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Spain urges flood-stricken residents to stay home during rescue
Spanish authorities on Thursday told people in flood-stricken regions to stay at home as rescuers raced to find survivors in the rare disaster that has left at least 95 dead.
French PhD student held in Tunisia: supervisor
A French student researching the career paths of 2011 protesters in Tunisia has been held in the North African country since October 19 after a military judge ordered his detention, his supervisor said Thursday.
Spain mourns after historic floods kill 95
Spain began three days of mourning on Thursday as rescuers equipped with drones raced to find survivors of the country's worst floods in a generation that have killed 95 people.
Lips, teeth and breasts: Albania cashes in on medical tourism
Once it was Europe's North Korea, a cloistered communist dictatorship. But now Albania lures millions of tourists a year, with a growing portion coming in search of a radiant smile, luscious lips or better breasts.
Taiwan shuts offices, schools as Super Typhoon Kong-rey nears
Taiwan shut down on Thursday as Super Typhoon Kong-rey neared, forcing thousands to flee from one of the most powerful storms to threaten the island in years.
Wind, rain batter Taiwan as Super Typhoon Kong-rey nears
Fierce winds and torrential rain lashed Taiwan on Thursday as Super Typhoon Kong-rey neared, forcing thousands to flee from one of the most powerful storms to threaten the island in years.
Spain races to save victims as floods kill 95
Spanish rescuers on Wednesday scrambled to save people trapped by surging tides of muddy water in floods that killed at least 95 people, tossed cars and wreaked transport havoc.
Migrant dies trying to cross Channel, three more bodies found
A migrant died Wednesday trying to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said, while the date of death was not immediately clear for three more people found dead on beaches.
Spain races to save victims as floods kill 73
Spanish rescuers on Wednesday scrambled to save people trapped by surging tides of muddy water in floods that have killed at least 73 people, tossed cars and wreaked transport havoc.
Georgia president refuses prosecutors' summons after alleging vote-rigging
Georgia's pro-European president on Wednesday refused a summons by prosecutors to give evidence after she accused the ruling party of fraud in the weekend's disputed parliamentary election.
French court acquits man who killed incurably ill wife
A French court on Wednesday found a 78-year-old man not guilty of murdering his incurably ill wife after he said that he had assisted her to die at her request.
Brazil trial begins over murder of iconic activist Franco
Two men went on trial in Brazil on Wednesday over the 2018 assassination of charismatic black LGBT activist Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councilor who was gunned down in an attack that shocked the country.
Spain races to save victims as floods kill 72
Spanish rescuers on Wednesday scrambled to save people trapped by surging tides of muddy water in floods that have killed at least 72 people in the country's east.
Spain races to save victims as floods kill 64
Spanish rescuers on Wednesday scrambled to save people trapped by surging tides of muddy water in floods that have killed at least 64 people in the country's east.
Spain races to save victims as floods kill 62
Spanish rescuers on Wednesday scrambled to save people trapped by surging tides of muddy water in floods that have killed at least 62 people in the eastern Valencia region.
Volcanoes 'hidden source' of CO2 in past climate change: study
Massive fields of magma underneath ancient volcanoes spewed out carbon dioxide long after eruptions on the surface had ended, potentially explaining why past global warming episodes lasted longer than expected, a study said Wednesday.
Georgia prosecutors probe alleged election 'falsification'
Georgian prosecutors on Wednesday launched a probe into the alleged "falsification" of the country's parliamentary election and summoned pro-Western President Salome Zurabishvili for questioning after she accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of fraud.
New Indonesia defence chief harks back to dictator's rule
When riots broke out in Indonesia's capital in 1998 leading to dictator Suharto's downfall, activists were detained, women raped, and stores owned by ethnic Chinese ransacked in unrest many say was stoked by the army.
In Tennessee, the despair of gun control advocates
After a deadly school shooting in the southern US state of Tennessee last year, Democratic voters, lawmakers, and even some Republican mothers called for stricter gun control laws.
Taiwan battens down for Super Typhoon Kong-rey
Taiwan suspended work and classes on some outlying islands and fishers secured their boats Wednesday as authorities warned approaching Super Typhoon Kong-rey could trigger landslides.
Runaway tram crashes into Oslo store, injures four
A tram derailed and careened into a store in central Oslo on Tuesday, a rare accident that left at least four people injured and sparked panic among passersby.
One dead, a dozen missing in Argentina hotel collapse: authorities
An elderly man was killed and a dozen people are missing after a ten-storey building housing a hotel collapsed Tuesday in the Argentine seaside resort of Villa Gesell, local authorities and media reported.
Scores jailed in Belgium drug smuggling mega-trial
A Belgian court jailed scores of people Tuesday in one of the country's biggest ever drug trials, with ringleaders sentenced to up to 17 years behind bars.
Global police shut down malware group 'targeting millions'
A global police operation shut down the servers of one of the world's largest malware platforms that targeted millions of victims, the EU's judicial arm said on Tuesday.
Dozens jailed in Belgium drug smuggling mega-trial
A Belgian court jailed dozens of people Tuesday in one of the country's biggest ever drug trials, with the ringleaders sentenced to up to 17 years behind bars.
Georgia to partially recount votes in disputed poll
Georgia's central election commission said it will partially recount ballots Tuesday after opposition parties denounced the weekend parliamentary election as "stolen".
Pope's commission against abuse to publish first report
The Vatican on Tuesday publishes its first annual report on protecting minors in the Catholic Church, a move requested by Pope Francis amid pressure for more action to tackle clerical child sex abuse.
Grieving parents fight to make Bulgaria's killer roads safer
Standing next to a memorial for her 14-year-old son, mowed down by a drunk driver in downtown Sofia a year ago, Nikolina Petkova vowed to work to make Bulgaria's roads less lethal.
Plastics: lifesaver turned environmental threat
Before it threatened biodiversity, the oceans and the global food chain, plastics saved lives and transformed societies as a durable, malleable and cheap material.
Outrage as Iran executes German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd
Iran on Monday executed 69-year-old German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd after years in captivity, media in the Islamic Republic said, sparking outrage in Germany and beyond.
India temple firework explosion injures over 150
Indian police detained two people Tuesday after a temple fireworks show erupted into a ferocious explosion, leaving almost a hundred people in hospital, eight in a critical condition.
German citizen's execution by Iran 'extrajudicial killing of hostage': NGO
The execution of German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd by Iran is an extrajudicial killing of a "hostage" who was abducted by the Iranian authorities abroad, an NGO said on Monday.