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Deadly storm sparks floods in Spain, disrupts Portugal vote

Deadly storm that triggered floods and thousands of evacuations in the Iberian Peninsula threw Portugal's presidential run-off into confusion on Thursday.
By Benard Orwongo and AFP 2026-02-05 19:14:00
Ukraine's national police said Friday it had received more than 2,000 reports of bomb threats nationwide over a three-hour period, warning that government buildings had been affected.
By AFP 2026-01-30 15:04:26
As France moves one step closer to banning social media for children, the European Union is seriously considering whether it's time for the bloc to follow suit.
By AFP 2026-01-28 10:34:33
Air France and KLM suspend flights to Dubai, other Middle East cities due to ongoing geopolitical situation; US has threatened military action on Iran.
By AFP 2026-01-24 14:00:00
European leaders on Sunday slammed US President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs over their opposition to his designs on Greenland, warning transatlantic ties were at risk.
By AFP 2026-01-18 19:54:24
The Kremlin has long singled out Britain as one of the most hostile Western states -- with relations virtually frozen even before Moscow's full-scale offensive on Ukraine.
By AFP 2026-01-15 12:20:38
Several people were killed and others injured when an explosion ripped through a bar in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans Montana, Swiss police said early Thursday.
By AFP 2026-01-01 11:31:39
Queen Camilla has spoken for the first time publicly about fighting off an attacker on a train when she was a teenager, in an interview broadcast Wednesday.
By AFP 2025-12-31 15:25:00
Russia has seen the latest copy of a US plan to end the Ukraine war and views some of it positively, but other points require discussion, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
By AFP 2025-11-26 13:45:00
In total, Russia has enlisted 18,800 individuals from mostly the Global South; the numbers are larger than the army of Austria, which has 16,000 active personnel and Croatia, which has 14, 325.
By Wellingtone Nyongesa, Kyiv 2025-11-24 17:02:15
Kyiv City considers Putin a war criminal, placing him in the same league as Adolf Hitler, with the killing of civilians, including children viewed as thoroughly unconventional.
In the Netherlands, a doctor and an independent expert must determine that the patient is suffering unbearably and without hope of improvement.
By AFP 2025-11-22 10:11:20