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Nadal opens his tennis academy to Majorca flood victims

Nadal opens his tennis academy to Majorca flood victims

-- 2018-10-11 18:04:51

World number one Rafael Nadal has helped flood victims in his native Majorca, opening up his tennis academy on the island to the homeless and helping to clear mud and water. Video on Spanish newspape...

Turkey cannot remain silent over Khashoggi’s disappearance: Erdogan

Turkey cannot remain silent over Khashoggi’s disappearance: Erdogan

-- 2018-10-11 14:47:10

Turkey cannot remain silent over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by Hurriyet newspaper on Thursday, adding Turkey is investigating...

Turkey migrant boat capsize leaves four dead; 30 missing

Turkey migrant boat capsize leaves four dead; 30 missing

-- 2018-10-10 15:01:34

Four people died after a migrant boat sank off the western coast of Turkey late on Tuesday, the Turkish interior ministry said on Wednesday, adding that 30 others were still missing. The boat sank of...

Flash flood kills five in Spain's Mallorca

Flash flood kills five in Spain's Mallorca

Agencies 2018-10-10 14:05:38

At least five people have died and several are missing in flash flooding on the Spanish island of Mallorca. A huge wave of muddy water engulfed the town of Sant Llorenc des Cardassar, in the east of...

Police arrests one over rape, murder of Bulgarian journalist

Police arrests one over rape, murder of Bulgarian journalist

-- 2018-10-09 20:01:35

A man has been detained over the killing of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova, police say. Viktoria Marinova's body was found in a park in the northern city of Ruse, near the River Danube, on Sa...

Turkey investigators to search Saudi consulate in Istanbul

Turkey investigators to search Saudi consulate in Istanbul

-- 2018-10-09 19:57:56

Turkey's foreign ministry has said authorities will search Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul in connection with the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Foreign Ministry spokesman of...

Explosion at Ukraine ammo depot prompts evacuations

Explosion at Ukraine ammo depot prompts evacuations

-- 2018-10-09 13:38:25

Around 10,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions hit a defence ministry ammunition depot 176 kms (109 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital Kiev early on Tuesday morning, officials said....

Turkey detains 90 over suspected links to Kurdish militants

Turkey detains 90 over suspected links to Kurdish militants

-- 2018-10-09 12:55:36

Turkish authorities detained 90 people on Tuesday over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, the Interior Ministry said. The operation across eight provinces w...

UN expert asks to accelerate actions now for addressing global warming

UN expert asks to accelerate actions now for addressing global warming

-- 2018-10-08 18:13:48

A United Nations (UN) expert said states must accelerate action to address climate change - from solar electricity to climate-friendly agriculture practices - or risk locking in decades of grave human...

Saudi journalist 'killed inside consulate', Turkish police suspect

Saudi journalist 'killed inside consulate', Turkish police suspect

-- 2018-10-07 18:00:56

Fears are growing over missing Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi after Turkish officials said they believe he has been murdered. Khashoggi, a Saudi national, went missing after visiting the Saud...

Thousands march through Edinburgh to back Scottish independence

Thousands march through Edinburgh to back Scottish independence

-- 2018-10-07 10:50:39

Tens of thousands marched through the streets of Edinburgh on Saturday to show support for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom, a cause Scottish nationalists say has drawn strength from Brit...

Erdogan vows to 'finish' Kurdish militants in Iraq

Erdogan vows to 'finish' Kurdish militants in Iraq

-- 2018-10-06 19:42:13

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to 'finish' Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Sinjar and Qandil regions to avenge eight Turkish soldiers killed in a bomb attack in south-eastern Turkey earl...

'Brexit deal possible by end of 2018'

'Brexit deal possible by end of 2018'

-- 2018-10-06 19:38:12

European Council President Donald Tusk has said the EU and the United Kingdom will likely reach a Brexit deal before the end of this year. “I have a hope, which is close to certainty, that at t...

Green mamba snake found after biting 'owner' in Prague

Green mamba snake found after biting 'owner' in Prague

-- 2018-10-06 17:36:12

A highly venomous green mamba snake that escaped from its presumed owner on Tuesday after biting her in the Czech capital, Prague, has been caught. The snake had gone into hiding in a Prague district...

Chance of Brexit deal has increased, EC head says

Chance of Brexit deal has increased, EC head says

-- 2018-10-06 13:35:42

The chance of the UK and the EU agreeing a Brexit deal has grown in the last few days, the head of the European Commission has said. Speaking to the Austrian press, Jean-Claude Juncker said that whil...

