More than 1,500 migrant deaths in Mediterranean this year: UNHCR
AFP | More than 1,500 refugees and migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in the first seven months of this...
Three dead in Spain as Europe wilts under record heatwave
AFP | Three men have died from heatstroke in Spain as Europe sweltered in a record heatwave Friday, with temperatures hitting a scorching 45 degrees...
UK poisonings leave Soviet defector’s family in fear
AFP | The family of a Soviet defector who died in Salisbury in 2001 is living in fear following the recent poisoning of a Russian...
Massive corruption scandal rocks Belarus healthcare
AFP | A massive corruption scandal has rocked the health service of ex-Soviet Belarus, leading even officials in the country dubbed "Europe's last dictatorship" to...
France adopts law on asylum, immigration
AFP | France's parliament Wednesday signed into law a controversial asylum and immigration bill -- despite opposition on the left which decried an effort to...
Spain taxi strike against Uber to continue
AFP | Taxi drivers across Spain were set to keep striking on Tuesday against ride hailing competitors such as Uber and Cabify, which they say...
Hungary PM says does not want a European Union led by France
AFP | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday said in an interview he did "not want a European Union led by France", adding that...
Armenia grants arrest warrant for ex-president over vote rigging
AFP | An Armenian court on Friday granted prosecutors an arrest warrant for former president Robert Kocharyan on charges of "overthrowing constitutional order" by rigging...
Spain’s new PM suffers first setback
AFP | Less than two months after he came to power, Spain's new Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was dealt his first major blow Friday in...
Barcelona under fire as men’s team fly business class, women go economy
AFP | Barcelona's first mixed-sex tour was overshadowed by controversy Thursday after it emerged that the men's football team flew in business class to the...
Heatwave grips Northern Europe as Greece burns
AFP | Scorching hot weather set the conditions for Greece's wildfires -- Europe's deadliest this century with scores killed -- while record temperatures in the...
Trump pledge EU to become big importer of US gas met with skepticism
AFP | President Donald Trump said the European Union would soon become a "massive" importer of US natural gas, but some energy analysts expressed skepticism...