Half of world’s soils are in poor condition: UN
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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

Germany's cricket boom poised to hit the silver screen

A boom of interest in cricket in Germany, fuelled by the influx of asylum seekers from Pakistan and Afghanistan, is a tale poised to hit the silver screen.
14 October 2016

Russia completes S-300 missiles delivery to Iran

Russia has completed the delivery of S-300 air defence missile systems to Iran, RIA news agency quoted Russia's
13 October 2016

Russia offers to secure rebels' evacuations

Russia yesterday said it was prepared to secure safe passage for rebels to quit Syria's Aleppo but kept up air strikes
13 October 2016

Trouble brews for UK PM

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon raised the prospect of a second independence referendum being held by 2019 as she
13 October 2016

Bomb threat: German cops evacuate station

German federal police have evacuated and sealed off a train station in the town of Rastatt in south-west Germany after receiving a bomb
11 October 2016

New child bride 'every seven seconds': report

One girl under 15 is married every seven seconds, according to a report by Save the Children released yesterday, with girls as young as 10 married off - often to much older men - in countries including Afghanistan, Yemen, India and Somalia.
11 October 2016

Putin meets Erdogan to normalise ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul yesterday, pushing forward
10 October 2016

World at dangerous point

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned yesterday that the world had reached a "dangerous point" as
10 October 2016

Truck bomb kills 18 in Turkey

Eighteen people were killed yesterday when a van packed with five tonnes of explosives blew up in Turkey's restive southeast in
9 October 2016

Russia detects growing US hostility

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday he had detected increasing US hostility towards Moscow and
9 October 2016

Turkey averted 'huge disaster': officials

Two people suspected of planning a car bomb attack on the Turkish capital Ankara yesterday blew themselves up after being
8 October 2016

EU citizens can stay in UK after Brexit

All EU citizens currently living in Britain will be able to stay after Brexit, a newspaper reported yesterday citing unnamed cabinet
8 October 2016

Attacks foiled in Germany, Turkey

Police yesterday found several hundred grams of "explosive materials" in the east German apartment of a Syrian man suspected of
8 October 2016

East-West tensions 'more dangerous' than Cold War

The mounting tensions between the United States and Russia have created a situation that is "more dangerous" than the Cold War,
8 October 2016

22 troops killed in Niger refugee camp attack

Twenty-two soldiers have been killed in an attack blamed on jihadists against a camp in Niger sheltering Malian
7 October 2016

Europe gets tough with Brexit Britain

Europe's leaders have vowed no compromise on the terms of their divorce with Britain as a free-falling pound
7 October 2016

Russia mulls Vietnam, Cuba military bases

Russia is considering plans to restore military bases in Vietnam and Cuba that had served as pivots of Soviet global
7 October 2016

Moscow building up forces in Syria: report

Russia has built up its forces in Syria since a ceasefire collapsed in late September, sending in troops, planes and advanced missile
7 October 2016

Norway's PM caught playing Pokémon Go in parliament

The Norwegian prime minister has been caught playing Pokémon Go during a debate in Norway's parliament.
6 October 2016

Ten wounded in Istanbul blast

At least 10 people were wounded yesterday when a bomb concealed in a motorbike exploded near a police station on the
6 October 2016