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Turkey detains 18 suspected IS members

Turkey detains 18 suspected IS members

-- 2018-06-14 15:17:00

Turkish authorities on Thursday arrested 18 suspected Islamic State members in Istanbul and Izmir, two of Turkey biggest cities, officials said. In an operation by Turkey’s intelligence agency...

‘Italy still expects Macron’s apology over immigration remarks’

‘Italy still expects Macron’s apology over immigration remarks’

-- 2018-06-14 13:41:57

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday he still expects French President Emmanuel Macron to apologise for critical comments he made about Italian immigration policy two day...

French farmers halt oil refinery blockades

French farmers halt oil refinery blockades

-- 2018-06-13 15:49:32

France’s biggest agriculture union on Wednesday told its farmers to halt a blockade of refineries and fuel depots that had entered its third day on Wednesday over palm oil imports an unfair comp...

Boats collide in Russia World Cup host city, killing 10

Boats collide in Russia World Cup host city, killing 10

-- 2018-06-12 14:02:07

Ten people on a river cruise were killed when their boat collided with a tugboat late on Monday in the Russian city of Volgograd, which is hosting matches in the soccer World Cup, rescue services said...

Russia, Ukraine fail to agree on UN peacekeeping mission

Russia, Ukraine fail to agree on UN peacekeeping mission

-- 2018-06-12 11:07:21

The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France met in Berlin on Monday to discuss the implementation of a fragile ceasefire for Ukraine and the deployment of a UN peacekeeping mission in...

Spain to take stranded rescue ship

Spain to take stranded rescue ship

-- 2018-06-11 19:27:08

Spain's prime minister on Monday has said the country will take in a rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean, to help avoid a humanitarian catastrophe. Pedro Sánchez said he would give "safe...

French minister calls farmers’ move to block oil refineries ‘illegal’

French minister calls farmers’ move to block oil refineries ‘illegal’

-- 2018-06-11 14:10:11

France’s farm minister said on Monday that a decision by farmers to launch a blockade of oil refineries and fuel depots to protest a government decision to allow Total to use imported palm oil a...

Italy shuts ports to migrant rescue ship

Italy shuts ports to migrant rescue ship

-- 2018-06-11 11:30:02

A rescue vessel carrying 629 migrants is stranded in the Mediterranean after Italy's new interior minister refused permission for it to dock. Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing League, said Mal...

G7 leaders urge Russia to stop undermining democracies

G7 leaders urge Russia to stop undermining democracies

-- 2018-06-10 12:48:21

Leaders of the Group of Seven countries urged Russia on Saturday to stop undermining democracies and said they were ready to step up sanctions against Moscow if necessary. The leaders of the United S...

Trudeau dismisses Trump critique

Trudeau dismisses Trump critique

-- 2018-06-10 12:28:50

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said nothing in his G7 news conference that he has not said before to US President Donald Trump, his office said after Trump criticised Trudeau on Twitter as &ld...

UK to publish Brexit plans after EU summit

UK to publish Brexit plans after EU summit

-- 2018-06-09 15:20:26

Detailed plans on the UK's post-Brexit future will not be published until after this month's EU summit. Theresa May will summon senior ministers to an away day at Chequers in July to settle details...

Minivan crash kills six migrants in Greece

Minivan crash kills six migrants in Greece

-- 2018-06-08 17:29:37

Six people were killed and two critically injured on Friday when a minivan carrying Iraqi and Syrian migrants crashed into a wall and overturned on a northern Greek motorway, police said. Three child...

Austria to shut seven mosques, expel dozens of imams

Austria to shut seven mosques, expel dozens of imams

-- 2018-06-08 14:32:58

Austria’s right-wing government plans to shut down seven mosques and expel up to 40 imams in what it said was “just the beginning” of a push against Islamist ideology and foreign f...

Stockholm attacker lands in jail for life

Stockholm attacker lands in jail for life

-- 2018-06-07 22:06:55

An Uzbek man who carried out a lorry attack which killed five people in Sweden last year has been sentenced to life for terrorist crimes. Rakhmat Akilov, 40, had expressed sympathy for the Islamic St...

Putin welcomes Trump's  decision to meet with Kim

Putin welcomes Trump's decision to meet with Kim

-- 2018-06-07 22:04:32

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope that the June 12 meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un would produce positive results, reports Agencies. US President Donald Trump made a courageous an...

