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Explosion at Ukraine ammo depot prompts evacuations

Explosion at Ukraine ammo depot prompts evacuations

-- 2018-10-09 13:38:25

Around 10,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions hit a defence ministry ammunition depot 176 kms (109 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital Kiev early on Tuesday morning, officials said....

Turkey detains 90 over suspected links to Kurdish militants

Turkey detains 90 over suspected links to Kurdish militants

-- 2018-10-09 12:55:36

Turkish authorities detained 90 people on Tuesday over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, the Interior Ministry said. The operation across eight provinces w...

UN expert asks to accelerate actions now for addressing global warming

UN expert asks to accelerate actions now for addressing global warming

-- 2018-10-08 18:13:48

A United Nations (UN) expert said states must accelerate action to address climate change - from solar electricity to climate-friendly agriculture practices - or risk locking in decades of grave human...

Saudi journalist 'killed inside consulate', Turkish police suspect

Saudi journalist 'killed inside consulate', Turkish police suspect

-- 2018-10-07 18:00:56

Fears are growing over missing Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi after Turkish officials said they believe he has been murdered. Khashoggi, a Saudi national, went missing after visiting the Saud...

Thousands march through Edinburgh to back Scottish independence

Thousands march through Edinburgh to back Scottish independence

-- 2018-10-07 10:50:39

Tens of thousands marched through the streets of Edinburgh on Saturday to show support for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom, a cause Scottish nationalists say has drawn strength from Brit...

Erdogan vows to 'finish' Kurdish militants in Iraq

Erdogan vows to 'finish' Kurdish militants in Iraq

-- 2018-10-06 19:42:13

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to 'finish' Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Sinjar and Qandil regions to avenge eight Turkish soldiers killed in a bomb attack in south-eastern Turkey earl...

'Brexit deal possible by end of 2018'

'Brexit deal possible by end of 2018'

-- 2018-10-06 19:38:12

European Council President Donald Tusk has said the EU and the United Kingdom will likely reach a Brexit deal before the end of this year. “I have a hope, which is close to certainty, that at t...

Green mamba snake found after biting 'owner' in Prague

Green mamba snake found after biting 'owner' in Prague

-- 2018-10-06 17:36:12

A highly venomous green mamba snake that escaped from its presumed owner on Tuesday after biting her in the Czech capital, Prague, has been caught. The snake had gone into hiding in a Prague district...

Chance of Brexit deal has increased, EC head says

Chance of Brexit deal has increased, EC head says

-- 2018-10-06 13:35:42

The chance of the UK and the EU agreeing a Brexit deal has grown in the last few days, the head of the European Commission has said. Speaking to the Austrian press, Jean-Claude Juncker said that whil...

Interpol chief missing, French police launch investigation

Interpol chief missing, French police launch investigation

-- 2018-10-05 16:49:18

French police have reportedly started an investigation after Meng Hongwei, the chief of the Interpol, was reported missing. Meng Hongwei, a former Chinese government minister, was reported missing af...

Nobel Peace Prize honours the fight against wartime sexual violence

Nobel Peace Prize honours the fight against wartime sexual violence

-- 2018-10-05 16:16:22

Two figures, Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Iraqi Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, have won the Nobel Peace Prize of this year for their contributions to combating sexual violence against women as a w...

UK accuses Russia's military intelligence of cyber attacks

UK accuses Russia's military intelligence of cyber attacks

-- 2018-10-04 11:40:25

The UK government has accused Russia's military intelligence service of being behind four high-profile cyber attacks. The National Cyber Security Centre says targets included firms in Russia and Ukra...

Russia, India set to sign $5.0b missile deal

Russia, India set to sign $5.0b missile deal

-- 2018-10-03 18:17:29

Russia and India are set to sign a deal worth more than five billion dollars on the delivery of Russian S-400 missile systems to New Delhi, according to the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Three scientists win Nobel prize in chemistry

Three scientists win Nobel prize in chemistry

-- 2018-10-03 16:29:38

American scientists Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and British scientist Gregory P. Winter won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research using directed evolution to produce enzymes for new c...

French cops recapture gangster three months after prison escape

French cops recapture gangster three months after prison escape

-- 2018-10-03 12:24:10

Redoine Faid, a French gangster who broke out of jail using a hijacked helicopter in July, has been recaptured, police sources say. The country's most wanted fugitive, he was detained north of Paris,...

