Libya PM rules out int'l military intervention

The prime minister of Libya's UN-backed unity government has ruled out an international military intervention to fight
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Swiss say 'no thanks' to basic income for all

Swiss voters were yesterday on course to flatly reject a radical proposal to provide the entire population with a basic
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM

EX-PM Major attacks Vote Leave 'deceit'

Former British prime minister John Major yesterday launched a blistering attack on fellow Conservatives campaigning
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Cuba will never rejoin OAS: Raul Castro

Cuban President Raul Castro says the country will not return to the Organization of American States (OAS) in a show
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Lightning hurts dozens at German rock festival

At least 51 people were injured, eight seriously, when lightning struck at a rock festival in western Germany early
4 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Syria army thrusts into Raqa

Russian-backed Syrian troops pushed into the Islamic State group's bastion province Raqa yesterday, threatening to
4 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Briton Leslie Binns abandons Everest peak to save fellow climber

A British ex-serviceman abandons his Mount Everest climb some 500m from the summit to save a fellow mountaineer.
4 June 2016, 03:22 AM

'Two-state solution in serious danger'

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault yesterday warned that hopes of a two-state solution in the Israel-Palestinian
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Floods batter Paris region

Paris' world-famous Louvre and Musee d'Orsay museums were shut yesterday to salvage valuable artworks from
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Boat with 700 capsizes in Med

At least four people have died and a desperate effort was underway yesterday to find hundreds more believed
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Germany probes 180 terror suspects

German prosecutors have launched legal proceedings against 180 suspects linked to jihadist groups in Syria, the
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Hundreds rescued as migrant boat sinks in the Mediterranean Sea

About 340 migrants are rescued and four bodies are pulled from the sea after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, Greek officials say. Others are thought to be missing from the boat which was found in international waters, 75 nautical miles south of the Greek island of Crete.
3 June 2016, 15:48 PM

Gotthard tunnel: World's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens in Switzerland

The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel has officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work. The 57km (35-mile) twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel will provide a high-speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe.
2 June 2016, 03:16 AM

Strike brings rail misery to France

Transport chaos hit France yesterday, just nine days before the Euro 2016 football tournament, as railway workers went on strike
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Green energy surges to record levels: report

Developing countries spent more on renewable power than rich ones for the first time last year, driving the fastest increase in
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

World's longest tunnel opens in Switzerland

The world's longest tunnel officially opened yesterday, with the trailblazing rail passage under the Swiss Alps aiming to ease
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Poland makes new bid to extradite Polanski

Poland yesterday launched a fresh bid to extradite Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski to the United States to face sentencing
31 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Study: India has 18.35m modern slaves

India has the highest number of modern slaves with an estimated 18.35m followed by China with 3.39m and Pakistan
31 May 2016, 18:00 PM

'Russian raids' kill 23 civilians

Russian air strikes pounded an al-Qaeda-held city in northwestern Syria overnight, killing 23 civilians, a monitoring group said yesterday, but Moscow denied it was responsible.
31 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Migrant deaths in Med up sharply

More than 2,500 people have died trying to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe so far in
31 May 2016, 18:00 PM