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Man opens fire on tram passengers in Netherlands

Man opens fire on tram passengers in Netherlands

-- 2019-03-18 16:59:58

Several people were injured as a man has opened fire in a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht, police in the Netherlands said. An air ambulance was dispatched to treat the injured and Dutch media repor...

May warns of long Brexit delay unless MPs back her deal

May warns of long Brexit delay unless MPs back her deal

-- 2019-03-17 10:52:02

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s warned lawmakers that unless they approved her Brexit divorce deal after two crushing defeats, Britain’s exit from the European Union could face a long...

Russia will respond to new EU sanctions

Russia will respond to new EU sanctions

-- 2019-03-16 16:37:01

Russia will not leave new European Union sanctions unanswered, the foreign ministry was cited by the RIA news agency as saying in a statement on Saturday. The United States, Canada and the European U...

30,000 students join 'Global Strike for Future' in Belgium

30,000 students join 'Global Strike for Future' in Belgium

-- 2019-03-16 14:26:50

Thousands of school students across Belgium abandoned classrooms for a day of climate demonstrations on Friday as part of the 'Global Strike for Future', local press reported. Over 30,000 people, ac...

France strengthens security following New Zealand shootings

France strengthens security following New Zealand shootings

-- 2019-03-15 17:36:08

French authorities have stepped up security measures near religious sites after deadly attacks against two mosques in New Zealand left 49 people dead, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Fri...

UK MPs set to vote on delaying Brexit

UK MPs set to vote on delaying Brexit

-- 2019-03-14 11:03:26

British MPs will vote on Thursday on delaying Brexit after they rejected the idea of leaving the EU without a deal. In a night of high drama in the Commons, MPs surprised the government and voted by...

Fresh tariff regime for UK if ‘no-deal’ Brexit occurs

Fresh tariff regime for UK if ‘no-deal’ Brexit occurs

-- 2019-03-13 21:18:17

Business leaders reacted with fury Wednesday after the British government unveiled a temporary tariff regime that could see higher prices on an array of imports ranging from cars to butter, if the cou...

UK MPs vote down May's Brexit deal again

UK MPs vote down May's Brexit deal again

BBC 2019-03-13 10:21:45

British Prime Minister Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs by an overwhelming majority for a second time, with just 17 days to go to Brexit. MPs on Tuesday voted down the prim...

Italy bans unvaccinated children from school

Italy bans unvaccinated children from school

-- 2019-03-12 18:03:23

Italian children have been told not to turn up to school unless they can prove they have been properly vaccinated. The deadline follows months of national debate over compulsory vaccination, reports...

Brexit talks remain deadlocked day before Commons’ vote

Brexit talks remain deadlocked day before Commons’ vote

-- 2019-03-11 12:20:09

Brexit talks between the UK and the EU remain deadlocked, Downing Street has said just a day before MPs are due to vote again on Theresa May's deal. Mrs May spoke to European Commission president Jea...

UK ‘strips citizenship from two more IS brides’

UK ‘strips citizenship from two more IS brides’

-- 2019-03-10 12:37:31

Two more women from the UK who are being held in Syrian camps with their young children have been stripped of their citizenship, a report says. It comes after the death in a Syrian camp of the baby s...

Severe turbulence injures 29 Turkish Airlines passengers

Severe turbulence injures 29 Turkish Airlines passengers

-- 2019-03-10 10:56:52

More than two dozen people were injured and at least 10 were taken to a hospital after a Turkish Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence on its approach to New York’s John F Kennedy Intern...

'Forbidden city' tells Germany's complex military history

'Forbidden city' tells Germany's complex military history

-- 2019-03-09 18:58:06

Werner Borchert grinds out a cigarette with his leather boot, zips up his down jacket and unlocks a rusty door with a sign reading "Do not enter." He's entering anyway. Borchert is stepping into the...

IS bride Shamima’s baby dies, SDF confirms

IS bride Shamima’s baby dies, SDF confirms

-- 2019-03-09 10:44:54

The infant son of Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria, has died, a spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday. Begum, who...

UK will set out tariff plan after no-deal Brexit: Minister

UK will set out tariff plan after no-deal Brexit: Minister

-- 2019-03-06 13:54:27

Britain will set out its approach to tariffs on imported goods only if it has taken a decision to leave the European Union without a deal, business minister Greg Clark said on Wednesday. Britain curr...

Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Yannis Behrakis dead at 58

Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Yannis Behrakis dead at 58

-- 2019-03-03 19:02:45

Yannis Behrakis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, has died. He was 58. His death Saturday was confirmed by his employers, Reuters, where he had worked since 1987. Behrakis had long been ill...

Thousands march in Italy’s Milan against racism

Thousands march in Italy’s Milan against racism

-- 2019-03-03 11:53:56

Huge crowds have gathered in the northern Italian city of Milan to protest against racism. Organisers said about 200,000 people turned out in the city in Lombardy, a region where the right-wing popul...

Turkey will cut inflation rate to 6 to 7pc: Erdogan

Turkey will cut inflation rate to 6 to 7pc: Erdogan

-- 2019-03-02 18:04:15

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey’s inflation rate would fall to 6 or 7 per cent from the current 19-20 per cent but did not clarify how he aims to reach the goal. Delive...

Britain records warmest February since 1910

Britain records warmest February since 1910

-- 2019-03-02 14:20:14

February's daily maximum temperatures in Britain have been the highest in records dating back to 1910, Britain's national weather service said Friday. The highest maximum temperature was in England a...

UK's Corbyn says Labour will back new Brexit referendum

UK's Corbyn says Labour will back new Brexit referendum

-- 2019-02-28 12:08:53

Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will back another EU referendum after his alternative Brexit plan was again defeated in the Commons. But the Labour leader said he will also continue to push for "other avai...

Wildfires sweep across Britain

Wildfires sweep across Britain

-- 2019-02-27 15:12:03

Firefighters battled a series of wildfires in Britain on Wednesday, including a large moorland blaze outside the northern English city of Manchester, as the country experienced its warmest winter weat...

'UK will only leave EU without a deal if parliament consents'

'UK will only leave EU without a deal if parliament consents'

-- 2019-02-26 19:19:49

Britain will only leave the European Union without a deal on March 29 with the explicit consent of parliament, British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday. May promised lawmakers that if they...

May delays Brexit vote again, seeks more time

May delays Brexit vote again, seeks more time

-- 2019-02-25 10:14:30

British Prime Minister Theresa May put off a vote in parliament on her Brexit deal until as late as March 12 - just 17 days before Britain is due to leave the EU - setting up a showdown this week with...

Three UK ministers urge to delay Brexit

Three UK ministers urge to delay Brexit

-- 2019-02-23 18:29:31

Brexit should be delayed if Parliament does not approve a deal in the coming days, three cabinet ministers have warned publicly for the first time, according to BBC. Ahead of crucial votes in the Com...

Brexit: Three UK ministers issue delay warning

Brexit: Three UK ministers issue delay warning

-- 2019-02-23 13:36:55

Brexit should be delayed if Parliament does not approve a deal in the coming days, three cabinet ministers have warned publicly for the first time. Ahead of crucial votes in the Commons, Greg Clark,...

Ireland hopes no-deal Brexit plan 'sits on shelf'

Ireland hopes no-deal Brexit plan 'sits on shelf'

-- 2019-02-22 21:15:54

The Irish deputy prime minister has said he hopes that major legislation his government has prepared to manage a no-deal Brexit will never be used. Simon Coveney unveiled the wide-ranging bill on Fri...

Macron to receive Merkel on February 27 for talks

Macron to receive Merkel on February 27 for talks

-- 2019-02-22 17:45:45

French President Emmanuel Macron will host Germany’s Angela Merkel in France on February 27 for a working meeting to discuss Brexit, US relations as well as the two countries defence partnership...

Turkey orders 295 soldiers arrested over Gulen links

Turkey orders 295 soldiers arrested over Gulen links

-- 2019-02-22 14:47:45

Turkey ordered the arrest of 295 serving military personnel on Friday, the prosecutor’s office said, accusing them of links to the network of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara s...

Trump says he expects to meet Kim again after Hanoi summit

Trump says he expects to meet Kim again after Hanoi summit

-- 2019-02-21 18:29:15

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he expects to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again after their planned summit next week in Hanoi, according to Reuters. Speaking at the Whi...

Two dead after shooting in German city of Munich: police

Two dead after shooting in German city of Munich: police

-- 2019-02-21 15:53:30

Two people have been killed in the southern German city of Munich after locals reported shots being fired at a construction site on Thursday morning, a police spokesman said, according to Reuters. Po...