attack on shared values
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said an incident in which a man drove a van into worshippers near a London mosque killing one person and
19 June 2017
First journos go on trial over Turkey coup bid
Prominent journalists were among 17 people who went on trial in Istanbul yesterday on charges of links to the group allegedly behind
19 June 2017
Portugal weeps as forest fire still rages
More than 1,000 firefighters yesterday continued to battle a giant forest fire that swept through central Portugal at the weekend, killing
19 June 2017
79 presumed dead in London fire: police
Seventy-nine people are dead or missing and presumed dead following a devastating blaze in a London tower block, police said
19 June 2017
Record number of women elected
France voted a record number of women into parliament, election results showed yesterday, after President Emmanuel Macron's
19 June 2017
France's Macron wins strong parliamentary majority
President Emmanuel Macron wins a commanding majority in France's parliamentary election, sweeping aside traditional parties and securing a powerful mandate for pro-business reforms.
19 June 2017
London attacker screamed 'going to kill all Muslims': Witnesses
Witnesses say the driver of a van that ploughs into worshippers leaving a London mosque, killing at least one person and injuring 10 others was screaming that he would kill all Muslims. British Prime Minister Theresa May says the incident is being treated as a potential terrorist attack.
19 June 2017
Russia slams Trump's policy on Cuba
Russia's foreign ministry yesterday said it regretted US President Donald Trump's policy reversal on Cuba, calling it
18 June 2017
France elects parliament
Voters turned out in low numbers yesterday in the second round of France's parliamentary election, where President
18 June 2017
Tragedy caused by years of neglect: Sadiq Khan
The Grenfell Tower fire was a "preventable accident" caused by "years of neglect" by the local council and successive
18 June 2017