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

EU eyes deal to tame internet ‘Wild West’

The European Union yesterday homed in on new regulation to require Big Tech to remove harmful online content, the bloc’s latest move to rein in
22 April 2022, 18:00 PM

UK’s Johnson faces test as MPs mull ‘Partygate’ probe

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a test of Conservative party loyalty yesterday when MPs vote on whether he should be investigated for misleading them over the “Partygate” scandal.
21 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Queen Elizabeth II turns 96

Queen Elizabeth II turned 96 yesterday, receiving a rousing “Happy Birthday” from a military band outside her Windsor Castle home, after a troubled year hit by health concerns. 
21 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Water on Europa closer to surface

Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists said Tuesday.
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Up to 40pc of Brits face fuel poverty in winter

Spiking electricity and gas prices could force as many as four in ten Britons into fuel poverty next winter and the government must offer more help, the sector warned Tuesday.
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM

European car sales plunge for war

European car sales sank in March as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added more problems to a sector already struggling with shortages of semiconductors, industry data showed Wednesday.
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Finnish MPs open debate on joining Nato

Finland’s parliament yesterday opened a debate on whether to seek Nato membership, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge in political and
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM

US will send more arms, ammo to Ukraine: Biden

The United States will send more artillery to Ukraine, US President Joe Biden told reporters on Tuesday, following his call earlier with allied leaders over Russia's invasion.
19 April 2022, 19:20 PM

UK House can debate PM’s comments

Britain’s House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said he would allow the opposition Labour Party to put forward a motion for debate in parliament tomorrow around whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled lawmakers over breaching Covid-19 rules.
19 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Western sanctions failed

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said that the barrage of Western sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of neighbouring Ukraine has failed.
19 April 2022, 18:00 PM

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen tones down rhetoric on hijab ban

A planned hijab ban if French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is elected would come "little by little" and would be determined by lawmakers, her allies said on Monday of a move critics and allies alike said would be hard to implement.
18 April 2022, 14:58 PM

EU anti-fraud body accuses Marine Le Pen

The EU’s anti-fraud body has accused French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and associates of embezzling around 600,000 euros during their time as MEPs, French website Mediapart said Saturday, quoting a new report.
17 April 2022, 18:00 PM

40,000 more Ukrainians flee war: UN

Many of the nearly five million people who have fled Ukraine will not have homes to return to, the United Nations said yesterday as another 40,000 fled the country in 24 hours.
16 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Lost warship dents Russian pride, capability

Russia’s loss of its flagship cruiser Moskva represents a dent in the operational capabilities of the Russian navy and a severe wound to Russian pride at the
16 April 2022, 18:00 PM

UK to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

Britain will send migrants and asylum-seekers who cross the Channel thousands of miles away to Rwanda under a controversial deal announced Thursday as the government tries to clamp down on record numbers of people making the perilous journey.
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Macron France's most 'authoritarian' president, says far-right candidate Le Pen

French far-right presidential candidate Marin Le Pen rebuffed on Thursday criticism by her rival Emmanuel Macron accusing her of retaining her "authoritarian" and extremist views, despite displaying a softer image in the current campaign.
14 April 2022, 12:01 PM

Peace talks hit a dead end

President Vladimir Putin said yesterday peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end, using his first public comments on the conflict in more than a week to vow that his troops would win and to goad the West for failing to bring Moscow to heel.
12 April 2022, 18:00 PM

‘263m to face extreme poverty’

Fallout from the Ukraine conflict, growing inequality and Covid could force more than a quarter of a billion people into extreme poverty this year, Oxfam forecast yesterday.
12 April 2022, 18:00 PM

UK PM Boris, FM Sunak to be fined

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak are to be fined for breaching Covid-19 lockdown laws in what has become known as the “Partygate” scandal, prompting calls yesterday for their resignation.
12 April 2022, 18:00 PM

British PM, finance minister to be fined by police over lockdown party at Downing Street

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will be fined by police for breaching COVID-19 lockdown rules, the government said on Tuesday.
12 April 2022, 16:41 PM