Europe
Blast in central Istanbul tourist area leaves several killed
A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul\'s ...British music legend David Bowie dies aged 69
British music icon David Bowie has died of cancer at the age of 69, drawing an outpouring of tributes for the innovative ...Knife-wielding man shot dead at Paris Police Station
French police shot dead a man wielding a meat cleaver after he tried to enter a police station on Thursday, the anniversary ...Swiss billionaire Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, 53, pregnant with twins
Swiss multi-billionaire businesswoman Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, the 53-year-old chair of French conglomerate Louis Dreyfus Commodities and owner of the Olympique de Marseille football ...Britain urged to take 3,000 refugee children at risk of trafficking
Britain should take in 3,000 refugee children who are traveling through Europe alone and are at risk of falling prey to human ...Sudanese who braved Channel Tunnel granted asylum in Britain
A Sudanese man who made global headlines in August when he walked 50 km (30 miles) through the Channel Tunnel from France ...Sweden, Denmark introduce border checks to stem migrant flow
Denmark on Monday tightened controls at its border with Germany just hours after neighboring Sweden introduced similar measures to stem the flow ...EU-Ukraine trade deal comes into force, angers Moscow
Ukraine\'s free-trade deal with the EU comes into effect Friday, coinciding with the start of Moscow\'s food embargo against Kiev that will ...Germany to increase scrutiny of Syrian asylum applicants
Germany will start holding personal hearings for asylum seekers from Syria as of Friday, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman told Reuters on Thursday, ...World welcomes New Year despite terror fears
New Year\'s Eve kicked off in Sydney, but tightened security muted revelries in Europe with Brussels scrapping celebrations and fireworks cancelled in ...