Europe
Italy seizes more than 5,000 looted antiquities in record haul
The Italian government said police had seized more than 5,000 ancient artefacts in a record $52 million haul after dismantling a Swiss-Italian trafficking...
Germany’s PEGIDA leader steps down after ‘Hitler selfie’
The leader of the fast-growing German anti-Muslim movement PEGIDA resigned on Wednesday after a photo of him posing as Hitler, and reports that he called...
German FM: Russia, Ukraine agree withdrawal of heavy arms in Berlin talks
Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a procedure for the withdrawal of heavy weapons in eastern...
Italy in new swoop against notorious ‘Ndrangheta crime group
Italian police on Tuesday made 31 arrests in connection with an alleged plot by an offshoot of the notorious ‘Ndrangheta crime group to take control...
Five Russians held in France on suspicion of planning terror attack
Five Russians have been arrested in southern France on suspicion of planning a terror attack, local prosecutors say.
Ukraine government, rebels both claim to control Donetsk airport
Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian government troops fought pitched battles Monday for control of Donetsk airport, while residential areas nearby were...
Ukraine, rebels both claim to control Donetsk airport
Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian government troops fought pitched battles Monday for control of Donetsk airport, while residential areas nearby were...
Fighting eases in Donetsk after Ukraine ‘reclaims airport from rebels’
Fighting eased in the Donetsk region on Monday after Ukraine launched a major offensive and claimed to clear pro-Russian rebels from most of the airport...
Ukraine leader vows to retake separatist-held east
Ukraine’s president vowed Sunday to reassert government control over eastern regions as the army unleashed a counter-offensive against Russian-backed...
Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
Ukrainian troops recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks, as thousands gathered...
Germany’s anti-Islam rally cancelled following ‘IS death threat’
Germany’s anti-Islamic Pegida movement says it has cancelled a planned march on Monday, citing a death threat against organisers from the Islamic...
Second funeral: Kouachi brothers buried secretly in unmarked graves
Cherif Kouachi, one of the two brothers who killed 12 people in an attack on France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine, has been buried in an unmarked grave...
#CharlieHebdo attacker buried in secret as protests rage
Officials in a city east of Paris have said one of the brothers who carried out the massacre at the office of satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo...
Smoky load in truck triggers alarm in Channel Tunnel
A smoky load being transported through the Channel Tunnel triggered an alarm Saturday, suspending all passenger and freight rail services between Britain...
Smoky load in truck triggers alarm in Channel Tunnel
A smoky load being transported through the Channel Tunnel triggered an alarm Saturday, suspending all passenger and freight rail services between Britain...
Quiet Belgian town shocked by Islamist battle
As police swooped on a suspected Islamist cell in Belgium, the quiet streets of the town of Verviers were transformed into a war zone complete with gunshots...
Europe on edge: Paris police nab terror suspects, Germans arrest extremists
Police arrested a dozen people suspected of providing “logistical support” to the Islamist militant gunmen in last week’s Paris killings,...
Former Spanish King Juan Carlos probed in paternity claim
Spain’s Supreme Court has agreed to examine a paternity suit against former king Juan Carlos by a woman who claims to be his daughter, a judicial...
Ten Ukraine civilians killed after ‘stray’ rocket hits bus at checkpoint
Ten Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket, apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents,...
France to send in 5,000 police and troops to guard 700 Jewish schools
France has deployed nearly 5,000 police to protect Jewish schools and mobilised thousands more security forces in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris.
Croatia elects first woman president after tight vote
Opposition challenger Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic was elected Croatia’s first female president on Sunday, narrowly winning a tight run-off vote with...
#JeSuisCharlie: Worldwide marches in solidarity with France
About a hundred thousand people rallied worldwide in solidarity with France on Sunday, with marchers across Europe and the Middle East chanting “Je...
Netanyahu steps up appeal to French Jews after attacks
This week’s deadly jihadist attacks have again set off a competition between the French and Israeli governments to reassure and secure the affection...
Exclusive: Witness, holed up as hostage situation plays out, shares inside account
A bystander, currently locked inside a shop almost directly opposite the Jewish market where a second hostage situation with a gunman in Paris is unfolding,...
First person: As hostage standoffs end, no cheering from Parisians
Watching the denouement of France’s worst terrorist attack in modern history from a Paris cafe has been a mighty test in cultural understanding, to say...
Four hostages killed as jihadist gunman’s seige of Kosher Paris deli ends
At least four hostages have been killed at the end of siege at a Paris supermarket involving a jihadist gunman.
Britain’s security chief warns al-Qaeda ‘planning mass attacks’ on West
The head of Britain’s MI5 Security Service has warned that the al-Qaeda terror group still has ambitions for a large attack.
Terror police swarm through forest in north east France in hunt for Paris killers
Anti-terrorism police have converged on a village north east of Paris after two brothers suspected of being behind the Charlie Hebdo magazine attack were...
German nurse ‘killed 30 in bid to show his CPR skills’
A German nurse has admitted killing about 30 patients at a hospital where he worked, it has been reported.
Merkel website hacked ahead of visit by Ukrainian premier
A pro-Russian organisation has claimed responsibility after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s website and several other German government sites were blocked...
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