2016-05-19

Belgium

Washington could take part in EgyptAir investigation

Washington has yet to indicate whether it will take part in the investigation into the apparent crash of EgyptAir Flight MS804 which went missing over the Mediterranean south of Greece earlier on…

19/05/2016

France

France PM Valls condemns violence during labour law protests

Thursday’s latest protests against France’s controversial labour reforms drew the most wildly varying turnout estimates yet: 90,000 in Marseille according to the organisers, 3,500 said the…

19/05/2016

Nigeria

Nigeria: army says second schoolgirl freed from Boko Haram

The Nigerian army says a second girl has been rescued after being kidnapped in a school raid by Boko Haram militants more than two years ago.

19/05/2016

Egypt

Terrorism likely cause of air crash in Egypt which kills 66

The Americans are talking about a bomb, and Egypt’s Aviation minister thinks terrorism is the likely cause, but what is clear is 66 people have died in the crash of an Airbus in the waters off…

19/05/2016

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: NATO flexes military muscle

This is the Brief from Brussels – a daily round-up of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

19/05/2016

Sport

Federer withdraws from French Open

Roger Federer will miss a grand slam tournament for the first time since 1999 after announcing he will not play in the French Open after failing to recover from a back…

19/05/2016

Economy

Security concerns hit tourism industry, Thomas Cook shares slump

The loss of EgyptAir flight MS804 is another blow for Egypt's tourism industry, a cornerstone of the country's economy, and it comes at a time of heightened security concerns for the travel industry.

19/05/2016

Turkey

Turkey's ruling AKP names Binali Yildirim as party leadership candidate

Turkey’s ruling AKP has named its candidate for the party leadership, on the 97th anniversary of the start of the Turkish War of…

19/05/2016

Austria

Austria on a far-right path

Austria’s presidential election second-round runoff takes place on Sunday (May 22).

19/05/2016

Sport

NBA: Golden State level Western Conference final

Having lost their Western Conference Finals opener against underdogs Oklahoma City Thunder, the record breaking Golden State Warriors bounced back in emphatic style to level the best of seven series a

19/05/2016

World

Emergency response: inside Ecuador's disaster zones

Ecuador’s 7.

19/05/2016

Cinema

Rithy Panh's 'Exile': a glimpse at life under the Khmer Rouge regime

‘Exile’ is a visionary narration of the exile of Cambodians during the Red Khmer regime, during which the country was renamed Democratic…

19/05/2016

Italy

World's longest pizza created in Naples measuring 1.8 km

19/05/2016

Sport

Europa League: Sevilla maintain Spainish club's dominance of European football

FC Sevilla and their fans woke up on Thursday morning all smiles after the club won a record breaking third consecutive Europa League title.

19/05/2016

Italy

Italian political cause-fighter Marco Pannella dies

Firebrand former Italian Radical Party leader Marco Pannella has died at the age of 86.

19/05/2016

Europe News

EU delays weed-killer vote

EU officials have delayed a vote on whether to grant a new licence to a controversial weedkiller.

19/05/2016

United Kingdom

Superbugs could kill ‘10 million people a year by 2050’

19/05/2016

Business Series

Lufthansa boss warns on Brexit

The head of German airline Lufthansa has warned against the "crisis" of Britain leaving the European Union.

19/05/2016

Economy

Mainland France unemployment dips below 10%

The unemployment rate in mainland France has edged below 10 percent for the first time since early 2014 offering some evidence that the labour market may be turning a corner.

19/05/2016

Culture news

Britain's biggest photography fair takes over Somerset House

Bringing together 80 of the world’s leading galleries in one major photography fair, Photo London 2016 harnesses the creative talent of the world’s leading photographers for public…

19/05/2016

Egypt

Flight 804 crash: second major EgyptAir incident in two months

Thursday’s (May 19) EgyptAir plane crash comes just two months since the last major incident involving the airline.

19/05/2016

Egypt

EgyptAir: families express bewilderment as they await news of flight 804

In Cairo, the families of those on board the missing EgyptAir flight have spoken of their bewilderment as they desperately seek answers about what happened after the loss of radar…

19/05/2016

Europe News

NATO flexes military muscle to counter Russia

NATO is mulling its biggest military build-up since the Cold War to counter perceived threats from Russia.

19/05/2016

Egypt

EgyptAir crash: airline says Flight MS804 wreckage found

Egyptian authorities say debris likely to be from the plane has been located near a Greek island. The Airbus 320 passenger jet went missing en route from Paris to Cairo.

19/05/2016

New Zealand

NASA releases 2,366kg, super-pressure balloon into Earth's orbit

19/05/2016

Economy

Fed: June US interest rate rise could be 'appropriate'

Minutes from the latest meeting of Federal Reserve's policymakers reveal they feel the US economy could be ready for an interest rate increase as early as June.

19/05/2016

Economy

IMF welcomes Saudi reforms

The International Monetary Fund is applauding Saudi Arabia's sweeping reform plan calling it "an appropriately bold and far-reaching transformation".

19/05/2016

Economy

Egyptian shares fall after plane's disappearance

The disappearance of an EgyptAir plane flying from France to Egypt caused a sell-off of shares on the Cairo stock exchange due to concerns about the potential impact on tourism and the economy.

19/05/2016

Turkey

Turkish transport minister set to replace Davutoglu as prime minister

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has selected transport minister Binali Yildirim as its next leader.

19/05/2016

Sci-Tech

Israeli divers discover Roman treasure in ancient sunken cargo ship

Archaeologists in Israel have recovered bronze statues and thousands of coins from a merchant ship that sank off the Mediterranean coast some 1,600 years ago during the late Roman…

19/05/2016