As pandemic eases, fatal gender violence worsens in Europe

As life gradually returns to normal in Europe, there has been a resurgence of deadly violence against women as abusers experience a “loss of the control” they enjoyed throughout the coronavirus lockdowns.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Swedish PM resigns after losing no confidence vote

Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven resigned yesterday, one week after he lost a vote of no confidence, leaving it up to the speaker of parliament to begin the search for a replacement.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM

EU climate change law passes final hurdle

European Union countries on Monday gave the final seal of approval to a law to make the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding, as EU policymakers prepare a huge new package of policies to fight climate change.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM

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Israel has some serious reservations about the Iran nuclear deal that is being put together. Israel’s FM Yair Lapid
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Swedish PM Lofven resigns after no-confidence vote

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Monday he was resigning, handing the speaker of parliament the job of finding a new premier after the Social Democrat leader lost a vote of no-confidence last week.
28 June 2021, 12:10 PM

Budapest names streets at planned Chinese university after Uyghurs, Hong Kong

The liberal opposition mayor of Budapest announced on Wednesday he would rename streets in the Hungarian capital near a planned campus of a Chinese university to commemorate alleged human rights abuses by Beijing.
2 June 2021, 16:51 PM

Ireland to ask UN body to investigate Belarus grounding

Ireland will call on the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization to conduct an impartial probe into the "forced landing" of a Ryanair jet in Minsk at a meeting of the council later on Thursday, its transport minister said.
27 May 2021, 15:40 PM

France's Macron seeks forgiveness over Rwanda genocide

French President Emmanuel Macron said he recognised his country's role in the Rwandan genocide and hoped for forgiveness at a memorial in Kigali on Thursday, seeking to reset relations after years of Rwandan accusations that France was complicit in the 1994 atrocities.
27 May 2021, 14:51 PM

Belarus leader says detained journalist was plotting 'bloody rebellion'

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday a journalist pulled off a plane that was forced to land in Minsk had been plotting a rebellion, and he accused the West of waging a hybrid war against him.
26 May 2021, 15:34 PM

'Please save him' plead parents of Belarus blogger seized from Ryanair flight

From their new home in Poland, the parents of Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich have been in anguish since he was seized after his flight was forced to land in Minsk.
26 May 2021, 03:04 AM

Airlines start shunning Belarus, opposition leader says journalist tortured

Airlines shunned Belarus's airspace on Tuesday and Belarusian planes faced a possible ban from Europe as international outrage mounted over Minsk forcing down a jetliner and arresting a dissident journalist who was on board.
25 May 2021, 13:49 PM

FACTBOX-who is the journalist Belarus arrested by forcing a Ryanair plane to land?

Authorities in Belarus scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land on Sunday and then detained a journalist onboard, Roman Protasevich, drawing criticism from across Europe.
24 May 2021, 02:56 AM

Italian cable car crash kills 14 people, child seriously hurt

At least 14 people died and a child was seriously injured on Sunday when a cable car linking Italy's Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain plunged 20 metres to the ground, local officials and rescuers said.
23 May 2021, 13:48 PM

Madrid says Western Sahara independence leader must answer legal case in Spain

A Western Sahara independence leader at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Rabat and Madrid must answer legal charges in Spain before leaving the country, Spain said on Sunday.
23 May 2021, 13:34 PM

Sadiq Khan re-elected London mayor

Sadiq Khan was re-elected London Mayor on Saturday as had been widely expected, providing some joy to the opposition Labour Party which has suffered a series of disappointing results in other local elections.
9 May 2021, 07:31 AM

4 killed at German hospital, woman arrested

Police arrested a 51-year-old woman after four people were found dead and another seriously injured at a hospital near Berlin on Wednesday evening, multiple German media reported.
29 April 2021, 02:00 AM

EU proposes rules for high-risk artificial intelligence uses

European Union officials unveiled proposals Wednesday for reining in high-risk uses of artificial intelligence such as live facial scanning that could threaten people’s safety or rights.
21 April 2021, 13:26 PM

UK warships to sail for Black Sea in May as Ukraine-Russia tensions rise

British warships will sail for the Black Sea in May amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia, according to senior naval sources.
18 April 2021, 03:18 AM

One dead, one injured in Paris hospital shooting

An unidentified attacker shot dead a man and badly injured a woman outside a Paris hospital on Monday before fleeing the scene on a motorbike, police said.
13 April 2021, 01:56 AM

4 migrants found dead on boat off Spanish Island

At least four people were found dead on a migrant boat off the Canary Island of El Hierro on Sunday, the Spanish Red Cross said.
12 April 2021, 02:27 AM