Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
11 August 2026
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Europe
Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
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World
Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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Europe
Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave after 49,000 cross in a day
31 July 2026
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Europe
UK PM pledges to tackle elderly care crisis
30 July 2026
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Europe
Two dead after plane crashes onto German house’s roof
27 July 2026
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Europe
UK PM vows to put ‘Britain’s interest first’ in Trump ties
27 July 2026
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Europe
Spain fights to ‘save lives’ as wildfires rage near Madrid
26 July 2026
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Europe
Rome to offer free movies for heat-relief
24 July 2026
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Europe
France records 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
23 July 2026
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Europe
Russia destroys last chemical weapons
President Vladimir Putin yesterday announced that Russia would destroy its last chemical weapons, hailing the move
27 September 2017
Tens of thousands evacuated from Ukraine arms depot 'sabotage' blasts
Ukrainian authorities has evacuated more than 30,000 people from the central Vinnytsia region after a huge arms depot storing missiles caught fire and exploded in what prosecutors say is a possible act of "sabotage".
27 September 2017
BBC launches new Korean service
The BBC yesterday launched a new Korean language radio and online service that will be available to listeners in North
26 September 2017
Few options for Merkel
Chancellor Angela Merkel got down to work yesterday in the fractured political landscape left by Germany's
26 September 2017
Military plane crashes killing pilot in Italy air show
A military plane of the Italian Air Force crashes while taking part in an air show in central Italy, killing the pilot on board.
26 September 2017
Australia to create nat'l space agency
Australia yesterday committed to creating a national space agency as it looks to cash in on the lucrative and fast-evolving
25 September 2017
Trump wants to fix Gulf crisis with dialogue
Qatar's foreign minister said yesterday that US President Donald Trump was stepping up efforts for a diplomatic
25 September 2017
Russia violating int'l law in Crimea: UN
The UN human rights office said in a report yesterday that Russia is violating international law in Crimea, including by
25 September 2017
'Clear Buddhist terror'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday accused the security forces in Myanmar of waging a "Buddhist
25 September 2017
Hopes fade in Mexico quake rescue ops
Hopes of finding more survivors after Mexico City's devastating quake dwindled to virtually nothing yesterday, five
24 September 2017
Russian strikes kill 45 Syrian rebels: monitor
Russian air strikes have killed 45 members of a rebel group in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, the Syrian
24 September 2017
Six injured in suspected acid attack in London
A suspected acid attack in east London injured six people, police said yesterday adding that they had arrested a 15-
24 September 2017
New quake sows panic in Mexico City
A strong 6.2 magnitude quake shook Mexico yesterday, causing panic in traumatized Mexico City, where rescuers
23 September 2017
Teenager charged over London train attack
British police yesterday said they had charged an 18-year-old man with attempted murder following last week's bombing of a London
22 September 2017
May proposes two-year Brexit transition deal
Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday outlined plans for a transition period of around two years after Brexit during which Britain would
22 September 2017
21 killed as boat sinks off Turkey
Twenty-one people drowned and up to 15 more were missing yesterday after a fishing boat carrying migrants sank off Turkey's Black Sea
22 September 2017
Spain using goats to prevent forest fires
Spain has taken a very unusual step this time to prevent its forests from catching fire. Much of Europe was scorched this summer, with numerous forest fires breaking out and in Spain goats and sheep are helping to fight the blazes - one nibble at a time, Business Insider UK.
22 September 2017
Spanish crackdown dealt a blow: VP
Catalonia's vice-president yesterday admitted that plans to hold an outlawed independence referendum had been dealt a major blow by a
21 September 2017
Merkel's party dips in poll before vote
Angela Merkel's conservatives dropped one percentage point in a poll released yesterday, three days before a German election in which
21 September 2017
Erdogan to meet Putin on Syria peace plan
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he will meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin next week to discuss a plan agreed
21 September 2017