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Turkey rejects Greek, EU claims that drilling off Cyprus illegitimate

Turkey rejects Greek, EU claims that drilling off Cyprus illegitimate

-- 2019-07-10 15:34:15

Turkey said on Wednesday it rejected Greek and European Union assertions that Turkish drilling for gas and oil off Cyprus was illegitimate, and said it showed the EU could not be an impartial mediator...

Albanian protesters renew call for PM to quit

Albanian protesters renew call for PM to quit

Reuters 2019-07-09 12:42:53

Albanian opposition supporters rallied on Monday in their tenth national protest since February to pressure Prime Minister Edi Rama to quit over what they say is election fraud. Several thousand peop...

Greek Conservatives take charge in landslide win

Greek Conservatives take charge in landslide win

-- 2019-07-08 11:00:05

Greece's opposition conservatives returned to power with a landslide victory in snap elections on Sunday, and Prime Minister-elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he had a clear mandate for change, pledging...

Hundreds protest against deadly domestic violence in Paris

Hundreds protest against deadly domestic violence in Paris

-- 2019-07-07 12:12:39

Hundreds of protesters gathered in central Paris on Saturday to raise awareness and demand tougher action on femicides in France. Yelling “Enough” and carrying signs reading “Stop f...

'Modern day slavery' ring busted in UK

'Modern day slavery' ring busted in UK

-- 2019-07-05 19:22:02

Details about what prosecutors have called one of Britain's largest-ever modern day slavery rings have emerged with the convictions of eight people. Prosecutors say more than 400 victims were forced...

Britain seizes Iranian oil tanker over Syria sanctions

Britain seizes Iranian oil tanker over Syria sanctions

-- 2019-07-05 12:27:33

British Royal Marines seized a giant Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday for trying to take oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, a dramatic step that drew Tehran’s fury and could e...

Unidentified object crashes in Cyprus, no casualties

Unidentified object crashes in Cyprus, no casualties

-- 2019-07-01 10:42:25

An unidentified object that may have been a missile crashed north of the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, early on Monday, but no one was hurt on the ground, Turkish Cypriot officials said. Mustafa Akinci,...

Separate stabbings in London leave man, pregnant woman dead

Separate stabbings in London leave man, pregnant woman dead

-- 2019-06-30 10:34:02

Two people were stabbed to death in separate incidents in London on Saturday, including a woman who was about eight months pregnant, police said. Police were called to an address in south London at 3...

‘Trump wants Turkey missile plans resolved without damaging ties’

‘Trump wants Turkey missile plans resolved without damaging ties’

-- 2019-06-29 14:04:04

US President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that he wanted the issue over Ankara’s procurement of air defence systems to be resolved without damaging bilateral ties, th...

France roasts in record heatwave, two die in Spain

France roasts in record heatwave, two die in Spain

-- 2019-06-29 12:40:12

France registered its highest temperature since records began on Friday as the death toll rose from a heatwave suffocating much of Europe. The mercury hit 45.9 degrees Celsius (114.6 Fahrenheit) in G...

Two die as Russian plane makes emergency landing

Two die as Russian plane makes emergency landing

-- 2019-06-27 11:33:18

Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing at a regional airport in Russia’s Buryatia republic, in Siberia, on Thursday, the area&rs...

Democracy falls short for people around the world: Survey

Democracy falls short for people around the world: Survey

-- 2019-06-25 12:38:49

Only half of the world's population thinks their country is democratic, a survey published on Tuesday found, with many Western Europeans viewing banks and social media as threats to democracy. The su...

Boris Johnson says he is serious about 'no-deal' Brexit threat

Boris Johnson says he is serious about 'no-deal' Brexit threat

Reuters 2019-06-25 12:01:43

Seeking to regain momentum in his bid to become the next prime minister of Britain, Boris Johnson said on Monday (BST) he was seriously prepared to take the country out of the European Union in Octobe...

France braces for 40C heatwave

France braces for 40C heatwave

-- 2019-06-24 13:36:55

France is braced for a heatwave with temperatures forecast to exceed 40C this week – potentially breaking the record for June. Temperatures are expected to reach 35 degrees or more on Monday, a...

Jeremy Hunt calls Boris Johnson a ‘coward’ for avoiding debate

Jeremy Hunt calls Boris Johnson a ‘coward’ for avoiding debate

-- 2019-06-24 12:46:29

Jeremy Hunt, one of the two people vying to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Monday that rival Boris Johnson was a coward for avoiding public head-to-head debates on Brexit. &ldquo...

