Portugal weeps as forest fire still rages

More than 1,000 firefighters yesterday continued to battle a giant forest fire that swept through central Portugal at the weekend, killing
19 June 2017, 18:00 PM

79 presumed dead in London fire: police

Seventy-nine people are dead or missing and presumed dead following a devastating blaze in a London tower block, police said
19 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Record number of women elected

France voted a record number of women into parliament, election results showed yesterday, after President Emmanuel Macron's
19 June 2017, 18:00 PM

EU kicks off formal Brexit process

Britain and the European Union began their first formal Brexit negotiations yesterday, under pressure to seal a deal amid disarray in
19 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Attack on shared values

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said an incident in which a man drove a van into worshippers near a London mosque killing one person and
19 June 2017, 18:00 PM

First journos go on trial over Turkey coup bid

Prominent journalists were among 17 people who went on trial in Istanbul yesterday on charges of links to the group allegedly behind
19 June 2017, 18:00 PM

France's Macron wins strong parliamentary majority

President Emmanuel Macron wins a commanding majority in France's parliamentary election, sweeping aside traditional parties and securing a powerful mandate for pro-business reforms.
19 June 2017, 04:58 AM

London attacker screamed 'going to kill all Muslims': Witnesses

Witnesses say the driver of a van that ploughs into worshippers leaving a London mosque, killing at least one person and injuring 10 others was screaming that he would kill all Muslims. British Prime Minister Theresa May says the incident is being treated as a potential terrorist attack.
19 June 2017, 02:58 AM

Russia slams Trump's policy on Cuba

Russia's foreign ministry yesterday said it regretted US President Donald Trump's policy reversal on Cuba, calling it
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM

France elects parliament

Voters turned out in low numbers yesterday in the second round of France's parliamentary election, where President
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Tragedy caused by years of neglect: Sadiq Khan

The Grenfell Tower fire was a "preventable accident" caused by "years of neglect" by the local council and successive
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Big issues loom over Brexit talks

Britain seems to have tacitly accepted the EU's plan for sequenced talks, which will focus first on the terms of
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Macron's party on course for a landslide victory

French President Emmanuel Macron is on course for a landslide victory in parliamentary elections that will complete his overhaul of
17 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Britain left 'sombre' by tower inferno

Queen Elizabeth II said yesterday that Britain had been plunged into a sombre mood after the deadly London tower block inferno, as
17 June 2017, 18:00 PM

One in five children lives in relative poverty

One in five children in rich countries lives in relative poverty, according to a Unicef report published yesterday that put the US and New
15 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Turkey sentences UN war crimes judge

Turkey has sentenced a UN war crimes judge to 7 years and six months in prison on charges of "membership in a terrorist organization",
15 June 2017, 18:00 PM

UK PM eyes deal to prop up minority government

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives have reached a "broad agreement" with the ultra-conservative Democratic Unionist
15 June 2017, 18:00 PM

UN decries 'staggering loss of life' in Raqa

United Nations war crimes investigators yesterday expressed alarm at the "staggering" number of civilian deaths as US-
14 June 2017, 18:00 PM

UN's Zeid warns states to respect rights

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain appear to be violating people's human rights by threatening to jail or fine them
14 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Britain, EU in suspense

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party resumed talks on a deal to prop up her minority government
14 June 2017, 18:00 PM