Two dead after plane crashes onto German house’s roof
AFP, Berlin
27 July 2026, 00:00 AM Europe
Rome to offer free movies for heat-relief
Reuters, Rome
24 July 2026, 00:00 AM Europe
France records 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
AFP, Paris
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM Europe
Hitler’s birthplace begins new life as a police station
Reuters, Braunau Am Inn
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM Europe
Netherlands to ban Israeli settler products from Sept 22
AFP, Hague
21 July 2026, 21:12 PM Europe
Burnham becomes UK PM
Reuters, London
21 July 2026, 00:00 AM Europe
Andy Burnham becomes UK Labour leader
Reuters, London
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM Europe
Wildfires ravage over 1,300 hectares of historic forest near Paris
AFP, Arbonne-la-Forêt
14 July 2026, 08:39 AM Europe

Italy PM Conte to resign as crisis comes to a head

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte yesterday said he would resign, lashing out at far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for pursuing his own interests by pulling the plug on the government coalition.
20 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Recall parliament to tackle crisis: Labour

Britain’s parliament needs to be recalled immediately to discuss Brexit, the opposition Labour Party’s finance spokesman John McDonnell said yesterday, after leaked official documents forecast possible food, fuel, and medicine shortages.
19 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Canary Islands fire out of control

A wildfire raged out of control on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria yesterday, forcing more evacuations as flames in some parts rose so
19 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Polish rescuers search for two trapped cavers

Polish rescuers said yesterday they are still searching for two men who became trapped in a mountain cave last week when their corridor to
19 August 2019, 18:00 PM

4 killed in Romania hospital attack

Four people have died and nine were injured after being attacked by a patient in a psychiatric hospital, Romanian press reports said yesterday.
18 August 2019, 18:00 PM

New wildfire forces evacuations in Spain

Authorities on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria were set to evacuate more residents yesterday as a forest fire broke out just days after
18 August 2019, 18:00 PM

UK faces food, fuel and drugs shortages in no-deal Brexit

Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard border in Ireland, official government documents leaked to the Sunday Times show.
18 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Ukraine hotel fire kills nine

Nine people were killed in a hotel fire in Ukraine’s port city of Odessa yesterday, leading authorities to launch a country-wide inspection of safety regulations in holiday resorts and hotels.
17 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Small protests in Moscow for free elections

Russian opposition activists held small one-man protests in Moscow yesterday to demand free elections, as the wave of the Russian capital’s larger demonstrations took a breather this weekend.
17 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Key wildlife meet eyes to toughen trade rules

Amid growing alarm over accelerating extinctions, a major international conference opened in Geneva yesterday aiming to tighten rules on trade in elephant ivory and other endangered animal and plant species.
17 August 2019, 18:00 PM

9 killed in Ukraine hotel fire

Nine people are killed in a hotel fire in Ukraine's port city of Odessa, leading authorities to launch a country-wide inspection of safety regulations in holiday resorts and hotels.
17 August 2019, 13:47 PM

Boost for UK PM Johnson

President Donald Trump on Thursday again signalled his desire for close trading ties with Britain once it leaves the European Union, saying a “fantastic” deal was in the works.
16 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Russian pilot hailed hero after crash landing

A Russian pilot was being hailed as a hero for landing an Airbus carrying more than 230 people in a Moscow corn field after a bird strike.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Scientists find micro plastic in Arctic ice

Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in ice cores drilled in the Arctic by a US-led team of scientists, underscoring the threat the growing form of pollution poses to marine life in even the remotest waters on the planet.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Norway detects radioactive iodine near Russia border

Norway’s nuclear safety authority said yesterday it detected tiny amounts of radioactive iodine in a region bordering Russia after an explosion at a Russian missile testing site.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Labour vows to delay Brexit

Britain’s opposition Labour Party has vowed to call a vote of no-confidence in Boris Johnson’s government as soon as it believes it can win it and seeks to form a temporary government under leader Jeremy Corbyn to delay Brexit.
15 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Plane strikes flock of birds in Russia, 23 hurt

Russians hails a miracle after a passenger plane carrying 233 people made an emergency landing in a corn field on the outskirts of Moscow after striking a flock of birds shortly after take-off.
15 August 2019, 10:55 AM

‘No-deal Brexit would betray UK’

A no-deal Brexit would betray Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, former finance minister Philip Hammond said Wednesday, as he slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “wrecking” approach to negotiations. Hammond, who quit as chancellor just hours before
14 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Pope warns against rise of nationalism

Pope Francis yesterday warned against European nationalism, raising the “frightening” spectre of Hitler in comments published a day after Italy’s far-right interior minister bid to strengthen his hold on government.
9 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Trump lashes out at French president

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron of getting in the way of US policy and sending “mixed signals” to Iran.
9 August 2019, 18:00 PM