Trade war looms as China retaliates against US import tariffs
The Trump administration has angered China by imposing new tariffs on $50bn of it its imports.
Italy, France, express support for 'asylum centres' in countries of departure
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Paris after spending several days at loggerheads over the fate of the rescue ship Aquarius which...
Nato ministers meet to discuss Libya crisis

Nato foreign ministers are due to meet in Berlin, with Libya at the top of...

Nato foreign ministers are due to meet in Berlin, with...

Angry protests expected at BP’s annual meeting one year after disaster

BP’s first annual general meeting could see a wave of protesters and angry shareholders since a disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April...

BP’s first annual general meeting could see a wave...

Police divers search for NY serial killer victims

New York police divers scoured the gray waters near a popular beach as the...

New York police divers scoured the gray waters near a...

Silvio Berlusconi vows not to run for new term in 2013

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed that he will not run...

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed...

Former Egypt president Mubarak and sons due in court next week

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons are to be questioned...

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons...

Tunisia’s former President Ben Ali may face 18 different charges

Tunisian authorities say they want to try former President Zine al-Abidine...

Tunisian authorities say they want to try former...

Mubarak placed in detention

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak has been placed in detention for 15 days, prosecutors said this morning, after state media reported his two sons...

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak has been...

Toyota feel effects of Japan's disaster

The impact of Japan's earthquake and nuclear crisis rippled through the economy today, when as Tokyo’s government downgraded its outlook, while car...

The impact of Japan's earthquake and nuclear crisis...

Migrants die off Pantelleria

Two young migrant women have drowned off the Italian island of Pantelleria, when they fell into the sea after their boat smashed into the rocks.

Two young migrant women have drowned off the Italian...

New York serial killer body count rising

Police searching for more victims of a suspected serial killer in Long Island have confirmed the latest two sets of remains discovered are human.

Police searching for more victims of a suspected serial...

‘Migrants are invaders, shoot them like we did to the Red Brigades’ – Italy MPs

Senior officials within Italy’s Northern League party – a key ally to Silvio Berlusconi’s government – have controversially suggested...

Senior officials within Italy’s Northern League...

Libya's Obeidi crosses into Tunisia, headed for Cyprus

UPDATED | The Tunisian government has confirmed reports that Libya's...

UPDATED | The Tunisian government has confirmed reports...

Uproar in Britain as Mousa Kousa allowed to travel to Doha for Libya conference

Families of victims who perished in the Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 have strongly condemned the British government for allowing defected Libyan...

Families of victims who perished in the Pan Am flight 103...

Implementation of human rights standards remains unsatisfactory, CoE czar

Council of Europe human rights commissioners says progress in implementing human rights is too slow and agreed standards not consistently enforced.

Council of Europe human rights commissioners says...

Japan: Nuclear crisis ‘level’ raised to Chernobyl level (7)

Japanese authorities have raised the severity rating of their nuclear crisis...

Japanese authorities have raised the severity rating of...

Italy quarrels with EU leaders over immigration

Italy quarrelled with other European Union governments in meetings held on...

Italy quarrelled with other European Union governments in...

Libya could become the ‘new Somalia’ – Koussa

Former aide to Libyan dictator Co lMuammar Gaddafi dubbed...

Former aide to Libyan dictator Co...

European Central Bank announces interest rate hike

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) increased the rate...

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB)...