Top court rejects Northern Ireland abortion law case

Top court rejects Northern Ireland abortion law case

-- 2018-06-07 16:59:48

Human rights campaigners have lost a Supreme Court appeal over the legality of Northern Ireland's abortion law. The court dismissed an appeal brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (...

Putin to solve Russians’ everyday problems on live TV

Putin to solve Russians’ everyday problems on live TV

-- 2018-06-07 11:26:54

Vladimir Putin, on a living standards drive at the start of a new presidential term, is expected to try to fix Russians’ everyday problems on live TV later on Thursday, handing out real-time ord...

Blast at grain storage facility in France leaves three injured

Blast at grain storage facility in France leaves three injured

-- 2018-06-06 15:54:41

An explosion at a grain storage facility in the eastern French city of Strasbourg seriously injured three people on Wednesday morning, emergency services said. It was not immediately clear what cause...

Putin praises ‘brave’ Trump over North Korea summit

Putin praises ‘brave’ Trump over North Korea summit

-- 2018-06-06 11:00:21

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday a decision by US President Donald Trump to set up a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was ‘brave and mature’, and said that he...

Russia not trying to divide EU: Putin

Russia not trying to divide EU: Putin

-- 2018-06-05 11:19:25

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is not trying to split the European Union. His remarks come ahead of a visit to Austria, his first trip to a Western European country in nearly a year...

UN to verify agreement between Washington, Pyongyang

UN to verify agreement between Washington, Pyongyang

-- 2018-06-04 21:39:17

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says the agency could resume work in North Korea “within weeks” to verify any possible agreement between Washington and Pyongyang. P...

Police cordons Berlin Cathedral after shooting incident

Police cordons Berlin Cathedral after shooting incident

-- 2018-06-03 21:42:24

Armed police have cordoned off Berlin Cathedral after an officer reportedly shot a man inside the building on Sunday afternoon. Eyewitness video showed crews with submachine guns and police tape bein...

Russian, Turkish PM discuss progress in major energy projects

Russian, Turkish PM discuss progress in major energy projects

-- 2018-06-02 21:09:46

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim discussed in a telephone conversation the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline and the Akkuyu nuclear powe...

Socialist Sánchez takes office as Spain’s Prime Minister

Socialist Sánchez takes office as Spain’s Prime Minister

-- 2018-06-02 19:38:53

Spanish Socialist Pedro Sánchez On Saturday has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister by King Felipe after the ousting of conservative Mariano Rajoy. Mr Sánchez, who is an a...

Doctor Strange actor Benedict Cumberbatch saves cyclist from muggers

Doctor Strange actor Benedict Cumberbatch saves cyclist from muggers

-- 2018-06-02 17:25:38

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, known for his portrayal of fictional crime-fighter Sherlock Holmes and comic book superhero Doctor Strange in the Marvel movies, has been hailed a hero for chasing...

France’s National Front renames itself

France’s National Front renames itself

-- 2018-06-02 13:33:53

Members of France’s far-right National Front party voted to change its name to the ‘National Rally’ on Friday, in a bid to shed a brand associated by many voters with racism and anti...

Macron tells Trump new tariffs illegal

Macron tells Trump new tariffs illegal

-- 2018-06-01 18:37:56

French President Emmanuel Macron has told US President Donald Trump that the new US tariffs on European, Mexican and Canadian goods are illegal and a "mistake." Macron's office said in a statement Fr...

Spain PM faces defeat in confidence vote

Spain PM faces defeat in confidence vote

-- 2018-06-01 16:24:54

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is set to be forced out of office in a motion of no confidence. On Friday he congratulated Socialist Party leader Pedro Sánchez, who will become prime mini...

Polls show most Italians want to stay in euro

Polls show most Italians want to stay in euro

-- 2018-05-31 14:17:41

Two polls show that between 60-72 per cent of Italians want the country to remain part of the euro while 23-24 per cent would choose to drop the common currency. The polls were taken by the Euromedia...

Ukraine admits to faking Russian journalist’s ‘murder’

Ukraine admits to faking Russian journalist’s ‘murder’

-- 2018-05-31 11:16:02

A dissident Russian journalist reported murdered in Kiev on Tuesday dramatically reappeared alive on Wednesday during a televised briefing by Ukrainian state security about the killing, which they the...