Europe

Vienna: Austria's right-wing government announced plans on Wednesday to ban girls from wearing headscarves in kindergarten and primary schools to combat...

Istanbul: The planned delivery of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries to Turkey has been brought forward to July 2019, the Turkish undersecretary...

Riga: Russia began testing missiles with live munitions in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday, alarming Latvia, a member of NATO, which says the drills have forced...

Oslo: Scientists in developing nations plan to step up research into dimming sunshine to curb climate change, hoping to judge if a man-made chemical...

Budapest: Sat in a student cafe in Budapest, Laura Balazs says she will think carefully before voting in a national election on Sunday as, for her and many...

Rome: Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement proposed a German-style governing contract with two of its rivals as formal talks aimed at seating a...

The Hague/Salisbury (UK): Russia's proposal for a joint inquiry into the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in England is "perverse", Britain's...

Berlin: Travellers across Europe suffered disruption on Tuesday after the failure of a continent-wide flight plan processing system, affecting around half...

London: The head of Britain's military research centre said on Tuesday it was unable yet to say whether the military-grade nerve agent that poisoned a...

London: Britain's Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, was admitted to hospital and will have surgery on his hip on Wednesday,...