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Death threats and abuse for woman leading Brexit court fight

Saturday, 3 December 2016, 07:12 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Gina Miller is paying the price for going to court. The financial entrepreneur says she has received death threats and racial and sexual abuse since she won a High Court ruling forcing the...

Europol warns of new terror tactics, fresh threats to Europe

Friday, 2 December 2016, 15:39 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Europol warned Friday that the Islamic State group could launch fresh attacks in Europe in the near future, and the agency's director said police forces across the continent are investigating...

2 freeze to death, snowfall cuts power lines in Poland

Friday, 2 December 2016, 14:14 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Technicians were working across Poland on Friday to restore power to some 180,000 households and to unblock roads and railway tracks after heavy snowfall broke power lines and felled trees. Two...

Families prepare to receive the dead from Colombia airplane crash

Friday, 2 December 2016, 07:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Families are preparing to receive the bodies of the victims of this week's air tragedy in Colombia as experts develop a clearer picture of how things went so terribly wrong with a charter flight that...

Divided Cyprus' rival leaders agree to restart stalled talks

Friday, 2 December 2016, 07:36 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have agreed to resume reunification talks, the United Nations said Friday, breaking a nearly two-week stalemate that threatened to sink 19 months of...

French President Hollande says he is not running for 2017 elections

Thursday, 1 December 2016, 20:32 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

French President Francois Hollande says he's not running in 2017 because he knows he might not have enough support. He stunned France by declaring he will not be seek a second term as president of...

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