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Turkish private jet crash claims 11 lives

Turkish private jet crash claims 11 lives

-- 2018-03-12 11:16:41

A Turkish private jet flying a group of young women from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul crashed Sunday in heavy rain in a mountainous region of Iran, killing all 11 people on board. Days earlie...

Nerve agent traces used to attack Russian spy, daughter: UK media

Nerve agent traces used to attack Russian spy, daughter: UK media

-- 2018-03-11 21:41:43

British media reported on Sunday that traces of the nerve agent used to attack a Russian ex-spy and his daughter have been found in Salisbury where the two were poisoned. The BBC said its sources say...

Erdogan lashes out at NATO for lack of Syria support

Erdogan lashes out at NATO for lack of Syria support

-- 2018-03-11 12:03:24

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised NATO for not supporting his country’s ongoing military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters in Syria. The president, speaking t...

Irish anti-abortion protesters march ahead of referendum

Irish anti-abortion protesters march ahead of referendum

-- 2018-03-11 11:29:05

Tens of thousands of people have marched through the Irish capital Dublin to protest against a government-proposed referendum to revoke a law which forbids abortion in the country. Organisers of the...

UK government resists 'latte levy'

UK government resists 'latte levy'

-- 2018-03-10 12:33:20

Britain has resisted a call by campaigners and lawmakers to impose a so-called “latte levy” on single-use coffee cups, opting instead to reduce the use of the cups through voluntary measur...

Proposed trump-Kim meeting ‘a step in the right direction’: Russia

Proposed trump-Kim meeting ‘a step in the right direction’: Russia

-- 2018-03-09 20:54:08

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday hailed a proposed meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “a step in the right direction”. &ldquo...

Duterte needs to see a psychiatrist, says UN official

Duterte needs to see a psychiatrist, says UN official

-- 2018-03-09 19:44:04

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s slurs against UN human rights activists suggest he needs to see a psychiatrist, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein told a n...

EU gives Poland two months to address gas storage violations

EU gives Poland two months to address gas storage violations

-- 2018-03-09 13:57:45

Poland’s law on natural gas storage violates the European Union’s rules on security of gas supplies, the EU’s executive said on Thursday, giving Warsaw two months to address its conc...

Spanish workers’ strike on Women’s Day disrupts train service

Spanish workers’ strike on Women’s Day disrupts train service

-- 2018-03-08 15:14:37

Many trains in Spain have been cancelled as workers prepare to strike to highlight gender inequalities on International Women's Day. Three-hundred trains will not be operating on Thursday, the countr...

May defends Saudi ties amid protests

May defends Saudi ties amid protests

-- 2018-03-08 13:34:20

Prime Minister Theresa May defended Britain’s links to security ally Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Queen Elizabeth for lunch on a high-profile visit that drew...

Germany voices concerns over resignation of Trump's adviser

Germany voices concerns over resignation of Trump's adviser

-- 2018-03-07 15:56:12

The German government has grave concerns about the resignation of US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries said on Wednesday, adding that she hoped tha...

Mild tremor jolts Russia’s Kuril Islands

Mild tremor jolts Russia’s Kuril Islands

-- 2018-03-07 15:07:43

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 has shaken the east of the Kuril Islands, in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, according to the US Geological Survey. Xinhua news agency reported citing the USGS the qua...

Saudi crown prince begins UK visit with focus on stronger defence ties

Saudi crown prince begins UK visit with focus on stronger defence ties

-- 2018-03-07 14:05:31

Britain’s grand welcome for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will begin on Wednesday with a lunch with Queen Elizabeth, as the two countries seek to widen longstanding defence ties into a...

UN expert calls for international regulation on surrogacy

UN expert calls for international regulation on surrogacy

-- 2018-03-06 20:39:34

International regulation is urgent on surrogacy as children face becoming commodities due to the increase of surrogacy arrangements globally. UN Special Rapporteur Maud de Boer-Buquicchio on the sale...

Turkey, Russia and Iran to hold summit on Syria crisis

Turkey, Russia and Iran to hold summit on Syria crisis

-- 2018-03-06 15:49:21

Turkey, Russia and Iran will hold a summit in April to discuss Syria and potential steps in the region, the spokesman for the Turkish foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hami...

