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
German police arrest Syrians, Bosnian
German police yesterday arrested two Syrians and a Bosnian for alleged offences in jihadist groups active in war-torn Syria, including
2 March 2017
Brexit delayed
Britain's upper parliamentary house dealt a defeat to Theresa May's government on Wednesday, voting for a change to her Brexit plan
2 March 2017
Le Pen loses EU immunity
The European Parliament yesterday lifted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution over her tweeting of
2 March 2017
EU prods members to take in refugees
The EU yesterday stepped up warnings that countries could be punished if they fail to share the burden of mainly Syrian refugees
2 March 2017
Sweden to bring back conscription: report
Sweden announced yesterday that it will reintroduce compulsory military service starting this summer to respond to global security
2 March 2017
11 killed in Ukraine coal mine blast
At least 11 coal miners were killed yesterday when a methane gas blast tore through a pit in western Ukraine, the head of the coal
2 March 2017
Australia to reshape foreign policy, trade
Australia will call home all of its overseas ambassadors for a meeting, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said yesterday, as it reshapes
1 March 2017
Fillon faces charges in 'fake job' case
French presidential candidate Francois Fillon announced yesterday that judges had summoned him to press charges
1 March 2017
F1: Hamilton's 'beast' pips Vettel in first-day testing
Lewis Hamilton fired a warning to his title rivals on Monday pipping Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel on the opening day of pre-season testing in Barcelona in his "beast" of a Mercedes.
28 February 2017
Migrant rescues off Libya encourage traffickers
The head of EU border agency Frontex yesterday criticised charities that rescue migrants off Libya, arguing that they
27 February 2017
EU expands North Korea sanctions
The European Union imposed additional sanctions on North Korea yesterday over nuclear and ballistic missile tests
27 February 2017
Magistrates to probe Fillon over 'fake jobs'
Francois Fillon, the conservative candidate in France's presidential election, will face a probe by investigating magistrates into claims he
25 February 2017
German secret service spied on global media
Germany's foreign intelligence service BND long spied on journalists of the BBC, The New York Times, Reuters and other media, news
24 February 2017
Turkish diplomats apply for asylum
More than 130 Turkish diplomats, soldiers and their family members have sought refuge in Germany since last July's failed coup,
24 February 2017
Defamation Case: BBC journalist faces five yrs jail in Thailand
A British journalist with the BBC faces up to five years in a Thai jail after a lawyer brought a criminal defamation case against him over
23 February 2017
Germany deports migrants to Kabul
Eighteen Afghans deported from Germany arrived in Kabul yesterday after their asylum pleas were rejected, the third batch to be sent
23 February 2017
Turkey lifts ban on headscarf in army
Turkey will lift a historic ban on female officers wearing the Islamic headscarf in the officially secular country's armed forces, state media
22 February 2017
Life expectancy to break 90 barrier by 2030: study
Average life expectancy will rise in many countries by 2030, breaking through 90 years in some places, and policymakers need to make more efforts to plan for it, according to a large international study.
22 February 2017
Russia's UN envoy Churkin dies at 64
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, who for years fended off Western criticism and defended Moscow's actions in
21 February 2017
Hundreds of migrants rush Spain's border
Over 350 migrants stormed the border between Morocco and Spain at Ceuta yesterday, officials said, days after one of the largest rush of
20 February 2017