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

'Italy extradited wrong man from Sudan'

Eritreans in Sudan yesterday said that a man extradited to Italy and accused of being a kingpin in an international people-
9 June 2016

UK extends registration deadline

Britain will extend the voter registration period for its June 23 referendum on EU membership by 48 hours after a late surge in
8 June 2016

Brexit camp moves ahead in polls

Brexit backers moved into a lead in the polls yesterday for the first time in weeks, putting pressure on the pound and raising
6 June 2016

Briton Leslie Binns abandons Everest peak to save fellow climber

A British ex-serviceman abandons his Mount Everest climb some 500m from the summit to save a fellow mountaineer.
4 June 2016

Hundreds rescued as migrant boat sinks in the Mediterranean Sea

About 340 migrants are rescued and four bodies are pulled from the sea after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, Greek officials say. Others are thought to be missing from the boat which was found in international waters, 75 nautical miles south of the Greek island of Crete.
3 June 2016

Armenian massacres 'genocide': Germany

Turkey yesterday recalled its envoy to Germany and threatened consequences, in a furious reaction over the Bundestag's decision to
2 June 2016

Floods cause havoc in France, Germany

At least nine people ith lightning strikes which left several children in Paris and have been killed in floods that have wreaked havoc in
2 June 2016

Britain, France pressure UN over Syria aid drops

Humanitarian aid drops to besieged areas in Syria are not imminent and need regime approval, the United Nations said yesterday,
2 June 2016

Gotthard tunnel: World's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens in Switzerland

The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel has officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work. The 57km (35-mile) twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel will provide a high-speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe.
2 June 2016

Turkey's Erdogan warns Muslims against birth control

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Muslims to reject contraception and have more children.
31 May 2016

Elderly home fire kills 17 in Ukraine

Seventeen people died when an unlicenced home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of yesterday.
29 May 2016

European migrant crisis: Weekly boat rescues reach 13,000

The rescue of more than 600 migrants off Libya by a flotilla of EU ships takes the weekly total to at least 13,000, Italian authorities say.
29 May 2016

SWIFT to unveil new security plan after BB heist

The SWIFT secure messaging service that underpins international banking says it is planning to launch a new security programme as it fights to rebuild its reputation in the wake of the Bangladesh Bank heist.
24 May 2016

Greece begins moving migrants from Idomeni camp

Greece begins evacuating thousands of stranded migrants from the makeshift Idomeni camp on its northern border with Macedonia.
24 May 2016

David Cameron buys £1,500 used car for wife Samantha

Prime Minister David Cameron has bought a £1,500 used car as a "cheap run-around" for his wife, according to the salesman he bought it from.
24 May 2016

Dead German pensioner may have been Frankfurt serial killer

A pensioner who died in 2014 could have been behind a spate of sadistic killings in the 1970s and 1990s, German investigators say.
20 May 2016

Are martial arts clubs adding punch to the jihadist cause?

Combat sports are booming around the world but in France increasingly draw the attention of intelligence services hunting potential jihadists.
19 May 2016

French police protest 'anti-cop hatred'

Police across France were to demonstrate yesterday against the "anti-cop hatred" they say they have endured during a wave of
18 May 2016

We used to have one Gaddafi, now we have fifty: Pope

Pope Francis criticised Western powers for trying to export their own brand of democracy to countries such as Iraq and Libya without respecting indigenous political cultures, according to an interview published on Monday.
17 May 2016

No breakthrough in talks

World and regional powers working to end the Syrian conflict vowed to bolster the country's shaky ceasefire yesterday but failed to set a new date for peace talks.
17 May 2016