2016-06-26

Spain

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's conservative People's Party wins Spanish general election

The conservative People’s Party (PP) of acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won most seats in Spain’s parliamentary election on Sunday, increasing the number from the last election in…

26/06/2016

United Kingdom

Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon vows to do whatever it takes to remain in the EU

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she will do whatever it takes to remain in the European Union.

26/06/2016

Sport

Europeans dominate final day of Budapest Judo Grand Prix

The Judo Grand Prix in Budapest came to a close on Sunday.

26/06/2016

Israel

Israel and Turkey to normalise ties

After three years of talks Israel and Turkey have reportedly agreed to restore ties.

26/06/2016

Turkey

Turkish police detain LGBT activists after banning Gay Pride

Turkish riot police have detained seven LGBT activists who dared to celebrate Gay Pride Week in Istanbul.

26/06/2016

France

French fans ecstatic after making the quarter finals

French fans went into ecstasy after beating Ireland and making it through to the quarter finals.

26/06/2016

Sport

Miller seals maiden MotoGP victory at rain-drenched Dutch TT

Jack Miller stunned the big guns to win his first ever MotoGp race on Sunday.

26/06/2016

Armenia

Pope Francis leaves Armenia

26/06/2016

Sport

Euro 2016: Griezmann saves France blushes, World Champs Germany in cruise control as Red Devils of Belgium too hot to handle

France 2-1 Ireland Griezmann hits twice in three second-half minutes Germany 3-0 Slovakia Boeteng, Gomez and Draxler score for World Champions Hungary 0-4 Belgium Alderweireld, Batshuayi, Hazard and

26/06/2016

Panama

Thousands attend inauguration of enlarged Panama Canal

After nine years of construction work, the enlarged Panama Canal has been officially inaugurated.

26/06/2016

Italy

Italian mafia boss captured in mountain village

Italy’s second biggest mafia boss has been arrested in Molochia, a small town in the Aspromonte mountains of Calabria.

26/06/2016

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Fun festival with colours

In 2012 the Holi Festival Of Colours mesmerised people in Berlin, Dresden, Hanover and Munich.

26/06/2016

Iraq

Iraqi commander declares 'battle of Falluja over'

Iraqi forces have recaptured the last district of Falluja held by militants from the self-styled Islamic State movement as the general commanding the operation declared the battle…

26/06/2016

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Gay Pride in London tinged with post-Brexit nerves

Tens of thousands of people take to the streets of London for the city’s annual pride celebration – a festive event, but one tinged with fears that rights may be lost once Britain leaves the European

26/06/2016

United Kingdom

Brexit crisis hits UK Labour opposition as Corbyn faces party revolt

Since the recent show of unity following the murder of the British MP Jo Cox, Brexit has brought down Prime Minister David Cameron, who says he will quit by the time of the Conservative Party confere

26/06/2016

Italy

Hundreds of West African migrants rescued in Mediterranean taken to Italy

A boatload of 660 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea at the end of last week has transported them to shore in Europe in a joint operation by two aid…

26/06/2016

Myanmar

Myanmar burns large pile of heroin and marijuana on UN anti-drugs day

Myanmar – otherwise known as Burma – has marked Sunday’s UN international day against drug trafficking and abuse by burning a vast quantity of substances in a public…

26/06/2016

USA

US National Guard help rescue effort in flood-hit West Virginia

President Obama has signed a disaster declaration making federal funding available for flood victims in three counties of the US state of West Virginia, which is dealing with the aftermath of the wors

26/06/2016

United Kingdom

Millions sign referendum re-run petition

Millions of Britons have signed a petition calling for a re-run of the European Union referendum.

26/06/2016

Iceland

Iceland's new President Gudni Johannesson off to France for the football

Historian Gudni Johannesson has claimed victory in Iceland's presidential election.

26/06/2016

Mexico

Mexico City Pride demands an end to discrimination

Tens of thousands of people have paraded along Mexico City's Reforma Boulevard to celebrate Mexico's lesbian,gay, bisexual and transgender community.

26/06/2016

Belgium

Belgium arrests two on terrorism charges

Belgian security forces have arrested two people and charged them with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group."

26/06/2016

USA

Famed fashion photographer Bill Cunningham dies at 87

Bill Cunningham), the famed New York Times fashion photographer, has died at the age of 87.

26/06/2016

Spain

Jobs and a government por favor Spain goes to the polls

Spain goes to the polls in an election expected to exacerbate European frustration with traditional mainstream politics.

26/06/2016