UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
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Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
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Europe Heatwave: More than 135m in Europe face 35°C plus
13 August 2026
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Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
11 August 2026
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Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
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Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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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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Tunisia gets new PM
Tunisia's new Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, 40, and members of his cabinet were sworn in yesterday, the presidency said, after approval
27 August 2016
Turkey allows cops to wear headscarf
Turkey has for the first time allowed policewomen to wear the Islamic headscarf as part of their uniform, according to a
27 August 2016
Turkey arrests three former diplomats
A Turkish court yesterday placed under arrest three former top diplomats, including an advisor to ex-president
27 August 2016
May to trigger 'Brexit' bypassing parliament
Prime Minister Theresa May wants to trigger Britain's withdrawal from the European Union without a vote in parliament beforehand, a
27 August 2016
Turkey ratchets up offensive
Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in north Syria yesterday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive
27 August 2016
Italy weeps for quake victims
Italy held a tear-drenched funeral yesterday for dozens of its earthquake victims as the country observed a day of
27 August 2016
Bolivian deputy minister killed by miners
Bolivian miners kidnapped, tortured and beat to death a deputy minister who tried to negotiate with protesting
26 August 2016
Italy to mourn its dead
Italy yesterday declared a day of mourning for victims of a devastating earthquake as hopes of finding any more
26 August 2016
Top French court suspends 'burkini' ban
France's highest administrative court suspends a ban on full-body burkini swimsuits that has outraged Muslims and opened divisions within the government, pending a definitive ruling.
26 August 2016
Russia launches war games
Russia yesterday launched large-scale snap military drills, putting its troops on full combat readiness in districts
25 August 2016
UK MPs say Facebook, Twitter failing on extremist content
Facebook, Twitter and Google are not doing enough to prevent their social networks from being used by extremists for a recruitment drive, a panel of British MPs said Thursday.
25 August 2016
UN pull-out threat a 'joke': Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte has said his threat to pull the Philippines out of the United Nations for criticising his war on
24 August 2016
'Economic warfare'
French naval contractor DCNS yesterday said it may have been the victim of "economic warfare" after secrets about
24 August 2016
Three held in France for planning attacks
Seven people with links to terrorist networks, at least three of whom were planning attacks, have been arrested in France this
23 August 2016
Voting begins in Labour leader contest in UK
Voting started yesterday to decide if veteran leftist Jeremy Corbyn will remain leader of Britain's Labour party, with an ill-tempered campaign deepening divisions that threaten the party's future.
22 August 2016
Sadiq Khan calls on party to ditch Corbyn
London's Labour mayor Sadiq Khan yesterday urged party members to unseat boss Jeremy Corbyn in the upcoming leadership election,
21 August 2016
'IS child bomber' kills at least 51 at Turkey wedding
A suicide bomber as young as 12 killed at least 51 people at a wedding in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says, pointing the finger at the Islamic State group.
21 August 2016
German minister calls for burka curbs
Germany's interior minister yesterday proposed partially banning the full-face burqa Islamic veil, as a debate on
19 August 2016
Aussie PM defends giving AU$5 to homeless man
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he is sorry if people thought he shouldn't have given money to a man
19 August 2016
Dozens of Turkish academics held
Turkey yesterday detained dozens of academics suspected of backing Fethullah Gulen, the alleged mastermind of
19 August 2016