Updated: Brussels train station blast being treated as terror attack
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 21:36
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Belgian media are reporting that explosion-like noises have been heard at a Brussels train station, prompting the evacuation of a main square. Broadcaster RTL quoted Fires Services spokesman...
As Brexit talks begin, Europe sees economic upswing over UK
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 18:06
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
When Britain voted to leave the European Union a year ago, proponents argued that the British economy was being held back by the slow-growing, dysfunctional bloc. A year on, and with the Brexit...
Survivors say some 126 migrants died in wreck off Libya
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 10:41
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Four survivors have told how some 126 fellow migrants drowned off Libya last week when their flimsy rubber dinghy foundered after smugglers removed the engine and fled, the U.N. migration...
Updated: Man rams police vehicle in Paris; attacker likely killed
Monday, 19 June 2017, 16:46
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Two French police officials have told The Associated Press that a suspected attacker drove into a police vehicle on the Champs-Elysees shopping district in Paris, and is now lying on the ground...
Confirmation of Serbia's first gay premier thrown into doubt
Monday, 19 June 2017, 14:51
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Serbia's ruling conservatives said Monday if Prime Minister-designate Ana Brnabic doesn't get enough votes to be confirmed by parliament as the first openly gay person to head the country's...
Dead, missing toll in London fire rises to 79, police say
Monday, 19 June 2017, 11:59
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
London police say that the number of dead or missing in the high-rise apartment building fire is now 79. Police Commander Stuart Cundy gave the new figure during a statement outside Scotland Yard...
Finally, Britain kicks off Brexit negotiations with EU
Monday, 19 June 2017, 11:19
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
After almost a year of waffling, Britain on Monday finally opens negotiations with its European Union counterparts about leaving the bloc, with the final outcome, due in 2019, as important as it now...
Updated: 1 dead, 10 hurt in crash near mosque suspected as terrorism
Monday, 19 June 2017, 06:10
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning, killing one and injuring others, police said. One person has been arrested but police have not said if the crash...