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Tough talks, no agreements at Merkel-Putin meeting

Tough talks, no agreements at Merkel-Putin meeting

-- 2018-08-19 23:32:06

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, as well as Iran and a gas pipeline project that has drawn US ire during tough talks o...

Moscow reiterates commitment to Iran nuke deal

Moscow reiterates commitment to Iran nuke deal

-- 2018-08-18 16:07:15

Moscow is determined to take all necessary measures to preserve and implement the Iran nuclear deal, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. The ministry said Russia continues to consistently implemen...

UN for safeguarding aid workers, civilians

UN for safeguarding aid workers, civilians

-- 2018-08-17 18:31:44

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and Humanitarian Affairs chief Mark Lowcock on Friday renewed the call for civilians and aid workers everywhere to be better protected. He made the call remembering al...

16 hurt in Germany as bus drives into ditch

16 hurt in Germany as bus drives into ditch

-- 2018-08-17 14:29:51

Six people were seriously injured and ten others slightly hurt after a bus driven into a ditch beside a highway in northeastern Germany and turned over, police said. News agency dpa reported that t...

Italy deputy PM says, state may take over motorways

Italy deputy PM says, state may take over motorways

Reuters 2018-08-16 14:49:56

The Italian state will have to take over the country’s motorways if companies who have concessions are not able to do the job properly, deputy prime minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday. Di...

Death toll reaches 39 in Italy bridge collapse

Death toll reaches 39 in Italy bridge collapse

-- 2018-08-15 17:27:57

Italian emergency workers pulled two more bodies out of tons of broken concrete and twisted steel Wednesday after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, raising the death toll in the disaster to at leas...

Police search addresses after attack at UK parliament

Police search addresses after attack at UK parliament

-- 2018-08-15 13:38:51

Police searched three addresses in central England as part of an investigation into what they said appeared to be a terrorist attack outside Britain’s parliament when a man drove a car into pede...

Erdogan vows US boycott, but diplomats resume talks

Erdogan vows US boycott, but diplomats resume talks

-- 2018-08-14 22:07:19

Turkey's president appeared to escalate a dispute with the United States that has helped foment a Turkish currency crisis, claiming Tuesday that his country will boycott US-made electronic goods, repo...

Merkel, Putin to discuss  Syria, Ukraine, energy

Merkel, Putin to discuss Syria, Ukraine, energy

-- 2018-08-14 22:06:28

Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin will discuss the war in Syria, the conflict in east Ukraine and a disputed pipeline to bring Russian gas to Germany during talks near Berlin on Sa...

‘Dozens dead’ in Italy bridge collapse

‘Dozens dead’ in Italy bridge collapse

-- 2018-08-14 17:51:19

A major bridge has collapsed near the northern Italian city of Genoa, leading to vehicles falling some 100m (328ft). Italian Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said it was likely to be "an immense t...

Swedish gangs set 80 cars on fire

Swedish gangs set 80 cars on fire

-- 2018-08-14 17:14:55

Dozens of cars have been set alight in Sweden overnight, in what police say may be a co-ordinated criminal action. Up to 80 vehicles were badly damaged by gangs of black-clad youths, beginning at abo...

Car crashes into barriers outside UK parliament, driver held

Car crashes into barriers outside UK parliament, driver held

-- 2018-08-14 14:09:08

A number of people were injured when a car collided with security barriers outside London’s parliament building on Tuesday and the driver was arrested, police said. Police said they could not i...

Spanish festival platform collapse injures hundreds

Spanish festival platform collapse injures hundreds

-- 2018-08-13 13:45:17

Hundreds of people were hurt, five seriously, when a wooden platform collapsed at a seaside music festival in north-western Spain on Sunday night, state television RTVE reported. There were no report...

German far-right leader pours cold water on Bannon’s anti-EU plan

German far-right leader pours cold water on Bannon’s anti-EU plan

-- 2018-08-12 11:53:47

A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has poured cold water on plans by Steve Bannon, US President Donald Trump’s former political strategist, to forge a wide populist al...

Nobel prize winning author VS Naipaul dies aged 85

Nobel prize winning author VS Naipaul dies aged 85

BBC 2018-08-12 10:05:00

Novelist Sir VS Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize in literature, has died aged 85, his family have said. Sir Vidia, who was born in rural Trinidad in 1932, wrote more than 30 books including A Bend in...