Turkey's opposition wins big in Istanbul

Turkey's opposition wins big in Istanbul

-- 2019-06-24 11:45:39

Turkey's main opposition claimed a decisive victory on Sunday in Istanbul's re-run election, dealing one of the biggest blows to President Tayyip Erdogan during his 16 years in power and promising a n...

Istanbul votes in mayoral re-run, in key test for Erdogan

Istanbul votes in mayoral re-run, in key test for Erdogan

-- 2019-06-23 11:49:33

More than 10 million Istanbul residents will vote on Sunday in a re-run of a mayoral election that has become a referendum on President Tayyip Erdogan's policies and a test of Turkey's ailing democrac...

Russia temporarily bans flights to Georgia after violent clashes

Russia temporarily bans flights to Georgia after violent clashes

-- 2019-06-22 12:51:46

President Vladimir Putin has temporarily banned Russian airlines from flying to Georgia following a spate of violent unrest in the country. He signed the decree - which will be implemented from 8 Jul...

British Airways will follow US guidance to avoid parts of Iranian airspace

British Airways will follow US guidance to avoid parts of Iranian airspace

-- 2019-06-21 17:59:33

British Airways said on Friday it will adhere to guidance from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to avoid parts of Iranian airspace and its flights will continue to operate using alternativ...

Turkey orders arrest of 128 army personnel over Gulen links

Turkey orders arrest of 128 army personnel over Gulen links

-- 2019-06-18 13:51:21

Turkey has ordered the arrest of 128 military personnel over suspected links to the network accused by Ankara of orchestrating an attempted coup in 2016, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday....

Johnson gets boost in race to become Britain's new PM

Johnson gets boost in race to become Britain's new PM

Reuters 2019-06-18 10:56:23

Boris Johnson got a boost in his campaign to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday when one of his former rivals and EU supporter Matt Hancock backed him saying he was almost certain to...

Swiss women protest for equality

Swiss women protest for equality

-- 2019-06-14 16:53:22

Women across Switzerland have begun a day of demonstrations against what they say is the country's unacceptably slow pace to equality. Friday's protest comes 28 years after similar action saw half a...

Six die in Ukraine psychiatric clinic fire

Six die in Ukraine psychiatric clinic fire

-- 2019-06-11 12:12:31

Six people died in a fire in a municipal psychiatric clinic in the Ukrainian southern port of Odessa, Ukraine’s emergencies service said on Tuesday. The fire occurred on Monday evening, the ser...

Blaze destroys 20 flats in east London

Blaze destroys 20 flats in east London

-- 2019-06-10 12:12:54

Twenty flats were destroyed and another 10 have been damaged after a fire engulfed a building in east London. The blaze spread over six floors of the block of flats in De Pass Gardens, Barking, at ab...

UK leadership hopefuls launch campaigns to take control of Brexit

UK leadership hopefuls launch campaigns to take control of Brexit

Reuters 2019-06-10 11:17:51

Several of the leading candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister and take on the challenge of delivering Brexit will launch their leadership campaigns on Monday, as the crowded contest...

UK’s Johnson threatens to hold back $50b Brexit payment

UK’s Johnson threatens to hold back $50b Brexit payment

-- 2019-06-09 12:54:34

Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s next prime minister, said he would withhold a previously agreed 39 billion pound ($50 billion) Brexit payment until the...

Russian investigative journalist arrested for drug offences

Russian investigative journalist arrested for drug offences

-- 2019-06-09 12:10:33

Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was placed under two months’ house arrest in Moscow on Saturday (local time) while he is investigated for drug peddling, as a court rejected a reque...

UK’s Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion Brexit payment

UK’s Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion Brexit payment

-- 2019-06-09 10:38:34

Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s next prime minister, said he would withhold a previously agreed 39 billion pound ($50 billion) Brexit payment until the E...

Putin stands by China, criticises US over trade wars

Putin stands by China, criticises US over trade wars

-- 2019-06-08 12:21:32

Aggressive US tactics such as a campaign against Chinese telecoms firm Huawei will lead to trade wars - and possibly real wars - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, in a show of solidarit...

Spain deports 94 Taiwanese to Beijing for telecom fraud

Spain deports 94 Taiwanese to Beijing for telecom fraud

-- 2019-06-07 13:36:25

Ninety-four people from Taiwan landed in Beijing on Friday after being deported from Spain as part of a joint operation against telecom fraud launched three years ago, the Chinese police ministry said...