Reeling Italy hit by quake triple-punch

Three earthquakes hit central Italy yesterday in a seismic triple-punch that brought fresh terror to a snowbound mountainous area still
18 January 2017, 18:00 PM

5 killed in shooting at Mexico music festival

A shooting erupted during an electronic music festival at a Mexican beach resort early Monday, leaving five people
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Moscow invites Trump officials

Russia's foreign minister says that Moscow is inviting representatives of the incoming US administration to attend
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM

180 migrants dead

Around 180 people are presumed to have died in the first major migrant boat disaster of 2017 in the Mediterranean,
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Search for MH370 called off

The massive underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was called off yesterday, leaving unsolved
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM

UK set for 'hard' Brexit

Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday unveiled her Brexit blueprint, announcing for the first time that Britain will leave Europe's single market in order to control EU immigration.
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Scores missing as migrant boat sinks

The Italian coastguard said on Saturday nearly a hundred people were missing after a boat with migrants sank off
15 January 2017, 18:00 PM

May to push for 'hard Brexit'

British Prime Minister Theresa May will target a clean divorce from the EU when she sets out her Brexit plans in a
15 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Winter storms batter Europe

A powerful winter storm battered Europe on Friday, knocking power out for 330,000 homes in France, prompting the evacuation of
14 January 2017, 18:18 PM

UK PM given one-month Brexit plan deadline

An influential group of MPs called on Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday to publish by mid-February her plans for leaving the EU,
14 January 2017, 18:16 PM

Winter storm batters Europe, killing 2

A powerful winter storm batters Europe, killing one woman and leaving 330,000 homes without power in France as flights and train services were cancelled and coastal areas put on flood alert.
13 January 2017, 14:51 PM

New UN chief opens crunch talks

UN chief Antonio Guterres yesterday opened a crunch conference aimed at ending decades of division in Cyprus,
12 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Breivik gives Nazi salute in court

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, made a Nazi salute at the opening of an appeal case on
10 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Deep freeze claims six more lives in Poland

Six people died in Poland over a 24-hour period as temperatures plunged across Europe, bringing the toll of hypothermia deaths in the
10 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Cold snap grips Europe

A cold snap gripping Europe has killed 10 more people in Poland, stranded thousands in snow-covered Turkey and brought fresh
9 January 2017, 18:00 PM

UK launches cyber security review

The British government said yesterday it is launching a national inquiry into cyber security to assess the extent to which the UK is
9 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Police seize MH17 crash debris from reporter

Dutch police have taken from a journalist items, including possible human remains, which he found at the crash site of flight MH17 in
8 January 2017, 18:00 PM

France thwarted 24,000 cyber-attacks last year

France says it was the subject of 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets last year.
8 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Turkey to naturalise Syrian, Iraqi migrants

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday announced that some of the millions of Syrian and Iraqis who have fled to Turkey would be
7 January 2017, 18:00 PM

Two migrants freeze to death in Bulgaria

Two Iraqi men were found frozen to death Friday in a mountain forest in southeastern Bulgaria, which has been pounded by blizzards,
7 January 2017, 18:00 PM