Europe

EU chief vows 'massive' Greenland investments

20 January 2026, 18:43 PM World

Russia hits energy system in 5 regions of Ukraine

20 January 2026, 00:00 AM

US approves $1.5bn deal for Peru naval base

17 January 2026, 00:00 AM

UK govt retreats on mandatory digital ID to work

15 January 2026, 04:34 AM

Trump says US will deal with Greenland 'easy way' or 'hard way'

10 January 2026, 09:17 AM

Foreign troops in Ukraine to be targets: Russia

9 January 2026, 06:00 AM

Tanker seizure: Russia accuses US of raising ‘military-political tension’

9 January 2026, 04:00 AM

Europe backs Greenland in face of US threat

6 January 2026, 18:00 PM Europe

Rare ‘Hobbit’ first edition auctioned for £43,000

A rare first edition of JRR Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” sold for 43,000 pounds ($57,000) at auction on Wednesday, after it was found during a house clearance in southwest England.

8 August 2025, 18:49 PM

Third-hottest July on record wreaks havoc

The third-hottest July worldwide ended a string of record-breaking temperatures, but many regions were devastated by extreme weather amplified by global warming, the European climate monitoring service said Thursday.

7 August 2025, 20:55 PM

Trump, Putin to meet in ‘coming days’

The Kremlin yesterday said that a summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Ukraine was set for the “coming days” as US-led efforts to broker peace rumble on.

7 August 2025, 20:12 PM

Putin decree allows Russia to increase greenhouse gas emissions

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree that would allow Russia to increase its greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth by 2035 compared with 2021 levels.

6 August 2025, 19:44 PM

Two killed in Russian attack on holiday camp: Kyiv

A Russian attack that set ablaze a holiday camp in central Ukraine yesterday killed two people and wounded another dozen, local authorities said.

6 August 2025, 19:22 PM

UK-France migrant returns deal takes effect

A “one-in, one-out” deal in which Britain can return some migrants who cross the Channel in small boats back to France came into force yesterday, the UK government announced.

5 August 2025, 18:49 PM

Russian army seizes new village in Ukraine’s central region

Russia said yesterday that its army had seized a new village in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region, accelerating its claimed advance into the key industrial area.

5 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Banned Russian media sites ‘still accessible’ across EU

Websites of banned Russian media can still be easily accessed across the EU in the “overwhelming majority” of cases, experts said yesterday, slamming the bloc’s “failure” to publish up-to-date guidance.

5 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Germany says ‘very insufficient’ aid entering Gaza

The amount of aid entering Gaza remains “very insufficient” despite a limited improvement, the German government said on Saturday after ministers discussed ways to heighten pressure on Israel.

2 August 2025, 21:49 PM

New push to reach plastic pollution pact

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.

2 August 2025, 20:04 PM

Russia’s actions in Ukraine ‘disgusting’

US President Donald Trump threatened fresh sanctions Thursday while slamming Russia’s military actions in Ukraine as “disgusting,” as strikes on Kyiv killed at least 16 people.

1 August 2025, 20:00 PM

4,000-year-old handprint found on Egypt tomb

British researchers have discovered a rare handprint on a 4,000-year-old Egyptian artefact, a Cambridge museum said on Monday.

29 July 2025, 19:20 PM

US, EU make trade deal

The United States struck a framework trade deal with the European Union yesterday, imposing a 15 percent US import tariff on most EU goods, while averting a spiralling battle between two allies that account for almost a third of global trade.

27 July 2025, 21:09 PM

Russian rocket puts Iran satellite into space

A Russian rocket put an Iranian communications satellite into space yesterday, Iranian state media reported, the latest achievement for an aerospace programme that has long concerned Western governments.

25 July 2025, 21:07 PM

Walking 7,000 steps a day a huge boost to health: research

People who walk 7,000 steps a day have a dramatically lower risk of a broad range of serious health problems, the largest review of the evidence yet said yesterday.

24 July 2025, 18:00 PM

X calls French probe ‘politically motivated’

A French probe into alleged foreign interference and bias via the algorithm at Elon Musk-owned social network X is “politically motivated”, the company said in a post yesterday, adding that it was refusing to cooperate.

21 July 2025, 20:08 PM

Europe’s oldest lake settlement uncovered in Albania

Archaeologists working on the shores of Ohrid Lake in Albania are convinced they have uncovered the oldest human settlement built on a European lake, finding evidence of an organised hunting and farming community living up to 8,000 years ago.

18 July 2025, 19:12 PM

World’s first IVF trial cuts genetic disease risk

Eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday.

17 July 2025, 19:21 PM

Spain arrests eight after anti-migrant unrest

Spanish police have arrested eight people in connection with rare anti-migrant unrest that rocked the town of Torre Pacheco over the weekend, the interior minister said yesterday.

14 July 2025, 19:36 PM

German doctor goes on trial for 15 murders

A German doctor yesterday went on trial accused of killing 15 patients with lethal injections and acting as “master of life and death” over those in his care.