Europe
Poland’s Eurosceptic conservatives win outright majority, ending 8 years of centrist rule
Poland took a decisive turn to the right in its parliamentary election Sunday, tossing out the centrist party that had governed for eight years for a socially...
Feminist Germaine Greer faces university backlash over transgender views
Writer Germaine Greer has described a petition to ban her from speaking at a university event as a “put-up job”. The feminist author is...
Photo of iceberg that ‘sunk the Titanic’ could fetch over £10k at auction
A “remarkable” photograph purportedly of the iceberg which sank the Titanic is expected to sell for more than £10,000 ($15,000) at auction. The...
Germany speeds up deportations to sift from migrants from refugees
Germany is introducing measures to tackle its refugee crisis earlier than previously expected, officials said on Friday.
42 people killed as bus and lorry burst into flames after head-on crash
At least 42 people have been killed in a lorry and bus crash near Bordeaux in south-west France.
Crew of three rescued from the sea after military helicopter crashes
Three crew members of a military helicopter which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean have been rescued.
Paris police start moving migrants out of school dubbed House of Refugees
Police started moving hundreds of refugees and migrants out of a decommissioned secondary school in Paris early on Friday, ending a four-month stand-off.
Up to 49 people killed as bus and lorry burst into flames after head-on crash
Up to 49 people have been killed in a lorry and bus crash near Bordeaux in south-west France.
At least 42 killed as bus bursts into flames after head-on crash with lorry
At least 42 people have been killed in a lorry and bus crash near Bordeaux in south-west France.
Swedish school killer was driven by ‘racist motives’: Police
A masked man who killed one teacher and a boy and wounded two others in a Swedish school was driven by racist motives, police said on Friday.
U.N. criticizes Czech detentions and strip-searches of refugees
U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein accused the Czech Republic on Thursday of committing systematic human rights violations by detaining refugees...
Refugees ‘locked up and strip-searched for money to pay for their own detention’
Refugees are being locked up for up to 90 days and strip-searched for money to pay for their own detention in the Czech Republic, the UN’s human...
Sword attacker ‘in Star Wars mask’ kills pupil and teacher in school rampage
A masked man wielding a sword killed a teacher and a boy in an attack on a school in Sweden before being shot by police.
Teacher killed by sword-wielding masked man in Swedish school
A masked man wielding a sword killed one person and wounded four at a school in western Sweden before being shot by police.
His head is absolutely perfect: Vatican denies the pope has brain tumour
The Vatican on Wednesday categorically denied claims that Pope Francis had a small, curable brain tumour, saying he was in good health and that his head...
American navy pilot killed as fighter jet crashes in English countryside
A US Navy pilot was killed on Wednesday morning when his F-18 jet crashed close to an RAF base In England. His Hornet aircraft crashed on farmland...
After the pomp, the $46bn handshake: Xi and Cameron start talking money
Trade deals worth $46bn were being discussed on Wednesday as British prime minister David Cameron held talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping at Downing...
Two boats carrying 140 migrants land at British RAF base on Cyprus
Two boats carrying an estimated 140 migrants, including children, have come ashore at a British military base in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
Four boats carrying hundreds of migrants land at British RAF base on Cyprus
Four boats carrying migrants have come ashore at a British military base in Cyprus, authorities say.
Fragmented post-recession Europe harder to govern
From Portugal to Sweden, European countries are becoming harder to govern, and economic reforms more difficult to implement, as a prolonged financial crisis...
Thousands of stranded migrants rush across border as Croatia relents
Thousands of refugees who have been stranded for nearly two days have crossed into Croatia after it opened the border with Serbia. UNHCR spokeswoman...
‘Flood’ of 10,000 migrants stranded in Serbia with aid supplies running low
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned aid supplies are running out for 10,000 migrants currently stranded in Serbia.
Swiss parliament shifts to right in vote dominated by migrant fears
The anti-immigration Swiss People’s Party (SVP) won the biggest share of the vote in Sunday’s national parliamentary election, projections...
Thousands surge into Slovenia as refugees seek new route into Europe
Thousands of migrants surged into tiny Slovenia on Saturday as an alternative route opened in Europe for them after Hungary sealed its border for their...
Mayoral candidate stabbed in the neck by knife attacker ‘in rage at refugee policy’
A leading mayoral candidate has been stabbed in the neck during a campaign stop in the German city of Cologne.
Border guard shoots dead asylum-seeker as leaders search for deal on crisis
Bulgarian border guards have shot and killed a migrant trying to enter the country from Turkey.
Migrant shot dead by border guard as leaders search for agreement on crisis
Bulgarian border guards have shot and killed a migrant trying to enter the country from Turkey.
EU moves to bolster overwhelmed borders, rethink asylum laws
Faced with a refugee emergency that is only likely to deepen, European Union leaders moved on Thursday to shore up the bloc’s borders to the outside...
Some MH17 passengers ‘alive for 90secs’ after missile struck aircraft
Investigators believe some passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 could have been alive - if unconscious - for a minute or more as the airliner...
MH17 plane was shot down by BUK surface-to-air missile, report confirms
Dutch-led investigators have concluded Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile over eastern Ukraine.
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