Interpol chief missing, French police launch investigation

Interpol chief missing, French police launch investigation

-- 2018-10-05 16:49:18

French police have reportedly started an investigation after Meng Hongwei, the chief of the Interpol, was reported missing. Meng Hongwei, a former Chinese government minister, was reported missing af...

Nobel Peace Prize honours the fight against wartime sexual violence

Nobel Peace Prize honours the fight against wartime sexual violence

-- 2018-10-05 16:16:22

Two figures, Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Iraqi Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, have won the Nobel Peace Prize of this year for their contributions to combating sexual violence against women as a w...

UK accuses Russia's military intelligence of cyber attacks

UK accuses Russia's military intelligence of cyber attacks

-- 2018-10-04 11:40:25

The UK government has accused Russia's military intelligence service of being behind four high-profile cyber attacks. The National Cyber Security Centre says targets included firms in Russia and Ukra...

Russia, India set to sign $5.0b missile deal

Russia, India set to sign $5.0b missile deal

-- 2018-10-03 18:17:29

Russia and India are set to sign a deal worth more than five billion dollars on the delivery of Russian S-400 missile systems to New Delhi, according to the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Three scientists win Nobel prize in chemistry

Three scientists win Nobel prize in chemistry

-- 2018-10-03 16:29:38

American scientists Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and British scientist Gregory P. Winter won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research using directed evolution to produce enzymes for new c...

French cops recapture gangster three months after prison escape

French cops recapture gangster three months after prison escape

-- 2018-10-03 12:24:10

Redoine Faid, a French gangster who broke out of jail using a hijacked helicopter in July, has been recaptured, police sources say. The country's most wanted fugitive, he was detained north of Paris,...

Three scientists win Nobel in physics for laser breakthroughs

Three scientists win Nobel in physics for laser breakthroughs

-- 2018-10-02 16:41:31

Three scientists have won the 2018 Nobel prize in physics for breakthroughs on high intensity lasers. Arthur Ashkin from the United States, Gérard Mourou from France, and Donna Strickland from...

‘Italy won’t change budget deficit goal despite EU pressure’

‘Italy won’t change budget deficit goal despite EU pressure’

-- 2018-10-02 14:00:03

Italy will not change its budget deficit targets despite pressure from Brussels and its European Union partners, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday. Italy last week targeted the defi...

Turkey orders arrest of 417 suspects in money laundering probe

Turkey orders arrest of 417 suspects in money laundering probe

-- 2018-10-02 13:06:46

Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 417 suspects in a money laundering investigation over the transfer of some 2.5 billion lira ($419 million) to bank accounts abroad, broadcaster CNN Turk sa...

Central figure in Nobel scandal gets prison sentence for rape   

Central figure in Nobel scandal gets prison sentence for rape  

-- 2018-10-01 18:01:22

A Swedish court found Jean-Claude Arnault, at the centre of a scandal that has rocked the body that awards the Nobel literature prize, guilty of rape and sentenced him to two years' jail on Monday. T...

UK can cope with no-deal Brexit, Hammond says

UK can cope with no-deal Brexit, Hammond says

-- 2018-10-01 15:15:23

British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Monday the United Kingdom had the fiscal capacity to cope with leaving the European Union without any agreement but believed the mood in Brussels was to...

Leadership threats against May ‘unacceptable’: Major

Leadership threats against May ‘unacceptable’: Major

-- 2018-09-29 15:31:39

Taunts being made against Theresa May and "routine attacks" on her leadership by some Tory MPs are "completely unacceptable", Sir John Major has said. The former British PM called those challenging M...

Russian spy poisoning suspect was ‘honoured by Putin’

Russian spy poisoning suspect was ‘honoured by Putin’

-- 2018-09-27 15:30:53

A Russian man accused of the Salisbury poisoning is a military officer who received an honour from Vladimir Putin, an investigative website says. Following the attempted poisoning in March, UK invest...

Turkey detains 39 on suspected Gulen links

Turkey detains 39 on suspected Gulen links

Reuters 2018-09-26 14:29:51

Turkish authorities detained 33 soldiers and six others for suspected links to the network of the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen — whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating the 2016 attempted coup,...

Swedish parliament votes out PM Lofven, new govt unclear

Swedish parliament votes out PM Lofven, new govt unclear

-- 2018-09-25 16:01:15

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a mandatory confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday meaning he will step down, but with neither major political bloc holding a majority it remained unclear w...