Europe

BRUSSELS: The Council of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday adopted a recommendation to lift entry restrictions for residents of some third countries...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Berlin would spearhead efforts to ensure an effective post-pandemic recovery in the EU as it takes up the presidency of...

GENEVA: The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that all countries living with COVID-19 will be the new normal in the coming months, as...

A French court on Monday found former premier Francois Fillon guilty of charges of creating a fake job for his wife, using taxpayer money. Fillon, 66, was...

ROME: The Italian Health Ministry said Saturday that 97 COVID-19 patients are in the ICU, of whom almost half, or 43 patients, are in the northern Lombardy...

DUBLIN: Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has been elected as new prime minister of Ireland in a vote held here on Saturday at a special meeting of the...

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that the current 2-meter social distancing rule will be loosened from July 4 to "1 meter...

British Interior Minister Priti Patel on Monday warned that the threat from lone attackers was on the rise in the UK. Her comments came two days after a...

LONDON: Britain's counter-terrorism police said Sunday that the stabbing incident taking place in southern England's town of Reading on Saturday...

ROME: Italy's Ministry of Health said on Sunday that 24 people died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours -- almost all of them in one region -- the lowest...