Three scientists win Nobel in physics for laser breakthroughs

Three scientists win Nobel in physics for laser breakthroughs

-- 2018-10-02 16:41:31

Three scientists have won the 2018 Nobel prize in physics for breakthroughs on high intensity lasers. Arthur Ashkin from the United States, Gérard Mourou from France, and Donna Strickland from...

‘Italy won’t change budget deficit goal despite EU pressure’

‘Italy won’t change budget deficit goal despite EU pressure’

-- 2018-10-02 14:00:03

Italy will not change its budget deficit targets despite pressure from Brussels and its European Union partners, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday. Italy last week targeted the defi...

Turkey orders arrest of 417 suspects in money laundering probe

Turkey orders arrest of 417 suspects in money laundering probe

-- 2018-10-02 13:06:46

Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 417 suspects in a money laundering investigation over the transfer of some 2.5 billion lira ($419 million) to bank accounts abroad, broadcaster CNN Turk sa...

Central figure in Nobel scandal gets prison sentence for rape   

Central figure in Nobel scandal gets prison sentence for rape  

-- 2018-10-01 18:01:22

A Swedish court found Jean-Claude Arnault, at the centre of a scandal that has rocked the body that awards the Nobel literature prize, guilty of rape and sentenced him to two years' jail on Monday. T...

UK can cope with no-deal Brexit, Hammond says

UK can cope with no-deal Brexit, Hammond says

-- 2018-10-01 15:15:23

British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Monday the United Kingdom had the fiscal capacity to cope with leaving the European Union without any agreement but believed the mood in Brussels was to...

Leadership threats against May ‘unacceptable’: Major

Leadership threats against May ‘unacceptable’: Major

-- 2018-09-29 15:31:39

Taunts being made against Theresa May and "routine attacks" on her leadership by some Tory MPs are "completely unacceptable", Sir John Major has said. The former British PM called those challenging M...

Russian spy poisoning suspect was ‘honoured by Putin’

Russian spy poisoning suspect was ‘honoured by Putin’

-- 2018-09-27 15:30:53

A Russian man accused of the Salisbury poisoning is a military officer who received an honour from Vladimir Putin, an investigative website says. Following the attempted poisoning in March, UK invest...

Turkey detains 39 on suspected Gulen links

Turkey detains 39 on suspected Gulen links

Reuters 2018-09-26 14:29:51

Turkish authorities detained 33 soldiers and six others for suspected links to the network of the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen — whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating the 2016 attempted coup,...

Swedish parliament votes out PM Lofven, new govt unclear

Swedish parliament votes out PM Lofven, new govt unclear

-- 2018-09-25 16:01:15

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a mandatory confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday meaning he will step down, but with neither major political bloc holding a majority it remained unclear w...

UK to focus on skilled migrants, no EU preference after Brexit

UK to focus on skilled migrants, no EU preference after Brexit

-- 2018-09-25 13:20:27

People from the EU should face the same immigration rules as those from elsewhere, once the UK has completely left the bloc, the cabinet has agreed. The agreement in principle follows a recommendatio...

Turkey’s Erdogan pledges to increase safe zones in Syria

Turkey’s Erdogan pledges to increase safe zones in Syria

-- 2018-09-24 11:29:01

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will take action east of the Euphrates river in Syria and impose secure zones as it has done in northwest Syria, the Hurriyet daily and other media s...

Spain saves over 440 migrants from Mediterranean Sea

Spain saves over 440 migrants from Mediterranean Sea

-- 2018-09-23 17:08:05

Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved over 440 migrants attempting the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa. The service says it pulled 447 people from 15 small bo...

Macron's popularity falls further: Poll

Macron's popularity falls further: Poll

-- 2018-09-23 14:30:25

French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity fell further in September, adding to the troubles his administration faces following the departure of high-profile ministers and a summer scandal ov...

May vows to hold nerve after Brexit talks hit impasse

May vows to hold nerve after Brexit talks hit impasse

-- 2018-09-23 12:00:23

Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain would not flinch in an impasse with the European Union about its departure from the bloc, as French and German ministers suggested the next move in the negotiat...

Brexit compromise ‘still possible’, EC president Tusk says

Brexit compromise ‘still possible’, EC president Tusk says

-- 2018-09-22 11:50:31

European Council president Donald Tusk has said a compromise with the UK over Brexit is ‘still possible’, after Theresa May warned she was prepared to walk away from talks. In a statement...