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UK’s Brexit offer 'worth up to 55b euros'

BBC 2017-11-29 12:00:00

The UK has offered a larger potential "divorce bill" to the EU - which could be worth between 40 billion and 55 billion euros (£35 billion-£49 billion), the BBC understands. BBC political...

War criminal dies after ‘taking poison’ in court

-- 2017-11-29 12:00:00

A Bosnian Croat wartime commander died after swallowing what he said was poison in a UN war crimes courtroom on Wednesday after losing an appeal against a 20-year prison sentence, Croatian state TV sa...

EU considers easing disputes over migrants

Reuters 2017-11-29 03:15:01

EU governments will study a new proposal aimed at overcoming the deep splits over sharing responsibility for asylum-seekers that has soured relations in the bloc since the migrant crisis of 2015, dipl...

Train mows down railway workers in Belgium

-- 2017-11-28 10:55:12

Several workers of Infrabel, Belgian railway infrastructure manager, were mowed on a level crossing in Morlanwelz, south of Belgium. The accident that occurred on Monday night killed two people, lea...

German pro-refugee mayor faces knife attack

-- 2017-11-28 06:35:28

The conservative mayor of a small town in western Germany was stabbed in the neck on Monday evening and seriously hurt. The 57-year old mayor, Andreas Hollstein, is known for his liberal migrant poli...

Russian President Putin signs ‘foreign agent’ media law

-- 2017-11-26 12:39:21

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that allows the government to list any foreign media operating in the country as a foreign agent. The bill, in retaliation for Kremlin-backed broadca...

Dublin to veto Brexit talks

-- 2017-11-26 07:10:17

Ireland’s EU commissioner said Dublin would “continue to play tough” over its threat to veto talks about trade after Brexit unless Britain provided guarantees over the border between...

Momentum grows for grand coalition in Germany

-- 2017-11-25 11:47:24

Members of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) is likely to approve a renewed coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives if party leaders present a convincing proposal, said a me...

Georgia hotel fire claims 11 lives

-- 2017-11-25 09:50:49

A fierce fire that broke out at a hotel in Georgia’s Black Sea resort city of Batumi, killed 11 people and injured 19, said Georgia’s interior minister, Giorgi Gakharia on Saturday.  ...

EU gives UK 10-day deadline over Brexit

-- 2017-11-25 05:22:50

The European Union has given UK Prime Minister Theresa May a 10-day “absolute deadline” to improve Brexit divorce offer. Otherwise the country would face failure in persuade EU leaders to...

Turkey issues warrants for 79 former teachers

-- 2017-11-24 03:24:17

Turkish authorities issued detention warrants on Friday for 79 former teachers as part of a widening crackdown since last year’s failed coup attempt. The teachers were formerly employed at scho...

Four die in Georgia anti-terror raid

-- 2017-11-23 10:34:21

Three suspected militants and a special forces soldier have been killed in a siege on an apartment in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, reports say. Explosions and gunfire rocked a block of flats in the...

Ratko Mladic sentenced to life imprisonment over Bosnia genocide

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has been jailed for life for genocide and other atrocities in the 1990s Bosnian war. Known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", Mladic led forces during the massacre...

Russia admits radiation spike in Ural Mountains

-- 2017-11-22 01:45:37

Russian authorities have confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the Ural Mountains while the suspected culprit, a nuclear fuel processing plant, denied it was the source of cont...

Pope urges traffic police to show drivers ‘mercy’

-- 2017-11-21 12:21:11

Drivers who are caught speeding could now cite the Pope when asking for sympathy from the police. At a meeting with traffic police in Italy, Pope Francis urged them to show "mercy" towards those who...

Merkel in crisis as German coalition talks fail

-- 2017-11-20 12:00:00

Talks on forming a coalition government in Germany have collapsed, leaving Angela Merkel facing her biggest challenge in 12 years as chancellor. The free-market liberal FDP pulled out after four week...

Spain's attorney general dies in Argentina

-- 2017-11-19 12:00:00

Spain's attorney general José Manuel Maza died suddenly in Argentina on Saturday, where he was attending a conference. He was 66. Earlier in the day he had been reportedly taken to an intensiv...

UK plane, helicopter crash leaves several dead

-- 2017-11-17 12:00:00

An aircraft and a helicopter have crashed in mid-air over Buckinghamshire in the UK. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) reveal the information on Friday. The AAIB has sent a team to inves...

COP23 ends without positive outcome on climate

-- 2017-11-17 11:27:57

The 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) ended in Boon on Friday without any major positive outcome about the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate. Delegations of the pa...

Deadly flashfloods hit Greece, killing 15

-- 2017-11-16 10:29:48

Flash floods caused by heavy overnight rain have killed at least 15 people and caused destruction in central Greece. The industrial towns of Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, west of the capital Athens...

Six die in Russia plane crash

-- 2017-11-15 11:46:50

Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in Russia’s far eastern region of Khabarovsk early on Wednesday, Reuters reported citing Russian news agencies. There were seven people on boar...

UK launches two-week weapon surrender campaign

-- 2017-11-13 12:52:54

People in England and Wales have two weeks to hand in guns, other weapons and ammunition to police stations without being punished for possession. The National Ballistics Intelligence Service (Nabis)...

Forty party MPs ready to oust May

-- 2017-11-13 12:00:00

Forty British members of parliament from Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party have agreed to sign a letter of no-confidence in her, the Sunday Times newspaper reported, reports Reuters. Th...

Barcelona mass rally demands Catalan leaders’ release

-- 2017-11-12 12:00:00

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans have rallied in Barcelona on Saturday to demand the release of separatist leaders held in prison. Wearing yellow ribbons on their lapels backing the region's bid to...

Spanish PM visits Catalonia, urges for ‘normalcy’

-- 2017-11-12 09:57:34

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, during his first visit to Barcelona since referendum, urged Catalans to turn out in force in a December election to “restore normality” to a region buffeted b...

Spanish PM vows to end Catalonia crisis

-- 2017-11-12 09:21:33

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has said regional elections next month in Catalonia will help end "separatist havoc" in the north-eastern region. He addressed a campaign event on his first visit...

Car rams into students, hurting three in France

-- 2017-11-11 11:49:02

A man deliberately drove his car into a group of people outside a school near Toulouse in southern France on Friday, injuring three Chinese students, police sources said. The driver of the vehicle, a...

Major issues still pending in COP23

-- 2017-11-11 11:05:49

Developed countries have been putting emphasis to work jointly with least developed countries (LDC) and developing countries, delaying a decision on five major issues.    Bangladeshi delega...

Putin vows to retaliate for US actions

-- 2017-11-11 09:39:13

President Vladimir Putin is promising that Russia will retaliate for what he calls attacks on Russian media in the United States. Putin's comments at a news conference Saturday in Vietnam follow comp...

‘Rich nations need to slash carbon emission’

-- 2017-11-10 12:00:00

Developed countries on Friday were urged to bring down Greenhouse carbon gas emission by 2020 as per the 2nd commitment period of Kyoto Protocol. Leaders of developing and least developed countries...