Half of world’s soils are in poor condition: UN
AFP, Paris
28 August 2026 Europe
El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
AFP, London
22 August 2026 Europe
Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
AFP, Cesenatico
21 August 2026 Europe
UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
AFP, London
15 August 2026 Europe
Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
AFP, Rome
15 August 2026 Europe
Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
AFP, Paris
11 August 2026 Europe
Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
AFP, Kyiv
10 August 2026 World
Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
AFP, Moscow
4 August 2026 Europe

Macron names Philippe as French PM

France's new President Emmanuel Macron named Edouard Philippe, a little-known centre-right mayor, as prime
15 May 2017

Putin points finger at US

Russia had nothing to do with a massive global cyberattack, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday, criticising the
15 May 2017

New French President Emmanuel Macron to name prime minister on first full day in office

New French President Emmanuel Macron is set to name a prime minister and visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first full day in office.
15 May 2017

150 nations, 200,000 victims

The unprecedented global cyberattack has hit more than 200,000 victims in scores of countries, Europol said yesterday, warning that the situation could escalate when people return to work.
14 May 2017

Macron takes power as French president

Emmanuel Macron became France's youngest ever president yesterday, promising at his inauguration to restore the country's lost confidence and pledging to relaunch the flagging European Union.
14 May 2017

Pope makes child shepherds saints

Two young shepherds who had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima, a Portuguese site now a global draw for pilgrims,
13 May 2017

World first 'drone-diving'

A Latvian tech company is claiming a world first after successfully test-flying a super-powered drone which lifted a
12 May 2017

Turkey angered by US move to arm Syrian Kurds

Turkey yesterday slammed as unacceptable a US plan to arm Syrian Kurdish fighters whom Ankara considers
10 May 2017

Nato mulls sending more troops to fight militants

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday that military chiefs wanted a few thousand more troops from
10 May 2017

Germany to make reforms to army

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen yesterday said she would respond to the discovery of far right
10 May 2017

US criticises Russia build-up near Baltics

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said yesterday that a Russian missile deployment near the Baltic states was
10 May 2017

Ex-French PM seeks to join Macron team

Incoming French president Emmanuel Macron was starting to build his centrist government yesterday, with his former Socialist boss jockeying for position in a radically changed political landscape.
9 May 2017

Macron will not seek to 'punish' UK over Brexit

Incoming French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a "tough" line during Brexit negotiations but will not seek to
8 May 2017

11 dead, 200 missing in Mediterranean

Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats sank off the coast of Libya, UN agencies said
8 May 2017

Le Pen looks ahead to parliamentary polls

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen lost her bid to become France's first female head of state but she is unbowed, making
8 May 2017

Third of voters spoiled ballots

A third of French voters declined to choose between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen in
8 May 2017

5 reasons why Macron won French election

France has a new president and election was hugely significant for the European Union, Brexit and business. Here's why Emmanuel Macron wins.
8 May 2017

WWII bombs force mass evacuation in Germany

German police yesterday evacuated some 50,000 people from the northern city of Hanover in one of the largest post-
7 May 2017

Frenchman kidnapped in Chad freed in Sudan

A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks in
7 May 2017

6,000 rescued in Med in two days

Some 6,000 migrants hoping to head to Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in dozens of
7 May 2017