Catalan parliament meets

Catalan lawmakers yesterday elected a separatist as parliamentary speaker, the first stage of a plan by pro-
17 January 2018

Romania looks for third PM in seven months

Romania's ruling Social Democrats yesterday met to nominate a new prime minister after power struggles within the party forced out the
16 January 2018

Turkey denounces US terror army plan in Syria

Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan yesterday threatened to "strangle" a planned 30,000-strong US-backed force in Syria "before it's even born,"
15 January 2018

World is one step away from nuke war: Pope

Pope Francis said yesterday he was really afraid about the danger of nuclear war and that the world now stood at "the very limit". His
15 January 2018

Brexit vote may be reversed: Farage

Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said yesterday he was increasingly concerned that a vote for Britain to leave the
14 January 2018

Germany's SPD at odds over coalition plan

Leading members of Germany's Social Democrats yesterday voiced scepticism over a preliminary coalition agreement
14 January 2018

Salmonella baby milk affects 83 countries

The chief executive of France's Lactalis group yesterday vowed compensation for victims of salmonella-tainted baby
14 January 2018

People evacuated from PNG island after volcano explodes

About 1,500 people are being evacuated from an island off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) after a
14 January 2018

UK blames protests

The British government blamed the threat of mass protests for President Donald Trump's decision Friday to cancel a visit to London to
13 January 2018

Merkel risks leading weak coalition

Germany's veteran chancellor Angela Merkel, often called the world's most powerful woman, will embark on a fourth term with
13 January 2018

Zeman leads in Czech polls

Incumbent east-looking Milos Zeman led the first round of the Czech Republic's presidential election yesterday by a wide margin but
13 January 2018

Turkey issues tit-for-tat travel warning for US

Turkey yesterday issued a travel warning urging its citizens to reconsider their travel plans to the United States, citing the risk of terror
12 January 2018

Trump cancels Feb visit to London

US President Donald Trump cancelled a trip to London scheduled for next month to open a new embassy, saying he did not want to
12 January 2018

Merkel strikes deal with social democrat rivals

Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday struck a deal with Social Democrat (SPD) rivals to open government coalition talks, easing months
12 January 2018

French police recover some jewels

French police have recovered some of the millions in jewels looted from the Ritz hotel in Paris, a police source told AFP yesterday, as
11 January 2018

Farage open to 2nd Brexit referendum

Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage yesterday said he was warming to the idea of holding a second referendum on Britain's membership of
11 January 2018

Russian 'werewolf' policeman on trial for 59 murders

A Russian ex-policeman convicted of killing 22 women went on trial yesterday for a further 59 murders, in a case that could make him
10 January 2018

Turkey urges Russia, Iran to stop offensive on Idlib

Turkey yesterday called on Russia and Iran, the two chief allies of President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, to halt an air offensive on the rebel-held Idlib province near the Turkish border.
10 January 2018

Migration to dominate southern EU meet

The heads of seven southern European states were set to gather in Rome yesterday to tackle one of the most stubborn thorns in the
10 January 2018

Donald Trump awarded for undermining press freedom: CPJ

United States President Donald Trump among other top world leaders was awarded for “his overall achievement in undermining press freedom”, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says.
9 January 2018