Police in five European countries yesterday launched a cross-border operation against people smuggling and made several arrests, German authorities said.

France repatriated 35 children and 16 mothers from camps in Syria holding family members of suspected Islamic State fighters yesterday, in the largest such operation by Paris after pressure from campaigners.

Eight of the people missing after the deadly collapse of part of a mountain glacier have been safely located, Italian media reported on Tuesday, bringing some relief for rescue teams searching for survivors.

Germany recorded its first monthly trade deficit since 1991 in May as a result of higher import prices, figures released Monday show.

The chief suspect in a Copenhagen mall shooting was remanded into a psychiatric care facility yesterday, one day after three people, including two teenagers, were shot dead.

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday reshuffled his government looking to reset a second term off to a rocky start after his failure to win a parliamentary majority.

A shooting in a Copenhagen shopping mall which left three people dead and several wounded could not be viewed as an "act of terror" based on current evidence, Danish police said on Monday. A 22-year-old Danish male has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. He will face questioning in front of a judge later on Monday.

Parts of a mountain glacier collapsed in the Italian Alps on Sunday amid record temperatures, local authorities said, killing at least six people and injuring eight.

Turkish customs authorities have detained a Russian cargo ship carrying grain which Ukraine says is stolen, Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey said on Sunday.

Several people were killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and could not rule out it was an "act of terrorism".

The world is still not using one of its most effective weapons against Covid -- properly ventilating public spaces -- more than two years into the pandemic, experts warn. 

World leaders must do more to protect the oceans, a major United Nations conference concluded on Friday, setting its sights on a new treaty to protect the high seas. 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange yesterday filed an appeal against his extradition to the United States, as supporters denounced the British government.

Scottish voters remain divided over independence with those against breaking away from the United Kingdom having “the narrowest of leads” over those in

The sole surviving member of an Islamic State terror cell that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015 was handed a whole-life sentence on Wednesday at

US President Joe Biden says his administration will soon provide another $800 million in security assistance for Ukraine to fight Russia’s invasion.

The European Union approved a plan to end the sale of vehicles with combustion engines by 2035 in Europe, the 27-member bloc announced early yesterday, in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions to zero. 

Scotland’s government on Tuesday drew the battle lines for a historic tussle with London as it announced plans to hold a second independence referendum on October 19, 2023. 

G7 leaders will create a “climate club” by the end of the year to allow willing nations to coordinate and speed up efforts to tackle global warming, they said in a statement yesterday. 

Nasa blasted a nanosatellite barely bigger than a microwave oven into outer space yesterday, part of a landmark mission to return humans to the Moon.