Europe

One killed, three wounded in ‘apparently Islamist’ attack in Germany

MUNICH, Germany (AFP) -- A man killed one person and wounded three others in a knife attack at a German…

Austrian chancellor quits after far-right triumph

by Simon STURDEE VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann quit Monday, bowing to intense pressure two weeks after…

Labour’s Sadiq Khan elected London mayor: final result

LONDON , United Kingdom (AFP) -- Opposition Labor lawmaker Sadiq Khan was elected mayor of London with 57 percent of…

London elects first Muslim mayor

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - by Dario Thuburn London became the first major Western capital to elect a Muslim mayor…

Spain reports first case of Zika-related microcephaly

BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - Spanish health authorities say they have detected the country's first known case of the microcephaly birth…

Deutsche Bank targeted in Italian government bond probe

MILAN, Italy (AFP) - German banking giant Deutsche Bank is the target of a criminal probe into government bond market…

“March of the Living” from Auschwitz to Birkenau commemorates Holocaust victims

Thousands of people from all over the world took part in a Holocaust memorial march on Thursday (May 5), walking…

Russian orchestra, Putin’s friends, play Syria’s Palmyra amphitheatre

Russia's Mariinsky Theatre staged a surprise concert in the amphitheatre of the Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday (May 5),…

In U-turn, Britain to let in more Syrian child refugees

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - by Katherine HADDON   Britain will admit a limited number of child refugees who have…

France hits out at US-EU trade pact

PARIS, France (AFP) – France on Tuesday took aim at a vast but controversial EU-US pact to create a free-trade zone covering…

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