German state minister says diesel bans unlikely before 2020
Gardaí say that a large amount of property was taken during a burglary at a shopping centre in Athlone overnight
5 month agoAzerbaijan Army shot down a Armenian X-55 type drone while conducting a surveillance flight over the Azerbaijan's military positions in Aghdam district of the contact line.
Volker: "DNR" and "LNR" need to be dismantled
Snow accumulations on the roads outside Monageer in Co Wexford
5 month agoPeople are protesting in Berlin against military operation in Afrin
5 month agoSPD parliamentary group leader and pro-GroKo campaigner Andrea Nahles is still optimistic of a "Yes" result in the party members' vote
Iran's state-run IRNA news agency is reporting that a top military commander says Iran will negotiate over its missile program if the US and Europe dismantle their nuclear programs
Italy's far-right leader Matteo Salvini held a rally in Milan, speaking to supporters for the last time ahead of the general election
Iran calls on U.S., Europe to scrap nuclear arms, missiles
Setting out Brexit vision, Britain's May appeals to EU to show flexibility
Eight men have appeared in court charged in connection with two burglaries at two shops in west Dublin last night
National Emergency Coordination Group chairperson Sean Hogan has said snowfalls from Storm Emma have been greatly diminished, but those affected by large drifts are being asked to stay in touch by phone
5 month agoFaced with U.S. tax cuts, France, Germany hasten harmonization: Merkel
5 month agoSeveral T-72 tanks, BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers and Msta-S self-propelled howitzer spotted around Ufa, Russia heading west
5 month agoThe frozen Avoca River in Arklow town
Aerial footage taken by the Irish Air Corps between Shannon and Athlone this morning
Putin tells U.S. to send evidence of vote meddling
5 month agoPeople gather in Bratislava to demonstrate against the murder of Jan Kuciak, a journalist who was probing alleged high-level political corruption linked to the Italian mafia
Slovakia releases suspects detained over journalist's murder: report
Snow ploughs on the M11 near Barndarrig
Power supply of the pump station of the South Donbass water pipeline was restored, the Donetsk water treatment plant does not work
5 month agoRota based USSCarney on its 5th patrol in support of regional allies: @USNavyEurope Arleigh-Burke class AEGIS guided missile destroyer USS Carney departs Black Sea after 14days (DDG64 visited Varna 8 days ago) and transits Mediterranean-bound Bosphorus 06:00Z
5 month ago8 attacks on Ukrainian positions yesterday. 1 soldier was killed, 2 more wounded
5 month agoVideo: police around tent camp at Verkhovna Rada
Police detained 39 protesters in camp near Rada, 2 sent to the hospital. 3 policemen were also injured - police
5 month agoPhoto at tent camp near Rada
5 month agoOver 10 people were detained near Rada
5 month agoPolice says that they have to make investigation actions in several criminal cases, and protesters attacked them
The Chief of Police of Kyiv reported that the police had obtained a court decision with permission to conduct investigatory actions near Rada
5 month agoSeveral detained as police entered protest tent camp near Rada, tires and one tent is burning
The parliamentary speakers from Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia said Friday that the continued presence of Russian military in their countries was destabilizing.
5 month agoBurkina Faso : Aftermath of today's events at the EMGA HQ in Ouagadougou, a lot of destruction
US Department of State: Gas supply and transit must never be a political weapon. We expect Gazprom to supply gas to Ukraine's transit pipeline per Stockholm Arbitration decision. Russia should prove it is a reliable gas supplier.
5 month agoTeacher tried to create 'army of children' to launch terror attacks in London
5 month agoWhite House says European leaders Macron, Merkel agreed with President Trump on need to implement Syrian cease fire, and expressed concern over Russia's new weapons announcement.
5 month agoUSAF RQ4 Global Hawk UAV 'UAVGH000' - Left the Black Sea region, 53,000ft into Greek airspace
Man wounded as result of explosion in Dnipro city
Ouagadougou attack targeted Burkina and France, says Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian
Trump extended sanctions against Russia for another year due to the situation in Ukraine - The White House
WTO warns that Trump risks trade war with steel, aluminum tariffs
Donetsk water filter station is out of power after shelling, also no gas in Avdiyivka
5 month agoAudience question: What event would you like to change? Putin: "The collapse of the Soviet Union."
EU's Juncker says the bloc will react to the proposed U.S. steel action with tariffs on motorcycles (Harley-Davidson), bourbon whiskey and blue jeans.
