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

RUSSIAN METRO BLAST: St Petersburg train driver hailed as hero

Alexander Kaverin, the driver of the Saint Petersburg metro train hit by a deadly explosion, has become an unlikely hero in a tragedy
4 April 2017

Russian metro bomb suspect a Muslim born in central Asia: Investigators

A Russian suicide bomber originally from mainly Muslim Kyrgyzstan detonated the explosives in a St Petersburg train carriage that killed 14 people and wounded 50, authorities say.
4 April 2017

Five charged for 'hate crime' in London

British police said yesterday they had charged five people over a suspected hate crime attack on a 17-year-old Kurdish
3 April 2017

UK minister voices support for Gibraltar

Brexit minister David Davis voiced Britain's "steadfast" support for Gibraltar in talks with Spain's foreign minister in
3 April 2017

Serbia elects PM Vucic as president

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday congratulated Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on his "convincing"
3 April 2017

Police detain dozens in Moscow

Police said they detained 29 opposition protesters in central Moscow yesterday, a week after hundreds of others
2 April 2017

May tries to reassure Gibraltar in exit process

British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday insisted that she would "never" allow Gibraltar to slip from British
2 April 2017

UK's nuclear stations, airports on terror alert

Britain's nuclear power stations and airports have been instructed to "remain resilient" against potential terrorist
2 April 2017

Venezuela drops bid to strip congress of power

Venezuela's Supreme Court yesterday abandoned measures to seize power from the opposition-controlled
1 April 2017

Dylan to receive Nobel prize in Stockholm

Music icon Bob Dylan will finally receive his Nobel Literature Prize this weekend at a meeting with the Swedish Academy
29 March 2017

146 feared missing

About 146 migrants are feared missing after their boat capsized after leaving Libya, according to a Gambian man
29 March 2017

Ex-PM endorses Macron

France's former prime minister Manuel Valls endorsed the presidential bid of centrist Emmanuel Macron yesterday,
29 March 2017

BREXIT: KEY THINGS UK NEEDS TO DO

Immigration was a key issue in the Brexit debate. After the UK withdraws from the union, a system to allow its
29 March 2017

Turkey 'spied' on opponents in Germany

German prosecutors announced an investigation yesterday into claims that Turkish agents are spying on alleged followers of
28 March 2017

'Punishing' Britain will hurt EU too

The mayor of London yesterday warned the European Union against punishing Britain in Brexit negotiations, saying
28 March 2017

Fury as Chinese man shot dead in Paris

China yesterday urged France to protect its citizens in Paris after police there killed a Chinese father of four,
28 March 2017

300 killed since last month

Over 300 civilians have been killed since last month in an offensive against the Islamic State group in western Mosul,
28 March 2017

Navalny ordered jailed for 15 days after protest

A Russian court yesterday sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to 15 days behind bars after ruling he had resisted
27 March 2017

UN to kick off talks on nuke arms ban

More than 100 countries are set to launch the first UN talks on a global nuclear weapons ban yesterdayover objections
27 March 2017

Erdogan: Turkey could end EU membership bid now

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey could hold another referendum on whether to continue
27 March 2017