EU faces migration storm

EU leaders yesterday faced deep divisions on migration at a summit in Brussels that the embattled German Chancellor Angela Merkel said could decide the fate of the bloc itself.
28 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Under pressure, Poland amends Holocaust law

Poland on Wednesday amended a controversial Holocaust law that sparked outrage in Israel by imposing jail terms on anyone claiming
27 June 2018, 18:00 PM

OPCW gets teeth

In a diplomatic victory for Britain, countries yesterday voted by a wide margin to give the world's chemical weapons watchdog new
27 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Trump, Putin to hold summit soon in 'third country': Russia

Russia and the US have agreed to hold a summit between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump.
27 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Spain's first Franco-era 'stolen babies' trial begins

The first trial in Spain over thousands of suspected cases of babies stolen from their mothers during the Franco era opened in Madrid yesterday as an 85-year-old Spanish doctor appeared in the dock.
26 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Brexit bill becomes law, allowing UK to leave EU

A bill enacting Britain's decision to leave the European Union has become law after months of debate, the House of Commons speaker announced yesterday, to cheers from eurosceptic lawmakers.
26 June 2018, 18:00 PM

UK MPs agree to expand Heathrow

British MPs overwhelmingly approved on Monday long-awaited plans to build a third runway at London Heathrow, Europe's busiest
26 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Stranded migrant ship to dock in Malta: Italy

A rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean with more than 200 migrants on board will finally dock in Malta, Italy said yesterday, as EU
26 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Brexit bill becomes law, allowing UK to leave the EU

A bill enacting Britain's decision to leave the European Union has become law after months of debate, the speaker of parliament announces today to cheers from Conservative Party lawmakers.
26 June 2018, 12:33 PM

Prince William arrives in Israel as part of tour

Britain's Prince William arrived in Israel yesterday, the first member of the royal family to make an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Lack of 'equal' conditions at polls: OSCE

International observers yesterday said voters enjoyed a genuine choice in Turkey's twin presidential and parliamentary elections but
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM

EU divided over Balkan accession

The European Union is divided over whether to allow membership talks with Albania and Macedonia as anti-immigration sentiment
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM

WORLD REACTION TO ERDOGAN'S VICTORY

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a decisive victory in an election that will give him five more years in office with sweeping
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Turkey on the road to autocracy

With more than 90 percent of the votes counted Sunday night, one could predict with a great deal of certainty that Recep Tayyip
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Expanded powers for poll winner

Under the new constitution, the president has strengthened executive powers to directly appoint top public officials including
24 June 2018, 18:00 PM

A jogger’s ordeal at US-Canada border

A French teenager who spent two weeks in US detention after inadvertently crossing the border from Canada while jogging on the
23 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Johnson warns against 'bog-roll Brexit'

Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson, who campaigned to leave the European Union, yesterday warned Prime Minister Theresa May
23 June 2018, 18:00 PM

EU migrant row deepens

Italy yesterday doubled down on its new tough stance against migrants, calling for a German NGO's rescue boat to be impounded and its crew arrested as the EU prepares for a tense weekend mini-summit on the issue dividing the bloc.
22 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Germany foils bio attack with Tunisian arrest

A Tunisian man arrested in Germany in possession of the deadly poison ricin and bomb-making material was planning a biological
20 June 2018, 18:00 PM

A life at high altitude shapes body: study

Living the high life -- growing up, in other words, at extreme altitude -- forces a developing human body to conserve energy, and that
20 June 2018, 18:00 PM