Showing 1-10 of 27 results
-
Drone intrusion brings London Gatwick Airport to standstill
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» GATWICK AIRPORT (UNITED KINGDOM) - British police were on Thursday frantically hunting for the operators of drones flown over London's Gatwick airport, which forced the suspension of all flights, causing misery for tens of thousands of passengers just days before Christmas.
-
US planned withdrawal from Syria worries Western allies
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» PARIS - Britain, Germany and France, three of the United States' main allies in the war against the Islamic State group, reacted with alarm Thursday to President Donald Trump's decision to pull US troops out of Syria -- a move hailed by Russia.
-
Airbus shares plunge on reported US corruption probe
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» PARIS: Shares in European aircraft maker Airbus tumbled nearly 9% Thursday after French daily <i>Le Monde</i> reported that it could face fines of several billion dollars under a US corruption inquiry.
-
Sweden raises interest rates for first time in 7 years
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» STOCKHOLM - Sweden's central bank hiked Thursday interest rates for the first time in seven years, raising the main repo rate by a quarter of a point to -0.25 percent.
-
Morocco eyes 'terror' link as it makes new arrests in hikers murder
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» RABAT - Moroccan investigators said Thursday they have arrested three fugitive suspects in the grisly murder of two Scandinavian hikers as they follow a link to Islamic extremism.
-
'Uneasy calm' in Yemen's Hodeida as combatants await UN truce team
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» HODEIDA (YEMEN) - An uneasy calm returned to the battleground Yemeni city of Hodeida on Thursday after further overnight skirmishes as the warring parties await the promised deployment of UN staff to oversee a hard-won but fragile truce.
-
'Coal, beer, football': German clubs honour last mine
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» DORTMUND (GERMANY) - When Germany's last black coal mine shutters Friday, it is not just miners who may shed a tear -- football fans too will mourn the end of a pillar of the nation's industrial wealth.
-
Belgian Jewish museum attack suspect appears in court
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» BRUSSELS - An alleged French jihadist accused of returning from Syria and shooting dead four people in an attack on the Jewish Museum of Belgium in central Brussels appeared in court Thursday.
-
Putin pushes economic growth at annual press conference
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he would take Russia into "a new economic league," during an annual press conference that follows months of growing discontent at home.
-
Morocco arrests three suspects in hikers' murder: source
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» RABAT - Moroccan authorities have arrested three fugitive suspects in the grisly murder of two Scandinavian hikers after an intensive manhunt, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links