AI not a reliable source of news, EU media study says
22 October 2025, 02:41 AM
Sarkozy begins 5-yr prison sentence
21 October 2025, 18:00 PM
France's ex-leader Sarkozy jailed, proclaiming his innocence
21 October 2025, 17:44 PM
EU seeks ways to step up checks on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
20 October 2025, 18:21 PM
Amazon’s outage disrupts internet services
20 October 2025, 18:19 PM
Italian coastguard rescues dozens of migrants, 2 dead
20 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Louvre denies tapping Israeli firm in theft probe
20 October 2025, 15:44 PM
Louvre’s prized jewels stolen in daring heist
19 October 2025, 18:17 PM
Ex-French President Sarkozy says 'not afraid' ahead of jail term
19 October 2025, 14:15 PM
Protest hits Rome over Libya migrant deal after boat wreck
19 October 2025, 02:45 AM
Nuclear deterrence still at heart of great power strategy: experts
Nuclear-armed powers have no intention of giving up the atom bomb as part of their military strategy, experts said after the Nobel Peace Prize committee urged against any weakening of the nuclear “taboo”.
12 October 2024, 18:00 PM
973 migrants cross Channel in record day
A record 973 migrants crossed the Channel on small boats on the same day in which four died while attempting the journey from France to England, UK Home Office figures showed yesterday.
6 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Halt arms supplies to Israel for use in Gaza: Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday urged a halt to arms deliveries to Israel, which has been criticised over the conduct of its operation in Gaza.
5 October 2024, 19:59 PM
Russia calls for West to lift sanctions on Afghanistan
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday called on the West to lift sanctions on Taliban-led Afghanistan and take “responsibility” for reconstruction efforts in the country.
4 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Phasing out teen smoking could save 1.2m lives: study
Banning the sale of tobacco to people born between 2006 and 2010 could prevent around 1.2 million deaths from lung cancer by the end of the century, said a modelling study released yesterday.
3 October 2024, 18:00 PM
UK hands Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius
Britain yesterday said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius but under what US President Joe Biden called a “historic agreement” will keep its strategic joint military base with the United States on Diego Garcia.
3 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Prosecution of Assange ‘politically motivated’
The prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was “politically motivated” and had a “chilling” effect on the whole media landscape, the parliamentary arm of pan-European rights body the Council of Europe said on Wednesday.
3 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Afghan embassy in UK shutters after Taliban cuts ties
Afghanistan’s embassy in London closed yesterday after Taliban authorities cut ties with diplomatic missions set up by the previous government in Kabul and fired its UK staff.
27 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Ireland fines Meta 91m euros over EU data breach
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said yesterday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 91 million euros ($102 million) for password-security breaches.
27 September 2024, 18:00 PM
UK Channel migrant arrivals top 25,000 in 2024
The number of migrants arriving in Britain by crossing the Channel in small boats has topped 25,000 since the start of the year, provisional figures showed yesterday.
23 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Building collapse near Naples kills two siblings
A young brother and sister were killed near Naples, Italy, yesterday after the two-storey building where they lived collapsed, firefighters said.
22 September 2024, 18:00 PM
UK’s Starmer rules out austerity as Labour conference opens
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to protect public services and ruled out austerity measures as Labour’s annual conference kicked off yesterday, its first in 15 years as a government party.
22 September 2024, 18:00 PM
France’s new PM warns of ‘very serious’ financial situation
France’s budgetary situation is “very serious”, Prime Minister Michel Barnier told AFP yesterday, saying more information was needed to gauge the “precise reality” of French public finances.
18 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Germany’s parks plant a way forward on climate change
In the castle gardens of Muskauer Park, which straddles both banks of the German-Polish river border, caretakers have mounted a fightback against the impacts of climate change.
14 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia shoots down Ukrainian drones over Arctic north
Russia shot down three drones over its northern Murmansk region on Wednesday, more than 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) from Ukraine, the regional governor said.
11 September 2024, 18:00 PM
World order is under threat
CIA Director Bill Burns and UK MI6 chief Richard Moore yesterday warned that the world order was “under threat in a way we haven’t seen since the cold war”.
7 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Protest in France over Macron’s PM pick
Thousands of people took to the streets across France yesterday to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister with left-wing parties accusing him of stealing legislative elections.
7 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Google ‘anti-competitive’: UK
US tech titan Google employs “anti-competitive practices” with regards to online advertising, Britain’s competition watchdog concluded yesterday in provisional findings of a two-year long investigation.
6 September 2024, 18:00 PM
June-August hottest months ever: report
The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures on record, beating 2023’s high and making this year likely Earth’s hottest ever recorded, the EU’s climate monitor said yesterday.
6 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Boat Capsize: 12 migrants die trying to cross Channel
At least 12 migrants died yesterday after their boat capsized on its way across the Channel to Britain, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that rescue operations were underway to find people still missing.
3 September 2024, 18:00 PM