Category: Europe

French President, Francois Hollande has promised that his country would train over 20,000 African soldiers annually as their contribution to addressing security challenges in the continent.   This is as...

London mayor Boris Johnson was outsmarted today when a mentally disabled child placed a stick in front of his bicycle, causing him to trip and fall to the ground.  ...

PARIS (AFP) – French lawmakers on Saturday adopted a highly controversial provision in a bill that punishes clients of prostitutes amid fierce argument that the new measure will be counterproductive....

PERTH, Australia (AP) — A 35-year-old surfer was fatally mauled by a shark Saturday off a notorious stretch of Australia's west coast, police said.   The shark "bounced off the...

RIGA  (AFP) – Rescuers on Friday pulled bodies from the rubble of a Latvian supermarket after its roof caved in on shoppers, leaving 51 dead in one of Europe’s worst...

You know how your parents told you money doesn't grow on trees? Turns out they were looking in the wrong direction: up, not down. A man walking his dog in...

The French engineer, Francis Collomp, who was held hostage for 11 months by Islamist militants in Nigeria arrived home Monday, after a dramatic escape described as worthy of an action...

GENEVA (AP) — The largest fancy vivid orange diamond ever sold at auction went for $35.5 million in Geneva, where a pink diamond estimated to be worth more than $60...

The number of over 55-year-old people in employment in Finland has grown substantially over the past 15 years, reveals Statistics Finland. The number of 55—64-year-old people in employment has soared...

The increasing sophistication of espionage malware delayed the detection of the data security breach at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ari Uusikartano, the director general of the ministry's information and...