31 March 2016 | Euronews
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Belgium Brussels airport 'operationally ready' for partial reopening Belgian airport police threaten strike action over airport reopening due to 'lax security'. -
Turkey Man held in Turkey over Russian pilot death Turkish authorities have reportedly detained a man suspected of killing a Russian pilot after his plane was shot down by a Turkish jet near the -
Russia Mass gang arrests in Russian city of Yekaterinburg Russia’s interior ministry has released a video of a police raid on a restaurant on Wednesday night (March 30) in which 167 suspected gang members -
Kazakhstan Progress 63 supply ship heads for International Space Station A spaceship has been launched from Kazakhstan on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Progress 63 craft is carrying food, fuel -
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Greece Greek parliament to vote on EU-Turkey migrant accord The Greek parliament is expected to vote on Friday on measures putting into practice the EU’s accord with Turkey on the return of refugees and -
India India: Desperate search for survivors after deadly flyover collapse A race against time is underway in India where dozens of people are feared trapped in the rubble of a collapsed flyover. Using whatever tools they -
Italy Italy: Industry Minister Guidi quits over conflict of interest claims Italy’s Industry Minister Federica Guidi has quit over allegations of a conflict of interest after her partner was put under investigation for -
Sport ICC World T20: Windies set up England finale after downing hosts India in semis The West Indies booked a ICC World Twenty20 final with England after beating hosts India in the semi-finals of the sixth edition of the event in -
Iraq Moqtada al-Sadr gives green light to proposed Iraqi cabinet reshuffle Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has presented a new cabinet to parliament, just in time for the March 31 deadline. Parliament will vote on the -
World News Turkey: seven police killed in Diyarbakir car bomb Turkey says seven police officers have been killed and 13 injured by a car bomb in the city of Diyarbakir. The attack is said to have targeted police -
Economy Belarus 2.0: tech's bright spot in a struggling economy Belarus is better known for its Soviet-era farms. Yet one industry has escaped government interference: IT. And it's thriving. -
World News Belgian court says Salah Abdeslam should be extradited to France A Belgian court has decided that Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam should be extradited to France, federal prosecutors have said. A lawyer for -
Europe News Brussels airport to reopen, but will tourists return? Brussels airport has confirmed it was “technically ready” to reopen on Friday, following the March 22 attacks which devastated much of the main -
Sport Injuries force McLaren's Alonso out of Bahrain GP Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso will not race at Formula One’s second stop of the season in Bahrain this weekend. The Spaniard was barred -
Italy Italian nurse held on suspicion of 13 murders An Italian nurse has been arrested on suspicion of killing 13 elderly patients. The nurse in her 50s worked at a hospital in Piombino in Tuscany -
World News FBI 'ready to unlock' another iPhone in separate case Just days after unlocking the iPhone belonging to San Bernardino killer Syed Farook, the FBI has reportedly agreed to do the same for police in -
Musica Bryn Terfel as Mussorgsky's haunted tsar It’s a Russian epic, a great drama of conscience – Mussorgsky’s only completed opera Boris Godunov. For the first time London’s Royal Opera House is -
Sport Skiing: Two-time Olympic champion Tina Maze hints at retirement Four-time World Champion Tina Maze threw a major doubt over her continued presence on the Women’s world cup circuit this week. When asked whether she -
World News Architect Dame Zaha Hadid dies at the age of 65 The world renowned Iraqi-British architect Dame Zaha Hadid has died at the age of 65. She had contracted bronchitis and suffered a heart attack -
Belgium Tornadoes wreak havoc in Oklahoma At least seven people have been injured after a series of tornadoes hit the US state of Oklahoma, damaging homes and vehicles and blowing down power -
World News 'Only possible verdict,' says Šešelj of war crimes acquittal Mixed reactions to Voyislav Seselj's acquittal: Croatia announces a lifetime ban on the Serbian Radical Party leader entering the country. -
Economy Cameron says "no guarantees of success" in steel crisis The British government is doing everything it can to solve the crisis posed by Tata Steel's plans to leave the UK, but nationalisation is not the right answer, says the Prime Minister. -
Sport Sorenstam named Europe's captain for 2017 Solheim Cup Annika Sorenstam has been named captain of the European team for next year’s Solheim Cup – the female equivalent of the Ryder Cup. The 45-year old -
Sport FC Sunderland's Eboue banned for one year Sunderland players continue to hit the headlines for the wrong reasons after it was announced on Thursday that defender Emmanuel Eboue has been -
