Europe

Paris ‘gas explosion’ kills three in city centre

BBC - Two firefighters and a Spanish woman have been killed after a huge blast at a bakery in France's…

11 months ago

German mass data attack ‘known for weeks’ by cyber officials

BBC - Germany's cybersecurity authorities have been criticised after it emerged they knew about a mass data attack on hundreds…

11 months ago

FRANCE – PM Édouard Philippe seeks ‘unity’ after unrest

BBC - French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has vowed to "restore national unity" after violence broke out during a fourth…

12 months ago

WORLD – European MPs spend night on migrant ship in desperate bid to secure dock

A group of five European politicians spent Sunday night on a rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean with hundreds of…

1 year ago

SPAIN – Thousands protest over rape ruling

MADRID – A Spanish court has jailed five men for sexually abusing a young woman during the famous San Fermin…

2 years ago

EUROPE – Man dies after trying to throw grenade over US Embassy walls

PODGORICA – A man died after attempting to throw a grenade over the wall of the US Embassy early Thursday…

2 years ago

WORLD – Bodies pulled from sea off Morocco

The bodies of 16 people have been pulled from the sea off the coast of Melilla, a small Spanish territory…

2 years ago

Macron abandons plans for official first lady

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron is to abandon plans to create an official role of first lady for his…

2 years ago

Sweltering temperatures in Europe

Parts of Europe are experiencing their most extreme heat in more than a decade as temperatures hit 44ºC (111F). Several…

2 years ago

GERMANY – One killed after stabbing spree in Hamburg

HAMBURG –– A 26-year-old man went on a stabbing spree with a kitchen knife in the northern German city of…

2 years ago

SWEDEN – Swedish ministers quit amid IT scandal

STOCKHOLM - An IT scandal forced Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to reshuffle his government on Thursday as two top…

2 years ago

FRANCE – Developing education

Rihanna (right) met with French President Emmanuel Macron Wednesday at his Paris palace to ask him to contribute to her…

2 years ago

Thousands flee French wildfires

PARIS - Parts of the French Riviera were evacuated late Tuesday and into Wednesday as forest fires burned swathes of…

2 years ago

GREECE/TURKEY – Quake kills two

KOS –– A 6.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Greek Island of Kos early Friday, killing at least two people and injuring…

2 years ago

ITALY – Woman dragged along platform by train

ROME - Footage of a woman being dragged along a platform by a train, after her bag got trapped in…

2 years ago

SPAIN – Dozens arrested in Europe-wide horsemeat scam

MADRID - Spanish police have arrested and charged 65 individuals over a continent-wide ring that traded in horsemeat from animals…

2 years ago

‘Zero happened’

PARIS - President Donald Trump offered a staunch defense of his eldest son Thursday, saying Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with…

2 years ago

GERMANY – G20 violence

HAMBURG - German police clashed with violent protesters Thursday in Hamburg a day ahead of the Group of 20 summit,…

2 years ago

FRANCE – Macron seeks to cut MPs

PARIS - Speaking at the historic Palace of Versailles, Macron said he planned to cut the number of lawmakers by…

2 years ago