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EU seeks ways to step up checks on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
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20 October 2025, 18:19 PM
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Italian coastguard rescues dozens of migrants, 2 dead
20 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Louvre denies tapping Israeli firm in theft probe
20 October 2025, 15:44 PM
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Louvre’s prized jewels stolen in daring heist
19 October 2025, 18:17 PM
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Ex-French President Sarkozy says 'not afraid' ahead of jail term
19 October 2025, 14:15 PM
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Protest hits Rome over Libya migrant deal after boat wreck
19 October 2025, 02:45 AM
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Turkish teen detained for 'insulting' Erdogan
A 15-year-old schoolboy has been detained by police in Turkey for allegedly "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, local media reports said yesterday.
22 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Czechs accused of abusing migrants
UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein yesterday accused the Czech Republic of committing systematic human rights violations by detaining refugees for up to 90 days and strip-searching them for money to pay for their own detention.
22 October 2015, 18:00 PM
140 migrants land at UK base in Cyprus
Two boats carrying 140 migrants, including children, land at the RAF base at Akrotiri in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence says.
21 October 2015, 09:07 AM
Canada's Liberals sweep to power
Canada's Liberals won a landslide general election victory Monday, with young leader Justin Trudeau ending a decade of Conservative rule with pledges to raise taxes on the rich in a struggling economy.
20 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Liberals ahead in Canada polls
Canadians began voting in general elections yesterday, with polls showing Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party positioned to end nine years of Stephen Harper's Tory rule.
19 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Saving the bongs; Big Ben to fall silent while under repair
Big Ben's bongs may fall silent for months or even years as urgent repairs are carried out.
19 October 2015, 06:17 AM
Human ping pong on
Croatia yesterday diverted the flow of thousands of migrants toward Slovenia after Hungary sealed its border to block the path of the streams of refugees desperate to reach northern Europe.
17 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Nobel Economics Prize to wrap up 2015 awards season
The 2015 Nobel season wraps up with the announcement of the winner of the economics prize, which could go to research into the job market or consumer behaviour, though no obvious frontrunner stands out.
12 October 2015, 06:46 AM
Migrant surge hits Greece, UN approves action on smugglers
Greece was hit by a huge new surge in migrants as the United Nations approved a European seize-and-destroy military operation against people smugglers in the Mediterranean.
10 October 2015, 04:57 AM
EU warships start smuggler patrols
European warships in the Mediterranean launched a new operation yesterday to catch migrant smugglers as the leaders of Germany and France were to push for further EU action to cope with the refugee crisis.
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM
UK spies can hack smartphones
British spies can hack into phones remotely with a simple text message and make audio recordings or take photos without owners knowing, former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden said on Monday.
6 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Russia's air violations no accident: Nato
Nato's chief accused Russia yesterday of deliberately violating Turkey's airspace during bombing raids on Syria, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Moscow it risked losing an ally.
6 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Russia must cede border by end of yr
President Petro Poroshenko has stressed that Ukraine must regain control of its eastern border by the end of December even if full implementation of a February peace deal with Russia is delayed until 2016.
5 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Germany faces 1.5m asylum claims this year
Germany could receive up to 1.5 million asylum-seekers this year, according to the Bild newspaper, quoting a confidential document containing estimates that are far higher than publicly released official figures.
5 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Japanese, Chinese, Irish scientists win 2015 Nobel medicine prize for parasite therapies
Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura of Japan and China's Youyou Tu win the Nobel Medicine Prize for their discoveries of treatments against parasites, the jury says.
5 October 2015, 10:00 AM
Pope Francis asserts marriage is forever
Pope Francis opened a divisive meeting of the world's bishops on family issues yesterday by forcefully asserting that marriage is an indissoluble bond between
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM
200 migrants rescued off Spanish coast
Almost 200 migrants from North and sub-Saharan Africa were rescued overnight as they tried to reach southern Spain in makeshift vessels, Spanish coastal rescue officials said yesterday.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Russia bombs 10 IS targets in Syria
Russian planes have flown 20 sorties in Syria and struck 10 Islamic State targets in the past 24 hours, the country's defence ministry said in a statement yesterday.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Europe migrant crisis in spotlight at UN
Europe's migrant crisis was set to be in focus at the UN late yesterday with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon seeking to muster a global response to the exodus of vast numbers of people from Syria and elsewhere.
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM
France carries out first air strikes on ISIS in Syria
France carried out its first air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria yesterday, as Russia said it was seeking a "coordinated framework" to fight the jihadists.
27 September 2015, 18:00 PM