Europe
Dutch woman held in Qatar after making rape complaint
A 22-year-old Dutch woman is being held in Qatar on suspicion of adultery after she said she was raped while on holiday ...France kicks off Euro 2016 party with Eiffel Tower gig
France kicked off Euro 2016 festivities with a huge open-air concert at the Eiffel Tower Thursday, as President Francois Hollande vowed the ...Istanbul bomb attack on police bus kills 11
A bomb ripped through a Turkish police bus near Istanbul\'s historic centre Tuesday, killing seven officers and four civilians in the latest ...Paris museums shut as swollen Seine reaches peak
Paris\' world-famous Louvre and Musee d\'Orsay museums shut on Friday to rush valuable artworks out of their basements, as the rain-swollen River ...Hundreds missing as migrant boat capsizes off Greek island of Crete
At least four people have died and a desperate effort was underway Friday to find hundreds more believed missing after a migrant ...Thousands evacuated as France declares flood emergency
Torrential rain forced thousands of people from their homes just south of Paris while the River Seine surged to its highest level ...Turkey recalls ambassador after Germany recognises Armenian genocide
Turkey recalled its envoy to Germany and threatened consequences Thursday, in a furious reaction over the Bundestag\'s decision to adopt a resolution ...Germany votes on Armenian genocide resolution amid warnings from Turkey
German lawmakers prepared to pass a resolution Thursday recognising the World War I massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, as ...Barcelona star Messi appears in court at tax fraud trial
Argentina football star Lionel Messi said Thursday he trusted his father with his finances and "knew nothing" about how his wealth was ...Germany expects to see 100,000 migrants leave this year
Germany expects up to 100,000 undocumented migrants to leave the country in 2016, a number Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere Wednesday hailed ...




