International sorrow as fire ravages Notre-Dame in Paris
AFP | International leaders voiced their sorrow and solidarity with the French people as fire ravaged the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday. Here are...
German plane crash lands, disrupts airport traffic
AFP | A German government plane crash-landed on Tuesday, briefly disrupting traffic at Berlin's Schoenefeld airport, in the latest of a series of technical faults...
Classified note confirms French weaponry in Yemen: report
AFP | French weapons are being used by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, according to a classified note revealed by French...
Europe suffering from Italian mafia ‘cancer’, experts warn
AFP | International anti-mafia stings may have increased in recent months, but Italian organised crime groups constitute a social and economic "cancer" that the world...
As Balkans sit in EU’s waiting room, China gets to work
AFP | From coal plants to airports and bridges, China is forking out for investments across the Western Balkans, laying groundwork for a new battle...
Britain’s Brexit blues by the numbers
AFP | Britons may be forgiven for suffering Brexit fatigue after watching their parliament spend 500 hours debating how to leave the EU without making...
German IS woman on trial accused of letting Yazidi ‘slave’ girl die of thirst
AFP | A German woman who joined the Islamic State jihadist group goes on trial Tuesday accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old...
US proposes new tariffs on EU products over Airbus subsidies
AFP | The US on Monday threatened to impose tariff counter-measures of up to $11.2 billion on a host of European products in response to...
‘Both sides’ must compromise in cross-party Brexit talks: May
AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday conceded that concluding a Brexit deal with the main opposition will need “compromise on both sides”...
May scrambles to avoid chaotic Brexit finale
AFP | Britain’s government redoubled its efforts on Thursday to win over the main opposition party in a last-gasp bid to avoid a chaotic exit...
Catholic priests burn Harry Potter books in Poland
AFP | Catholic priests in Poland burned books they say are sacrilegious this weekend, including tomes from British author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of...
Poor hit hardest by air pollution in Europe
AFP | Coal, old cars, wood-burning stoves — Europe’s “serious problem” of air pollution affects its poorest inhabitants despite overall improvement, European Environment Agency chief...