Europe

Vienna: Austria has elected a 72-year-old former leader of the Greens party to be its next president, narrowly avoiding becoming the first country in the...

Istanbul: A crisis fund has been launched to raise $3.8 billion to help millions of children missing out on school because of war or natural disasters, UN...

Paris: France's hardline CGT and FO unions launched a 24-hour strike at the Fos-Lavera oil terminals and blockaded a fuel depot in the southern port...

London: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is to join the London School of Economics (LSE) as a visiting professor on a new masters course on women, peace and...

Sydney: The US aviation lawyer who won compensation for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing and is now seeking $330 million from Russia for the...

London: Trains will run all night at the weekend from August 19 on two lines of the London Underground metro network in what new Mayor Sadiq Khan said on...

Athens: Cyprus's ruling conservatives took the lead in Sunday's parliamentary elections, results showed, while a far-right party was close to...

Ankara: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed Binali Yildirim, a close ally for two decades and a co-founder of the ruling AK Party, as his new prime...

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would raise the Turkish parliament's vote to strip its members of immunity when she meets President...

Vienna: Austria could elect the European Union's first far-right head of state on Sunday, with support for Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer buoyed...