
A man died on Christmas Day in Germany after he was hit in the head by a flying piece of metal from a condom machine that he and two accomplices blew up in an apparent robbery attempt, police said on
by Reuters29 Dec 2015, 5:37 AM PST0

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies will support British Prime Minister David Cameron if he wants to address Europe’s weaknesses but do not want a British Europe, an EU conservative leader told a German newspaper. Britain is due to hold
by Reuters28 Dec 2015, 1:36 PM PST0

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A bill that would impose new regulations on Israeli non-profit groups that receive funds from foreign governments won ministerial approval on Sunday, a move critics said targets pro-Palestinian organisations. Dubbed a “transparency bill” by its sponsor, far-right
by Reuters28 Dec 2015, 2:26 AM PST0

Israel’s missile defense director has been dismissed for a “grave breach of information security”, his ministry said on Sunday, a setback for U.S.-backed projects the country deems crucial for any future war with Iran or its allies. In a statement,
by Reuters28 Dec 2015, 12:36 AM PST0

BERLIN – Germany’s finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (pictured above) and a senior Bavarian politician criticised Greece on Sunday over the way it is managing its role in Europe’s biggest migration crisis since World War Two. Schaeuble, who has clashed repeatedly
by Reuters27 Dec 2015, 4:21 PM PST0

BERLIN (Reuters) – German business leaders fear that deep divisions over how to handle the refugee crisis and growing nationalism among member states could break up the European Union, according to five of the country’s biggest industry bodies. The arrival
by Reuters27 Dec 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians who stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Sunday, the army said, the latest attack in 12 weeks of heightened violence. Almost daily Palestinian stabbings, car-rammings and shooting attacks have
by Reuters27 Dec 2015, 5:28 AM PST0

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A police commission is interviewing staff at a Brussels college after education authorities failed to act on concerns that a student who later became one of the Paris suicide bombers had been radicalised, two Belgian newspapers said
by Reuters26 Dec 2015, 5:06 AM PST0

BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe needs to regain control of its borders, Germany’s foreign minister was quoted on Saturday as saying, after reports that forged Syrian passports are in the hands of Islamic State militants. More than a million refugees, many
by Reuters26 Dec 2015, 4:12 AM PST0

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli border police shot dead a Palestinian woman who tried to ram them with her car in the West Bank on Friday, the police said, as a 12-week surge in street violence showed no sign of abating.
by Reuters26 Dec 2015, 1:35 AM PST0

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Fire crews battled into the night on Friday after raging bushfires reduced at least 53 homes to ashes in a famous Australian beauty spot on Christmas Day, sending hundreds of residents fleeing for their lives. Water bombing
by Reuters26 Dec 2015, 12:49 AM PST0

ROME – Italy is not getting enough respect from the European Commission or its partners and it is determined to convince the European Union to adopt bolder, more growth-friendly policies, Rome’s top EU affairs official said on Thursday. “We hope
by Reuters24 Dec 2015, 5:39 PM PST0

SOFIA, Dec 24 (Reuters) – The leader of Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish party has been ousted from his post and expelled from the party, apparently for declaring support for Turkey in its row with Moscow over the downing of a Russian
by Reuters24 Dec 2015, 3:24 PM PST0

A record number of French Jews moved to Israel this year, an immigration official said on Thursday, citing anti-Semitic violence and economic insecurity in the European country as causes. France has the largest Jewish population in Europe, having grown by
by Reuters24 Dec 2015, 4:37 AM PST0

KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Reuters) – A Thai court sentenced two Myanmar migrant workers to death on Thursday after convicting them of the 2014 murders of two young British tourists on a holiday island in a case mired in controversy and
by Reuters24 Dec 2015, 1:19 AM PST0

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel’s ambassador to the United States used the embassy’s annual holiday gift to make a political point this year, sending items made in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights to counter a divestiture movement aimed at
by Reuters24 Dec 2015, 12:41 AM PST0

Germany encouraged illegal immigration to Europe with its humanitarian response to the refugee crisis, the Czech prime minister was cited as saying by a German newspaper on Wednesday. Around 1 million refugees and migrants, many fleeing war and poverty in
by Reuters23 Dec 2015, 8:58 AM PST0

LONDON – The United Kingdom could disintegrate if Britons vote to leave the European Union as it would give succour to the cause of Scottish nationalists, former Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday. Hague, a former leader of Prime
by Reuters23 Dec 2015, 1:41 AM PST0

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece late on Tuesday enacted a human-rights’ bill which allows civil partnership agreements between same-sex couples despite protests and opposition from political parties and the powerful Orthodox Church. A growing number of European countries have established legislation
by Reuters23 Dec 2015, 1:26 AM PST0

TOULOUSE, France – Police have prevented two men from carrying out an attack on police and army personnel in the central French city of Orleans, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Tuesday. Two Frenchmen, aged 20 and 24, were being
by Reuters23 Dec 2015, 1:23 AM PST0

BEIJING – More Western countries will follow Britain in improving ties with China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was quoted as saying on Tuesday, describing relations with London over the past year as a “bright spot” in China’s diplomacy. The
by Reuters22 Dec 2015, 2:40 AM PST0

Britain said on Tuesday it had sent military personnel to the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand following reports that the district capital Sangin was on the verge of falling to Taliban forces. Helmand’s governor said on Monday Afghan police were
by Reuters22 Dec 2015, 12:58 AM PST0

Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that Israeli lobbying was behind a new measure passed by the U.S. Congress that will prevent visa-free travel to the United States for people who have visited Iran or hold Iranian nationality. The U.S.
by Reuters21 Dec 2015, 4:16 AM PST0

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia rejected on Sunday a law that would give same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children in its second vote on gay rights in four years. About 63.4 percent of voters rejected the law in
by Reuters21 Dec 2015, 12:58 AM PST0

REUTERS – Tyson Fury, the boxer at the centre of controversy over comments about women and homosexuals, made an apology at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards in Belfast on Sunday. Before tennis champion Andy Murray collected the prestigious
by Reuters20 Dec 2015, 1:42 PM PST0