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‘Britain will face some food shortages in a no-deal Brexit’

-- 2019-08-07 15:44:17

A disorderly no-deal Brexit would disrupt some food supplies for weeks or months if delays at ports leave fresh produce rotting in trucks, the industry’s trade body warned on Wednesday. Retaile...

Explosion hits tax agency office in Copenhagen

-- 2019-08-07 13:54:28

A blast that damaged the Danish Tax Agency’s office in Copenhagen late on Tuesday was an “attack” but it was too early to know who was responsible, police said on Wednesday. The exp...

Turkey says all parties should cooperate in eastern Mediterranean

-- 2019-08-05 15:07:13

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on all parties in the eastern Mediterranean to cooperate with Turkey to solve problems in the area. Turkey has sent two drilling ships to explo...

Russian police detain over 800 in opposition crackdown

-- 2019-08-04 10:25:48

Russian police forcibly detained over 800 people attending a protest in Moscow on Saturday (local time) to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after authorities warned th...

Heathrow cancels 172 flights as staff prepare to strike

-- 2019-08-03 17:22:10

Heathrow Airport, a major international airport in the United Kingdom, has decided to cancel 177 flights on Monday and Tuesday as thousands of workers overwhelmingly preparing for a strike after rejec...

UK to spend extra $2.6b on no-deal Brexit planning

-- 2019-08-01 13:21:31

Britain is ramping up preparations for a no-deal Brexit by spending an extra 2.1 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) to make sure the country is ready to leave the European Union with or without a divorce d...

Fears Russian opposition leader may have been poisoned

Reuters 2019-07-29 14:07:55

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was hospitalised on Sunday after suffering an acute allergic reaction which one doctor said may have been the result of him being poisoned with an unknown chem...

World powers meet Iran in Vienna to salvage nuclear deal

-- 2019-07-28 16:39:24

Representatives from Europe, China and Russia, nations that are still committed to the Iran nuclear deal, plan to meet with Iran’s representative in Vienna on Sunday to discuss how to salvage th...

Russia detains over 1,000 in opposition crackdown

-- 2019-07-28 11:06:30

Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin&rsq...

Johnson promises a bold new Brexit deal

-- 2019-07-25 10:59:10

Boris Johnson promised in his first speech as prime minister to lead Britain out of the European Union on October 31 with "no ifs or buts" and warned that if the bloc refused to negotiate then there w...

Boris Johnson set to unveil his Brexit team

Reuters 2019-07-24 14:06:01

Boris Johnson will take office on Wednesday as British prime minister and will unveil the names of the team he has tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal. Johnson...

Boris Johnson becomes British prime minister

-- 2019-07-23 17:19:42

Boris Johnson, the ebullient Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal by Halloween, will replace Theresa May as British prime minister after winning...

Boris Johnson set to become next UK PM

-- 2019-07-23 10:25:18

Boris Johnson is expected to be elected leader of Britain’s governing Conservative Party and the country’s next prime minister on Tuesday, tasked with following through on his “do or...

Britain weighs response to Iran Gulf crisis

-- 2019-07-22 10:54:17

Britain was weighing its next moves in the Gulf tanker crisis on Sunday, with few good options apparent as a recording emerged showing that the Iranian military defied a British warship when it boarde...

1,000 firefighters battle wildfires in central Portugal

-- 2019-07-21 18:10:09

Some 1,000 firefighters are working to contain wildfires in central Portugal that have already injured eight firefighters and 12 civilians, authorities said Sunday. Portugal’s Civil Protection...

Britain mulls sanctions on Iran in tanker row

-- 2019-07-21 10:57:15

British ministers are making plans aimed at targeting Iran with sanctions in the aftermath of the Iranian seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf, Reuters reported citing a Daily Telegraph...

Britain calls ship seizure a 'hostile act'

Reuters 2019-07-21 10:34:20

Britain has denounced Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a “hostile act” and rejected Tehran’s explanation that it seized the vessel because it had b...

Powerful earthquake jolts Athens

-- 2019-07-19 19:48:22

A strong earthquake has shaken the Greek capital of Athens, knocking out phone networks and power in parts of the city, reports BBC. The earthquake was registered at 5.1 magnitude with an epicentre...

Hackers steal millions of Bulgarians' financial data; one arrested

-- 2019-07-17 12:54:02

Bulgarian police have detained a suspect in a hacking attack on the Balkan country’s National Revenue Agency that led to the leak of personal and financial data of millions of people, an interio...

EU chief nominee pledges ‘green deal’ for MEP votes

-- 2019-07-16 22:40:37

The woman nominated to head the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has pledged to launch a "green deal for Europe", in a bid for MEPs' support, reports BBC. Mrs von der Leyen set out her agenda in...

Italy seizes missile, guns in raids on neo-Nazis

-- 2019-07-16 13:25:37

Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathisers, they said on Monday. Elite police forces searched properties across northern...

Turkey defies US as Russian S-400 missile defence arrives

-- 2019-07-12 17:35:41

Turkey has received the first parts of a Russian S-400 missile defence system despite opposition from the US. The shipment arrived in an airbase in the capital Ankara on Friday, the Turkish defence m...

Six foreign nationals dead as severe weather hits Greece

-- 2019-07-11 11:29:12

Six foreign nationals, including two children, were killed and more than 100 other people injured after gale-force winds, rain and hailstorms struck northern Greece late on Wednesday, uprooting trees...

Angela Merkel’s body shook at public event for third time in a month

-- 2019-07-10 19:25:42

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s body shook visibly at a public event for the third time in less than a month on Wednesday, but the long-time leader insisted that there’s nothing to worry...

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

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

-- 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

-- 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

-- 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

-- 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...