Migrant crisis: More than 10,000 children 'missing'

More than 10,000 migrant children may have disappeared after arriving in Europe over the past two years, the EU's police intelligence unit says.
31 January 2016

Germany tightens asylum rules to curb refugee influx

Germany moved to tighten its asylum laws to slow a record migrant influx as police yesterday said number of attacks on asylum
29 January 2016

Migrant crisis: Germany attacks on asylum hostels soar

Five times more attacks were carried out on migrant hostels in Germany last year than in 2014, German police say.
29 January 2016

Man arrested in Disneyland Paris hotel with 2 handguns

A man carrying two handguns, ammunition and a Quran was arrested yesterday at a hotel in Disneyland Paris, and his girlfriend was also held, police sources said.
28 January 2016

Rescuers watch 31 refugees drown fearing smuggling law

A team of rescue workers watched as at least 31 refugees drowned in the Aegean Sea fearing being charged with people smuggling.
27 January 2016

Heavy rain and gales as storm hits the UK

Heavy rain and strong winds have hit parts of the UK as the "remnants" of the storm that brought severe blizzards to the US arrives in the country.
26 January 2016

UN hints at Syria peace talks delay

The United Nations yesterday said that crucial talks on ending the Syria conflict would likely be delayed by a few days, as a dispute over who will represent the opposition intensified.
21 January 2016

Don't adopt 'cruel' refugee laws

Amnesty International has urged Denmark's parliament to reject proposed changes to the country's laws on refugees that it says would "have a devastating impact on vulnerable people" and may violate international human rights laws.
21 January 2016

France returns head of Hindu statue taken 130 years ago

France returns the head of a Hindu deity's statue from the 7th century more than 130 years after it was taken away in the name of research.
21 January 2016

Study quantifies faulty gene's role in ovary cancer risk

Women who carry an inherited fault in the BRIP1 gene are three times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than those without it, researchers say.
19 January 2016

Muslim women must learn English or be deported

Muslim women who fail to learn English to a high enough standard could face deportation from Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron
18 January 2016

Richest 1% own more than the rest of us: Oxfam

The richest one percent of the world's population now own more than the rest of us combined, aid group Oxfam says, on the eve of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
18 January 2016

Turkey detains 21 academics

Turkish police yesterday detained over a dozen academics who signed a petition criticising the military crackdown in the Kurdish-dominated southeast that
15 January 2016

One in coma after clinical trial in France

A clinical trial of a new drug in France leaves one person brain-dead and another five people in hospital, the health minister says.
15 January 2016

Paris attacks suspects' safe houses identified

Belgian police have identified three safe houses used by key suspects including presumed ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud as they plotted the deadly Paris
13 January 2016

Turkey arrests suspect over Istanbul attack

Turkey yesterday said it had arrested one person in connection with a deadly suicide bombing that ripped through the historic heart of Istanbul, killing 10 tourists, most of them Germans.
13 January 2016

'A waterfall of mercy'

Oscar-winning actor and director Roberto Benigni gave Pope Francis two thumbs up Tuesday, delivering one of his rapid-fire monologues and praising the pope as a fountain of mercy who is "dragging the whole church toward Christianity."
13 January 2016

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall announce engagement

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and actress-model Jerry Hall announce their engagement in the Times.
12 January 2016

Turkey: 'IS suicide bomber' kills 10 in Istanbul Sultanahmet district

A suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) group kills 10 people, at least nine of them German tourists, in a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish city of Istanbul, officials say.
12 January 2016

EU migrant crisis: Germany returns migrants to Austria

Germany sends an increasing number of migrants back to Austria every day since the beginning of the month, Austrian police say.
12 January 2016