The pioneer of package holidays folds after 178 years
Recreational drones have stropped flights at the airport on several occasions
President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday denounced the presence of foreign forces in the Gulf and said Iran will proffer a peace plan, after arch-foe the United States ordered reinforcements to the tinderbox region. "Foreign forces can cause problems and...
Pro-democracy supporters have been taking to Hong Kong's streets
Organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest said they had fined Iceland after the band it entered displayed scarves with Palestinian flags during the contest's final in Israel. Iceland's group Hatari brandished scarves with Palestinian flags when the...
Thousands of volunteers wielding nets and bin bags scoured coasts, parks and riverbanks across the globe Saturday, in a litter-picking drive highlighting the vast quantity of trash dumped worldwide, a day after mass international climate...
A strong earthquake hit Albania Saturday afternoon, forcing residents into the street in several cities, causing power cuts in the capital and collapsing some buildings in a nearby village. The epicentre of the quake, with a magnitude of 5.6 and a...
Italy has seen a rise in so-called "phantom" boat arrivals as traffickers ferry migrants across the Mediterranean from Tunisia rather than Libya without being spotted, a prosecutor warned Saturday. The closing window of opportunity to reach Europe...
Any country that attacks Iran will become the "main battlefield", the Revolutionary Guards warned Saturday after Washington ordered reinforcements to the Gulf following attacks on Saudi oil installations it blames on Tehran. Tensions escalated between...
France's medicines watchdog will join a pharma firm in the dock from Monday on fraud and negligence charges linked to the deaths of multiple people prescribed a diabetes pill for weight loss despite safety concerns. At least 500 people are thought to...
Rare small protests broke out on Friday in Cairo and other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi but police quickly dispersed them, AFP journalists reported. Dozens of people joined night-time demonstrations around...
More than 7,000 police officers are to be deployed for rallies in Paris on Saturday over fears that yellow vest protesters and their radical, anarchist "black blocs" could try to infiltrate a march against climate change in the French capital. The...
Masses of children skipped school Friday to join a global strike against climate change that teen activist Greta Thunberg said was "only the beginning" in the fight against environmental disaster. Some four million people filled city streets around the...
President Donald Trump on Friday announced new sanctions on Iran that he said were the toughest-ever against another country but indicated he did not plan a military strike, calling restraint a sign of strength. The Treasury Department unveiled action...
Brexit talks are progressing with "momentum", the British minister in charge of negotiating the divorce said Friday after meeting his EU counterpart, despite warnings from Europe that a deal is still some way off. After talks in Brussels with EU chief...
Pope Francis on Friday again spoke out against assisted suicide and euthanasia, days before a top Italian court is to examine the thorny question in the largely Roman Catholic country. "We can and we must reject the temptation, which is also favoured...
Audacious scam to trick rich targets out of millions by impersonating minister
Humanity should brace for blowback from oceans and frozen zones increasingly addled by climate change, a major UN report will warn. Loading the atmosphere with CO2 and greenhouse gases has spawned a host of consequences, starting with irreversible...
Italy said Thursday it would be joining a coalition of European militaries ready to react to crises near the continent's borders, as the country's new government rekindled ties with the EU. The announcement follows a visit to Rome by French President...
Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the first leader to be toppled by the Arab Spring revolts, died Thursday in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia's foreign ministry told AFP. "We had confirmation of his death 30 minutes ago," the ministry said,...
The owners of a 17th-century French palace said to be the model for Versailles were tied up as their opulent home was ransacked Thursday by robbers who fled with a haul worth €2 million, police said. The Vaux-le-Vicomte chateau, set amid sumptuous...
A symbol for many of the fight against corruption in one of the EU's most graft-ridden states, Romania's Laura Codruta Kovesi is now all but certain to become Europe's top prosecutor - in the teeth of opposition from her own government. As the head of...
Right-wing government coalition 'not possible'
Discussions on a structured form of co-operation
Unreleased photos showing Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps making preparations
Jim Ratcliffe, one of Britain's richest billionaires and a prominent Brexit supporter, said Wednesday he will open a new auto plant next to one being abandoned by Ford in Wales. The factory in Bridgend is already under development, with plans to...
A young French woman was killed after being stabbed 14 times by her partner in front of their three children, prosecutors in northern France said, amid a growing campaign to halt the deaths of women at the hands of their male companions. The man, 37,...
Barnier delivers stark warning on future trade deal
Italian authorities said Wednesday they have helped smash what they called "the world's largest" pirate streaming TV network with five million customers in Italy alone. The financial police in southern city Naples said in a statement they had arrested...
Saudi says normal production by month's end
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