Europe
EU fails to agree new Iran sanctions as Trump deadline nears
The European Union failed to agree new sanctions against Iran on Monday amid Italy\'s opposition and fears that punishing Tehran for its ...Yulia Skripal leaves British hospital five weeks after nerve agent attack
Yulia Skripal has left hospital more than five weeks after she and her father, a former Russian spy, were poisoned with a ...Hundreds of flights canceled in Germany as airports hit by strikes
Thousands of passengers were left stranded at German airports on Tuesday as more than 60,000 ground staff and other public sector workers ...Serbia-Kosovo tensions heighten as Russia wades into dispute
Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia heightened a day after a senior Serb politician was arrested and expelled in northern Kosovo, with Russia ...Europeans promise more steps against Russia over UK spy attack
European Union member states agreed at a summit on Friday to take additional punitive measures against Russia for a nerve agent attack ...Stephen Hawking, who unlocked the secrets of space and time, dies at 76
Stephen Hawking, who sought to explain the origins of the universe, the mysteries of black holes and the nature of time itself, ...Russian military plane crash in Syria kills 39
A Russian military transport plane crashed in Syria on Tuesday killing all 39 people on board, Russian officials said, an incident that ...Estonia marks 100th anniversary of independence declaration
Estonia on Saturday celebrated 100 years since declaring independence with a military parade and other festivities in the Baltic state, which is ...Dutch parliament recognizes 1915 Armenian massacre as genocide
The Dutch parliament on Thursday passed a motion recognizing as genocide the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915, ...EU calls for renewed Syria peace efforts
EU foreign ministers voiced concern at developments in Syria on Thursday, calling for a renewal of UN-led efforts to end the conflict.




