Hundreds of people have been evacuated as a major wildfire continues to burn out of control on the Greek island of Crete.
The fire, which has been fanned by gale-force winds, broke out on Wednesday afternoon in rugged forested terrain near the (...)
Tens of thousands of passengers have been hit by a French air traffic control strike that has cancelled flights in France on Thursday and Friday and had a knock-on effect elsewhere in Europe.
Budget airline Ryanair said it had been forced to cancel (...)
Due to a scorching heatwave which has spread across Europe in recent days, a number of nuclear power plants in Switzerland and France have been forced to either reduce activity or shut down completely as extreme temperatures have prevented sites (...)
A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean Sea is combining with a powerful heat dome to cause Europe to swelter under a brutal early summer heat wave.
It's a pattern that's popping up frequently as the planet warms: The influence of Mediterranean (...)
NEOM — Former France international Alexandre Lacazette has officially joined NEOM Sports Club, becoming the latest high-profile signing in the Roshn Saudi League as the newly promoted side prepares for its debut season in the top flight.
The (...)
A revised version of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) – the primary trade framework between the EU and Ukraine – was agreed in principle on Monday, following intensive weekend talks with Ukrainian counterparts, the European (...)
Twenty-nine children who were taking their school exams in the Central African Republic have been killed in a crush after a nearby explosion caused panic, a hospital director told the BBC.
The blast, on the second day of the high-school finals on (...)
Iran's top diplomat said on Friday that the possibility of new negotiations with the United States on his country's nuclear programme has been "complicated" by US strikes on three of the sites, which he conceded had caused "serious damage."
The US (...)
France has ordered the recall of 2.5 million cars equipped with defective airbags that can explode on impact and have caused a series of deaths.
It follows a fatal accident earlier this month in Reims, east of Paris, in which a 37-year-old mother (...)
The world's oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the time.
The tool, which was found in a cave in Poland in 1985, is now thought to be 40,000 years old.
Archaeologists say it was (...)
North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong Un hopes will boost tourism in the secretive communist regime, state media reports.
Wonsan Kalma on the east coast will open to domestic tourists on 1 July, six years after it was due to (...)
Eurostar passengers are facing a second day of major delays and cancellations after two people died on the track in France on Tuesday, and then cables were stolen near Lille on Wednesday.
There are "severe delays and last-minute cancellations" in (...)
The United States and Israel on Sunday at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) strongly defended their military action targeting Iran's nuclear sites, saying the regime in Tehran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.
Their remarks came (...)
PARIS — Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistics Eng. Saleh Al-Jasser has concluded an official visit to the Russian Federation and France, accompanied by a delegation representing various sectors of the Kingdom's transport and logistics system.
In (...)
GENEVA — Saudi Arabia affirmed its unwavering commitment to support global humanitarian issues and its contributions to alleviating the suffering of those affected by wars and disasters.
Addressing the UN Economic and Social Council in Geneva, Saudi (...)
President Donald Trump's decision to open a two-week negotiating window before deciding on striking Iran sets off an urgent effort to restart talks that had been deadlocked when Israel began its bombing campaign last week.
The hope among Trump and (...)
Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva has said diplomacy still have a chance if Israel stops its strikes but warned that Iran would target the United States if it chooses to come into the conflict.
"We (...)
Nearly two dozen people were wounded in parts of Israel on Friday after Iran unleashed a fresh barrage of missiles as international efforts intensify to ease the conflict with Israel over Tehran's nuclear program.
Foreign ministers from the UK, (...)
Emergency workers recovered more bodies on Wednesday from the rubble of a nine-story Kyiv apartment building destroyed by a Russian missile, bringing the death toll from the latest attack on the Ukrainian capital to 28.
The building in Kyiv's (...)
The Israeli weapons company Rafael has announced plans to sue the French government after its stand at the Paris Air Show was abruptly shut down due to Israel's campaign in Gaza.
Since Monday morning, four Israeli stands, including Rafael, Elbit (...)
As the weather in the Channel clears, the French police are struggling to halt a potentially record-breaking surge of people from reaching the UK in small boats organized by a growing network of smuggling gangs. Downing Street said on Tuesday the (...)
The young girl sits on the dusty floor, clutching her father's shoe close to her chest as she cries and screams in anger. Bisan Qwaider is inconsolable. Her father has just been killed while trying to get food for her and her 10 hungry (...)
STRASBOURG — Jordanian King Abdullah II affirmed that what is happening in Gaza is inconsistent with international law, especially given the ongoing violations in the West Bank. He emphasized that Palestinians, like all peoples, deserve their right (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia, alongside France and a broad coalition of international partners, announced the suspension of the UN conference on Palestine, scheduled to be held at the UN headquarters in New York on June 17-20.
In a joint statement issued (...)
The era of nuclear disarmament is coming to an end while new technologies push the risk of nuclear conflict higher, SIPRI warned on Monday.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) stressed in its annual assessment of the state (...)
