-- 2017-12-25 12:00:00
A bus swerved off course and drove into a busy pedestrian underpass in Moscow on Monday, killing at least five people, Russian news agencies reported. Reuters says video from the scene posted on soci...
-- 2017-12-25 10:38:01
Some 200 skiers were stranded in chair lifts after a gondola broke down at a resort in the French Alps, said French authorities. Rescue operations were under way and no injuries were reported. An o...
-- 2017-12-25 09:37:32
The king of Spain has issued a renewed call for unity amid the ongoing fallout from Catalonia's outlawed independence referendum. In his Christmas message, Felipe VI urged the people of Catalonia to...
-- 2017-12-25 08:14:17
Pope Francis has used his traditional Christmas Day message on Monday to call for "peace for Jerusalem" and dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. Acknowledging "growing tensions" between them,...
-- 2017-12-25 04:06:45
Two Turkish soldiers have been killed in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari in an attack by Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) militants, the military said on Monday. Another soldier was wounde...
-- 2017-12-24 12:00:00
Turkey said on Sunday that 2,756 people were dismissed from their jobs in public institutions including soldiers, teachers, and ministry personnel over links to “terror” organisations. Th...
-- 2017-12-24 10:00:09
The Myanmar leader should be cut from Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, critics insist. It is one of the most popular children’s books of 2017, a collection of stories about female role model...
FE Online Desk 2017-12-24 07:35:40
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny says he has gathered enough nominations to challenge Vladimir Putin in March's presidential polls. His supporters met in 20 cities across the country to s...
-- 2017-12-23 10:49:20
French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed European reforms will play a big role in talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives to form a government with the center-left...
-- 2017-12-23 03:28:19
More than 70 firefighters were tackling a blaze at London Zoo on Saturday after a fierce fire broke out at the attraction’s cafe and shop, the fire brigade said. There were no reports of any a...
-- 2017-12-22 12:50:13
Moscow is preparing a response to a new set of US sanctions, the Kremlin and the Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday. The US Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned Russia's Chechen leader...
-- 2017-12-22 12:08:13
A makeshift bomb exploded outside an appeals court in Athens causing minor damage, police officials said. There were no reports of injuries. Two Greek media organisations received warning calls befo...
-- 2017-12-22 12:07:51
The UN General Assembly has decisively backed a resolution effectively calling on the US to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The 193-member UN General Assembly held a r...
-- 2017-12-22 11:19:14
Catalonia’s separatists look set to regain power in the wealthy Spanish region after local elections on Thursday. With nearly all votes counted, separatist parties won a slim majority in Catala...
-- 2017-12-22 05:23:48
British officials say passports will once again have blue covers after Britain leaves the European Union.Officials said Friday that the burgundy passport cover associated with membership in the Europe...
-- 2017-12-21 12:00:00
British Prime Minister Theresa May forced her most senior minister, Damian Green, to resign on Wednesday after an internal investigation found. He had made misleading comments about pornography found...
Reuters 2017-12-21 10:59:56
British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit China around the end of January to promote her vision of a “global Britain” whose economy is strongly placed to succeed after Brexit, Sky News...
-- 2017-12-20 11:18:35
Action has been taken against an alleged Islamist terror plot in the UK that could have happened at Christmas, counter terrorism sources say. Four men were arrested early on Tuesday in South Yorkshir...
-- 2017-12-19 03:53:24
Britain’s biggest ever warship, the new 3.1 billion pound ($4.2 billion) aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, has a leak and needs repairs, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Tuesday. The 6...
-- 2017-12-18 12:00:00
Information provided by the CIA helped Russian security services foil an attack on St Petersburg's Kazan cathedral, US and Russian leaders say. President Vladimir Putin phoned Donald Trump to thank...
-- 2017-12-18 09:04:38
Thousands of protesters rallied in central Vienna against Austria's new coalition government of conservatives and far right, during its swearing-in. Among the banners were ones saying "Don't let the...
Reuters 2017-12-17 11:13:47
A poll has found that 51 per cent of Britons would now keep European Union membership while 41 per cent want to leave the bloc, a near reversal of last year’s referendum result. The BMG poll of...
-- 2017-12-16 12:00:00
Russia and Egypt signed a deal on Friday to resume flights between Moscow and the Egyptian capital of Cairo starting from February, after more than a two-year break, officials announced. Moscow suspe...
-- 2017-12-16 10:39:08
Austria's conservative People's Party has agreed a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party. The deal comes two months after a parliamentary election which the People's Party won but without an ove...
-- 2017-12-16 06:20:23
Former British prime minister David Cameron is to take on a new role leading a UK government-backed investment initiative between Britain and China. Cameron will take charge of a £750m ($1bn) f...
-- 2017-12-15 12:10:14
The European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional agreement due to emissions from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF). According to an official news release, this wou...
-- 2017-12-15 12:00:00
Four adolescents were killed when a train smashed into a school bus on a level crossing outside the town of Perpignan in southwestern France on Thursday. Images from the scene showed the bus split in...
-- 2017-12-15 08:24:47
The International Organisation for Migration is launching a new online portal bringing together a wide variety of data to help provide a more complete picture of where people are on the move and why....
FE Online Desk 2017-12-15 08:24:03
Russia's presidential election will take place on March 18 following a vote in the upper chamber of the country's parliament, reports AP. Though the vote Friday from the Federation Council is largely...
-- 2017-12-14 12:56:07
The first meeting of a Russian-North Korea military commission is discussing the implementation of a 2015 agreement on preventing dangerous military activities signed by the two nations in 2015, Russi...
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