Same-sex partners have EU residence rights

Same-sex partners of European Union (EU) citizens have the right to live in any member state whatever their nationality, the bloc's top court rules today, even in countries that do not recognise gay marriage.
5 June 2018, 11:14 AM

Spanish PM Rajoy to be voted out of office

Spain's centre-right Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is set to be voted out of office on Friday and replaced by a Socialist, in a no-confidence motion triggered by a long-running corruption trial involving members of his party.
1 June 2018, 09:22 AM

Gunman shoots police in Belgium, 4 dead

A gunman kills two police officers and a passer-by on Tuesday before being shot dead in the centre of the Belgian city of Liege, public broadcaster Radio Television Belge Francophone (RTBF) says on its website and authorities says terrorism could not be ruled out as a motive.
29 May 2018, 11:16 AM

Two dead, 20 injured after train smashes into truck in Italy

Two people are killed and 20 others injured after a train crashed into a big truck near the northern Italian city of Turin and derailed, Italian media says.
24 May 2018, 15:31 PM

African-Americans hail UK royal wedding's nod to black history, culture

Hometown and racial pride fired up royal wedding watchers across the United States on Saturday, from pre-dawn partiers wearing pajamas and fancy hats in Los Angeles to Twitter posts from Miami to Indianapolis hailing "the blackest royal wedding the UK has ever seen."
20 May 2018, 06:45 AM

Italy's new 'Buster Keaton' wins best actor at Cannes

A little-known Italian actor, wins best actor at Cannes film festival on Saturday for his portrayal of a cocaine-dealing dog groomer who faces down a local heavy in an urban western.
20 May 2018, 05:38 AM

Tens of thousands of Hungarians protest against Orban landslide

Tens of thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest against what organisers say was an unfair election system that gave Prime Minister Viktor Orban a landslide victory at the polls after a "hate campaign" against immigrants.
15 April 2018, 06:30 AM

Russia UN envoy 'cannot exclude' war between Russia, US

Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia urges the United States and its allies on Thursday to refrain from military action against Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack and says he "cannot exclude" war between Washington and Moscow.
13 April 2018, 06:34 AM

'You'll be sorry,' Russia tells Britain at UN nerve agent attack meeting

Russia tells Britain at the United Nations Security Council that "you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry" over its accusations that Moscow was to blame for poisoning a former Russian spy and his daughter.
6 April 2018, 06:46 AM

Sarkozy ‘to face corruption trial’

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is ordered to stand trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling involving a judge from whom he sought information about an investigation, a legal source tells AFP.
29 March 2018, 15:18 PM

Catalan separatists win election in rebuke to Spain and EU

Catalonia's separatists look set to regain power in the wealthy Spanish region after local elections.
22 December 2017, 04:38 AM

Ayman, Zaiba win The Queen’s Young Leaders 2018 award

For their exceptional achievements in transforming lives, Ayman Sadiq and Zaiba Tahyya of Bangladesh have won The Queen’s Young Leaders 2018 award.
5 December 2017, 09:30 AM

Tulip receives UK ‘Labour Newcomer MP of the year’ award

Granddaughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and UK Labour Party MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq has received an award for ‘Labour Newcomer MP of the year’ at the annual Patchwork Foundation Awards in Westminster.
25 November 2017, 04:12 AM

Dutch open 'world's first 3D-printed bridge'

Dutch officials toast the opening of what is being called the world's first 3D-printed concrete bridge, which is primarily meant to be used by cyclists.
18 October 2017, 04:41 AM

Police seal off 1,300 polling stations in Catalonia, resistance continues

Police in Catalonia has already sealed over half of the 2,315 polling stations in the region to stop an independence referendum from taking place, the Spanish government says, as separatists remained determined to fight for their right to vote.
30 September 2017, 15:10 PM

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, 05:13 AM

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, 06:10 AM

Eiffel Tower starts work on anti-terror upgrade

Works have started Monday to boost security at the Eiffel Tower as an anti-terrorism measure, city hall said, with bulletproof glass walls set to go up around the world's most visited monument.
20 September 2017, 13:47 PM

Twitter says its controls are weeding out users advocating violence

Twitter says its internal controls have been allowing it to weed out accounts being used for the "promotion of terrorism" earlier rather than responding to government requests to close them down.
20 September 2017, 11:35 AM

Water: Garments’ invisible price

Bangladesh boasts as the world’s number two garment exporter. Every third European has a t-shirt made in Bangladesh on his back. Every fifth American wears jeans manufactured in Bangladesh. But this is not a story of how many million pieces we export. This is a story of the invisible price we pay every time a jeans rolls out of a factory in Bangladesh. The western buyers little know how much water, that precious resource, was used to wash and dye his shirt. The figures are mind boggling.
17 September 2017, 09:01 AM