Europe

Vienna: Four Swiss men were killed when their ski touring group was swept away by an avalanche in western Austria, police in the Tyrol region said on...

Washington: President Donald Trump on Thursday will offer the first details of his plans for deep cuts in domestic programmes and foreign aid, releasing a...

London/Edinburgh: It would be impossible to hold a legal and decisive referendum on Scottish independence in the timeframe demanded by First Minister Nicola...

Rome: The Italian government won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday on a fiercely contested reform of the justice system aimed at preventing...

Frankfurt: The diplomatic spat between Turkey and the Netherlands spread online on Wednesday when a large number of Twitter accounts, many with no apparent...

Amsterdam: The Dutch began voting on Wednesday (March 15, 2017) in an election seen as a test of anti-immigrant and nationalist feeling, magnified in the...

Berlin: Germany plans a new law calling for social networks like Facebook to remove slanderous or threatening online postings quickly or face fines of up to...

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was already on her way to the airport on Monday to fly to Washington for her first meeting with U.S....

Ankara/Istanbul: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday a diplomatic row with the Netherlands could not be dismissed with an apology and warned of...

Amsterdam: The Dutch election has centred on the fight between the two hard right candidates, Geert Wilders and Prime Minister Mark Rutte, but the leader of...