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El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
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22 August 2026 Europe
Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
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21 August 2026 Europe
UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
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15 August 2026 Europe
Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
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15 August 2026 Europe
Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
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11 August 2026 Europe
Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
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10 August 2026 World
Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
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4 August 2026 Europe

UK PM May calls for beefed up terror response after London attack

British Prime Minister Theresa May reacts to an attack that killed seven people in London by saying things cannot continue as they are and that the strategy for dealing with terrorism needs to be reviewed in four ways.
4 June 2017

London attackers kill seven, PM May says ‘enough is enough’

Three attackers drive a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing revelers nearby, killing at least seven people in what Britain says is the work of Islamist militants engaged in a "new trend" of terrorism.
4 June 2017

Gulen links: Turkey detains PM's advisor

Turkish PM Binali Yildirim's chief adviser was detained yesterday over suspected links to the movement of US-based Muslim cleric
3 June 2017

Snowden no 'traitor'

In US director Oliver Stone's edgy new interview series, Russian leader Vladimir Putin says he believes intelligence leaker Edward
2 June 2017

Russia fires cruise missiles in Syria

A Russian warship and submarine have fired cruise missiles at Islamic State group targets around Palmyra in Syria from the
31 May 2017

'Twiplomacy'

Donald Trump may be lighting up Twitter with strange new words and attacks on allies but in the battle for most attention per
31 May 2017

Poll dive hits UK PM's Brexit hopes

British Prime Minister Theresa May was fighting to shore up her general election campaign yesterday after a shock
31 May 2017

Violent storm kills 13 in Moscow area

A violent storm swept through Moscow area Monday, leaving 13 people dead and dozens injured as freak winds toppled hundreds of
30 May 2017

Trump-Merkel row escalates

Relations between the United States and Germany veered further toward crisis on Tuesday as President Donald Trump complained
30 May 2017

Britain's MI5 begins internal probe

Britain's MI5 intelligence service has launched an internal probe into whether vital clues were missed ahead of the Manchester attack, as
29 May 2017

Trump 'weakened' West

Germany yesterday unleashed a volley of criticism against US President Donald Trump, slamming his "short-sighted" policies that have
29 May 2017

Macron hosts Putin

France's President Emmanuel Macron and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin yesterday held their first meeting since the French leader
29 May 2017

US, UK no longer reliable partners, warns Merkel

Europe "must take its fate into its own hands" faced with a western alliance divided by Brexit and Donald Trump's presidency, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday.
28 May 2017

54 dead, 10,000 rescued off Libya coast in 4 days

About 10,000 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya over the previous four days but at least 54 others died, Libyan and Italian officials said Saturday.
28 May 2017

Britain lowers threat level

Britain lowered its security threat level to "severe" on Saturday following significant activity by police investigating the suicide bomb attack on a pop concert in Manchester, Prime Minister Theresa May said.
27 May 2017

Stormy climate at G7 summit

G7 nations yesterday hit deadlock over climate change and strived to finesse divisions over trade, as US President Donald Trump
27 May 2017

Montenegro to join Nato next month

Montenegro will formally become Nato's 29th member in early June, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday, amid bitter Russian
25 May 2017

Net migration to UK falls in 2016

Net migration to Britain fell to its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half-years in 2016, official data showed yesterday, driven in part
25 May 2017

WHAT WE KNOW

Britain has raised its terror alert to the maximum level and ordered troops to protect strategic sites after 22 people were killed in a
25 May 2017

30 killed as boat sinks

At least 30 migrants including young children drowned yesterday when they fell off an overloaded vessel in the Mediterranean, where
24 May 2017