Europe

Five dead in Sicily firework depot explosion

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Five people died Wednesday as a result of two explosions at a fireworks factory in Sicily, firefighters…

Son of former German president stabbed to death

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) -- An assailant has stabbed to death the son of former German president Richard von…

Car, truck swept away in French bridge collapse

  TOULOUSE, France (AFP) -- A suspension bridge over the Tarn river in southwest France collapsed on Monday, sweeping away…

United States, EU back Georgia protesters

  TBILISI, Georgia (AFP) -- The United States and European Union expressed solidarity Monday with Georgia's anti-government protesters who took…

Heavy snow leaves one dead, 300,000 homes without power in France

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Heavy snowfall across a large swath of southeast France has left one person dead and cut…

Venice faces more floods as state of emergency declared

by Alexandria Sage with Ella Ide in Rome VENICE, Italy (AFP) -- Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high…

ICC authorizes probe into alleged Myanmar Rohingya abuse

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The International Criminal Court on Thursday approved a long-awaited full investigation into Myanmar's alleged abuse…

Climate change, corruption blamed for Venice flood devastation

  by Ella IDE Agence France Presse VENICE, Italy (AFP) -- Much of Venice was left under water after the…

Venice underwater as exceptional tide sweeps through canal city

by Ella IDE VENICE, Italy (AFP) -- Venice was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years late…

Italy hit by heavy rains, flooding in Venice

by Franck IOVENE ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Powerful rainstorms hit Italy on Tuesday, with the worst affected areas in the…

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