Sport Golden State squeeze past Utah to continue historic run The Western conference-leading Golden State Warriors were pushed all the way to the wire by the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night before emerging -
France France: Clashes as students march against labour reforms Thousands of students took to the streets of France on Thursday to protest planned labour reforms they say will deny them the job stability enjoyed -
Iraq Iraq: PM al-Abadi presents new cabinet just in time for deadline Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has presented a new cabinet to parliament, just in time for the March 31 deadline. Parliament will vote on the -
North Korea Keeping the nuclear genie in the bottle and away from terrorists Since the end of the Cold War and despite the close attention of the IAEA and governments, nuclear material has gone astray in vast quantities, and the technology to make bombs with it has spread. Has -
Economy Argentina passes deal ending debt battle with hedge funds After a drawn-out debate, Argentina’s Senate approved a deal that should put an end to a 14-year-old dispute with U.S. creditors over the nation’s -
Bosnia and Herzegovina "I was 'enfant terrible'" - Serbian nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj on Hague Tribunal -
Europe News Road deaths in Spain, Portugal and Greece down sharply Across the bloc, the number of people killed has fallen by 15 percent since 2010, but in Spain, Portugal and Greece that number is down around a third. -
South Africa Payback time for Jacob Zuma as court rules on home improvement row South African President Jacob Zuma has been ordered to pay back some of the milions he spent in state cash upgrading his private home. In a stinging -
Economy Eurozone inflation remains negative in March Eurozone inflation stayed in negative territory but core figures, which strip out volatile food and energy prices, gained traction. -
Iran New Year festivities in Iran trigger animal rights concerns Campaigners say millions of goldfish perish during the festival of Nowruz -
Economy Jordan tops Forbes' list of best paid athletes (again) The Nike Jordan brand is a cash cow and the basketball legend, who retired in 2003, made an estimated $110 million last year. -
Culture news Nashville rock band The Wild Feathers back in bloom with album number two Lonely Is a Lifetime sees Tennessee rock band The Wild Feathers come into their own. -
Culture news Graffiti art comes to life at night in Jerusalem market A graffiti duo are turning a Jerusalem shuk, and its drab alleyways, into a portrait gallery. -
India India: deadly flyover collapse kills at least 14 A flyover under construction in Kolkata, India, has collapsed killing at least 14 people. A 100-metre slab of metal and cement crashed onto moving -
Cinema Murder and comedic mayhem invade Beverly Hills in Meet the Blacks The film is set in a future America where, every year, there is a 12-hour period during which all crime is legal. -
Serbia Serbian nationalist Seselj acquitted of war crimes and crimes against humanity Serbian politician faced three counts of crimes against humanity and six of war crimes -
No Comment Russia soldiers train for Syria Footage broadcast on Russian television showed Russian military engineers training with sniffer dogs and specialist equipment near Moscow, in -
No Comment Paris: Sleeping with sharks Air b&b and the Paris Aquarium are offering competition winners the chance to spend a night underwater sleeping with sharks – a “misunderstood” -
Hungary Hungary mourns the loss of one its most prominent writers Imre Kertesz dies at home in Budapest at the age of 86 -
United Kingdom How Spanish trolls tried to sink a British boat competition -
Japan Ice age given green light: Fukushima activates barrier for radioactive water An underground ice wall has been activated around Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors, five years after a deadly earthquake and tsunami wreaked -
World News More US troops for eastern Europe Strategic concerns mean the Pentagon is beefing up its presence along the line of the cold war Iron Curtain. -
Libya Libya's unity government arrives in Tripoli despite blockade UN-backed government defies attempts to keep it out -
Qatar Qatar under fire again over treatment of World Cup workers Qatar has come under fire again over the treatment of World Cup workers, alleging systematic abuses including forced labour. Amnesty International’s -
USA US: Trump rows back after sparking abortion row US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy – and now he has sparked off a spat over abortion. The billionaire -
Greece Athens protesters chant 'open the borders' ahead of migrant returns Hundreds of human rights activists, students and migrants have taken to the streets of Athens chanting “open the borders.” The migrants were some of -
Gaza Palestinians and Arab Israelis mark 40th anniversary of 'Land Day' Thousands of Palestinians and Israeli Arabs held rallies on Wednesday to mark the 40th anniversary of “Land Day” – when protests against the Israeli