The emotional stress that causes chest pains and breathlessness can occur in moments of joy as well as anger, grief and fear, a Swiss study suggests.

More than 131,000 migrants and refugees reach Europe via the Mediterranean this year, more than the total number in the first half of 2015, the United Nations says.

Macedonian police fired tear gas at hundreds of Iraqi and Syrian migrants who tried to break through the country's border fence with

Swiss voters yesterday rejected a proposal to automatically deport foreign criminals for even minor offences, according to referendum results showing a majority of cantons opposed.

France has detected its first sexually transmitted case of Zika in a woman whose partner had traveled to Brazil, the epicentre of an outbreak of the virus, a senior health official says.

More needs to be done to combat "loopholes and deficiencies" in the world financial system as part of the fight against terrorism,

More than 5,000 people were stranded at the Idomeni camp on Greece's northern border with Macedonia yesterday after four Balkan

EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos yesterday warned that failure to make progress with Turkey at a March summit on

European lawmakers yesterday called for an EU arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over its military campaign in conflict-torn Yemen which has caused "thousands of deaths."

London Mayor Boris Johnson yesterday said he backed leaving the European Union, dealing a blow to Prime Minister David Cameron by giving the "out" campaign a de facto leader who is one of the most charismatic politicians in British politics.

Italy was in mourning yesterday following the death of Umberto Eco, the intellectual and literary giant who wrote "The Name of the Rose"

Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday called a June 23 referendum on membership of the European Union as he sought to rally his

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blames Kurdish militants in Turkey and Syrian Kurdish fighters for the Ankara bombing targeting military vehicles that killed 28, confirming the bomber was a Syrian national.

At least 28 people are killed and 61 wounded Wednesday by a car bomb targeting the Turkish military in the heart of the capital Ankara, the latest in a string of attacks to shake the country.

Austria yesterday announced a daily limit for the number of asylum requests as eastern EU members set a mid-March deadline for a German-backed plan on Turkey sealing its borders to migrants to bear fruit.

Turkey will not allow the northern Syrian town of Azaz to fall into the hands of a Kurdish militia and its fighters will face the "harshest reaction" if they approach it again, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday.

More major attacks in Europe are a "certainty", French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told an audience at the Munich Security Conference yesterday.

Russia yesterday said a ceasefire deal for Syria agreed by major powers was more likely to fail than succeed, as Syrian government forces backed by further Russian air strikes gained more ground against rebels near Aleppo.

Twelve men who sexually exploited a vulnerable teenage girl in West Yorkshire have received jail sentences of up to 20 years.

A French general has testified for the first time in a probe into the role of French forces during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, sources close to the case said