Italy polls: Five Star, League both claim right to govern

Italy polls: Five Star, League both claim right to govern

-- 2018-03-06 11:10:13

The leaders of two anti-establishment parties have each claimed they have the right to govern Italy, after voters in Europe's fourth-largest economy did not return a majority to any single party. The...

Italy faces political gridlock

Italy faces political gridlock

-- 2018-03-06 00:12:58

  Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament on Sunday, spurning traditional parties and flocking to anti-establishment and far-right groups...

Water shortage hits UK after cold snap

Water shortage hits UK after cold snap

-- 2018-03-05 13:45:32

Thousands of homes across the UK have been hit by water supply shortage as a weather thaw has resulted in low pressure issues, and a number of burst water mains and leaks. The people living in London...

Security threat forces closure of US embassy in Turkey

Security threat forces closure of US embassy in Turkey

-- 2018-03-05 10:41:02

The US Embassy in Turkey will be closed on Monday due to an unspecified security threat. A statement posted on the embassy’s web page on Sunday urged US citizens to avoid the embassy in Ankara...

Poland building collapse claims four lives

Poland building collapse claims four lives

-- 2018-03-05 10:12:02

Four people have been killed and 24 others injured after an apartment building collapsed Sunday in Poland's western city of Poznan, said officials. The building contained 18 apartments and housed 40...

Exit polls in Italy election point to hung parliament

Exit polls in Italy election point to hung parliament

BBC 2018-03-05 09:44:29

Italy is on course for a hung parliament after voters backed right-leaning and populist parties, exit polls suggest. Initial projections say ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition is set to...

SPD agrees to grand coalition with Merkel

SPD agrees to grand coalition with Merkel

-- 2018-03-04 15:26:00

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to form her fourth government after the opposition Social Democrats voted in favour of another grand coalition. The vote by 464,000 rank-and-file members ends f...

German coalition: Merkel anticipating SPD’s support

German coalition: Merkel anticipating SPD’s support

-- 2018-03-04 14:00:05

Germany will learn on Sunday whether the Social Democrat (SPD) party’s 464,000 members have voted in favour of a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, opening the way to...

Voting starts in Italy

Voting starts in Italy

-- 2018-03-04 10:49:38

Italians go to the polls on Sunday in a vote that could bring political gridlock after an election campaign marked by anger over the listless economy, high unemployment and immigration. Pollsters pre...

Italy polls: Parties hold final rallies

Italy polls: Parties hold final rallies

-- 2018-03-03 11:59:37

Italy's main political parties have wrapped up campaigning ahead of Sunday's general election - each declaring that they expect to win. Final rallies were held by the ruling Democratic Party, the ant...

May gets down to business on Brexit

May gets down to business on Brexit

-- 2018-03-03 11:16:57

Theresa May's speech was another key milestone in the Brexit process and for once business leaders did not leave totally disappointed. What business will most appreciate is that this was not a compla...

Blizzard claims 55 lives in Europe

Blizzard claims 55 lives in Europe

-- 2018-03-02 20:24:34

Severe weather continues to bring chaos to large parts of Europe, where at least 55 people have died amid sub-zero temperatures. Most transport and flights have been suspended in Ireland where strong...

Obstructive migration laws mount to torture: UN

Obstructive migration laws mount to torture: UN

-- 2018-03-02 18:37:49

Increasingly obstructive laws, policies and practices have pushed migrants towards irregular pathways and methods and victims torture and ill-treatment, said a top UN official. The United Nations Spe...

Britain calls in army to battle snow storms

Britain calls in army to battle snow storms

-- 2018-03-02 15:17:25

Snow storms shut most of Ireland on Friday and forced Britain to call in the army to battle some of the worst weather seen in nearly 30 years. After a blast of Siberian weather dubbed “the beas...

Russia has invincible missile, says Putin

Russia has invincible missile, says Putin

-- 2018-03-01 18:42:08

Russia has developed a new cruise missile that is invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin made the revelation as he laid out his key policies for a fourth presidential term, ahead...