Germany removes ban on Nazi symbols in video games

Germany removes ban on Nazi symbols in video games

-- 2018-08-11 16:38:43

Nazi symbols can now appear in video games in Germany, ending a long-running and frequently ridiculed censorship. Germany bans symbols belonging to unconstitutional groups, which has caused problems...

Romania anti-government protest turns violent

Romania anti-government protest turns violent

-- 2018-08-11 11:18:06

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the ruling Social Democrat (PSD) government on Friday in cities across Romania and the capital Bucharest where riot police fired tear gas into the crowd...

1,600 people leave residence in France due to flash floods

1,600 people leave residence in France due to flash floods

-- 2018-08-10 18:27:37

Heavy rains in the southeast of France caused flash flooding and led to the evacuation of 1,600 people in the Ardèche, Gard and Drôme regions for precautionary measures on Thursday. In t...

Russia denounces new US sanctions as illegal

Russia denounces new US sanctions as illegal

-- 2018-08-09 18:11:45

Russia condemned a new round of US sanctions as illegal on Thursday after news of the measures sent the rouble tumbling to two-year lows and sparked a wider asset sell-off over fears that Moscow was l...

Seven children among nine die in Turkey migrant boat capsize

Seven children among nine die in Turkey migrant boat capsize

-- 2018-08-09 15:11:55

Turkey's state-run news agency says a boat carrying migrants has capsized off the Turkish coast in the Aegean sea, killing seven children and two women. Anadolu Agency says four other migrants were r...

African migrants protest in Italy after road deaths

African migrants protest in Italy after road deaths

-- 2018-08-08 16:43:55

Migrant labourers staged a strike on Wednesday to protest at the deaths of 16 colleagues killed this week in two separate traffic accidents in southern Italy. Thousands of migrants work in the southe...

Turkish, US officials to hold talks amid ongoing disputes

Turkish, US officials to hold talks amid ongoing disputes

-- 2018-08-07 13:05:00

A delegation of Turkish officials will head to Washington in two days to discuss an ongoing row between the two NATO allies, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources. Relat...

‘Chef of the century’ dies aged 73

‘Chef of the century’ dies aged 73

-- 2018-08-06 17:28:21

French celebrity chef Joël Robuchon, who is credited with winning the most Michelin stars in the world, has died aged 73, French media reports. Robuchon died from cancer on Monday in Switzerland...

Russia appoints US actor Steven Seagal as special envoy

Russia appoints US actor Steven Seagal as special envoy

-- 2018-08-05 15:00:11

Russia has appointed the US actor Steven Seagal as a special envoy to improve ties with the United States. Seagal was granted Russian citizenship in 2016 and has praised President Putin as a great wo...

Family of four die in Swiss plane crash

Family of four die in Swiss plane crash

-- 2018-08-05 11:59:31

A family of four, including two children, were killed on Saturday morning after their small plane crashed into a forest in Swtizerland, causing a forest fire that completely destroyed the plane, polic...

Denmark fines first woman for wearing veil in public

Denmark fines first woman for wearing veil in public

-- 2018-08-04 12:35:57

A woman has become the first person in Denmark to be charged with wearing a face veil in public, after a ban came into effect on Wednesday. Local media report a 28-year-old woman was fined after gett...

18 reportedly die in Russia copter crash

18 reportedly die in Russia copter crash

BBC 2018-08-04 11:46:52

A Russian helicopter has crash-landed in Krasnoyarsk Territory, with reports saying at least 18 people have died. Russia's emergencies ministry said the MI-8 went down at 10:20 local time (03:20 GMT)...

Europe's heat nears record

Europe's heat nears record

-- 2018-08-03 13:27:06

As Europe bakes in another heatwave, forecasters say the all-time temperature record could be broken in the coming days. The current European record is 48°C (118.4°F) set in Athens in July 19...

Turkish minister mocks US sanctions against him

Turkish minister mocks US sanctions against him

-- 2018-08-02 15:28:19

A Turkish minister has defiantly mocked US sanctions against him, saying his only asset in the United States is a US-based Muslim cleric whom Turkey blames for a failed coup and wants extradited. The...

Girl killed was on her way to mosque: UK Police

Girl killed was on her way to mosque: UK Police

-- 2018-07-31 16:01:55

A six-year-old girl who was hit and killed by car had been heading for prayers at a mosque with her father, police have said. The girl, Jannatul Bakya, was hit while crossing Oldbury Road in Smethwic...