5 month agoTu214SR RA64526 heading back east over Lithuania
2 Greek soldiers who strayed into Turkey formally arrested on grounds of attempted espionage, entering military zone, Turkish state media reports
Switzerland: bomb threat in Bern, one arrested
5 month agoEurope will hit back at 'unacceptable' U.S. tariffs: French minister
Theresa May: things are going to be different post-Brexit, in certain ways our access each other's markets will be reduced but we will not accept the rights of Canada, or the obligations of Norway
Theresa May: we do not want a hard border in Ireland, we've ruled out physical infrastructure at the border, but the UK can't find a solution alone, the UK, Ireland and the EU must together find a solution
US not backing down following boasts by Russia President Putin about Moscow's newest nuclear weapons; @DeptofDefense says US 'fully prepared'
Theresa May: (Irish border) UK governments have worked tirelessly to bring about peace, we need to protect that peace and I have put the Belfast agreement at the heart of the UK's approach
Russia's threats to target NATO allies are unacceptable and counterproductive says NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu
Prime Minister Theresa May says if Brexit talks are "cherry picking" then so is "every trade agreement"
Theresa May: both the UK and EU are clear, the implementation period must be time-limited, and cannot become a permanent solution, but will give business time to prepare for the new relationship
An avalanche in the south of France leaves several dead
Theresa May: (the withdrawal agreement) we've made clear our concerns about the first draft the Commission published on Wednesday, but we are committed to the joint report from December
Theresa May: we are approaching a crucial moment, we must build a new and lasting relationship while preparing for every scenario, but we are making real progress
UK PM May admits neither side can have 'exactly what we want' in Brexit
Theresa May: Fifth, the new agreement must strengthen our union of peoples, we must bring our country back together, my duty as Prime Minister is to protect the interests of all of the UK
Immediately Naftogaz signs a contract with Poland's PGNiG instead
Real Madrid's Luka Modric charged with false testimony: prosecutors
Prime Minister Theresa May says she wants the "deepest and broadest possible" trade agreement with the EU after Brexit
Leicestershire Police has arrested two more men in connection with an explosion which killed five people in Leicester last Sunday taking the total number of arrests to five
Theresa May says she wants freedom to negotiate trade deals around the world and wants 'as frictionless border as possible' with EU
Theresa May: Fourth it must be consistent with the type of country we want to be: a modern, open, outward looking, tolerant European democracy
Theresa May: Second the new agreement must endure. Third it must protect people's jobs and security – in the new relationship, while the means may change our shared goals have surely not
Theresa May says EU treaties will not apply in UK after Brexit; says ultimate arbiter cannot be European Courts of Justice after Brexit
It would be unacceptable to break up the UK's common market with a customs border in the Irish Sea - Theresa May
Existing models like Norway and Canada are not right for our future: @theresa_may in her big speech on Brexit
Theresa May: that pledge for me means five things: first the Brexit deal must respect the referendumto take control of our borders, laws and money, and a vote for wider change, so no community in the UK would ever be left behind again
Theresa May: My government will not be driven by the interests of the privileged few but by the people that I serve we will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives
[email protected]: Defence starts and ends with NATO but that does not mean we shouldn't pool togetherlike we're doing with PESCO
Theresa May says any post-Brexit arrangements with the EU must respect the Brexit vote to take back control of "our borders, laws and money"
Prime Minister @theresa_may speaking at Mansion House, the City of London: There have been many different visions of what the future UK-EU partnership should look like, I have listened carefully to them all
Anti-Putin protests after election could get violent, opposition warns
Gazprom has announced termination of contracts with Naftogaz
David Clarke who took hostages during a four-hour armed siege at a bowling alley in Nuneaton has been jailed for 12 years
[email protected]: lofty visions do not create jobs or security, nor does shouting from the ends of the political spectrum
[email protected]: Public sentiment towards the EU is vulnerable, Brexit shows that the EU is not an irreversible certainty. In many member states political parties at the centre, parties with a longstanding European traditions, are under pressure
[email protected]: the single market can flourish only if the rule of law applies in all member stateserode the rule of law and you erode the single market, erode the single market and you erode the EU
[email protected]: Member states must not treat the EU as a menu from which they can pick and chooselets link the EU budget to efforts to encourage member states to reform and modernise their economies as agreed
[email protected] on EU budget: lets accept that the UK is leaving and the budget will be smaller, lets modernise the budget
17-year-old Lloyd Gunton has been given a life sentence with a minimum term of 11 years for planning an Islamic State-inspired vehicle attack in Cardiff
Dutch PM Rutte: The EU Commission's credibility as the guardian of the Treaty stands or falls with its impartiality. That is why I have always be against a more political European Commission. The EU is at the service of member states
National Emergency Coordination Group chairperson Sean Hogan has said conditions remain dangerous and that the public should exercise high levels of care and keep off roads
Disturbing piece on NTV which shows they have followed @johnsweeneyroar and BBC crews in Moscow and elsewhere and wire-tapped or got access to someone wire-tapping their phones.
@MinPres Rutte: "EU must protect, but not fall into the trap of protectionism"
'Only losers' in US-EU trade war: French economy minister Le Maire
[email protected]: I do not believe we have been marching towards a federal system nor should that be our goal
[email protected]: we should be working towards a perfect union not an ever closer one
Dutch PM @MinPres giving his speech says "you had a choice today. You could have listened to a speech in the UK about a future without Europe. Or a speech in Berlin by someone who believes in Europe"
SPD coalition 'no' vote would hurt Germany, EU: party official
Situation 'under control' after attacks on French missions in Burkina Faso capital: French govt sources
Putin - NBC: There are two reasons that can force us to use nuclear weapons: an attack on us using nuclear weapons or an attack using conventional weapons if there is a threat to the existence of the Russian state
France Finance Minister @BrunoLeMaire calls US tariffs unilateral and unacceptable, warns that for a response, all options are on the table
5 month agoSubmarines and Big landing ships in Sevastopol
The 5 armed men who police say are Islamist terrorist attempted to storm the French Embassy but failed, then decided to storm the military HQs in Ouagadougou. French military helicopters with Special forces are on the ground of the embassy
Clearing snow in Narraghmore Co Kildare this morning
Shooting in St.Petersburg during conflict between two ethnic gangs left 1 dead, 1 wounded
"We have been preparing for this situation for a long time," says EC spox @A_WintersteinEC re: @realDonaldTrump's expected steel tariffs, "and because of that, we are ready."
EC spokerson @A_WintersteinEC says we will react "swiftly, firmly and proportionately", pointing out US consumers will suffer from the higher prices caused by @realDonaldTrump's "trade war" over steel
Asked whether the European Commission agrees with @realDonaldTrump that "trade wars are good", Spox @A_WintersteinEC says "we see international trade relations as win-win, not zero-sum game" but needs to take place within WTO rules
5 month agoUSAF RQ4 Global Hawk UAV 53,000ft around Crimea and along the Russian coastline; US Navy EP-3 Aries, racetracks south of Crimea at 25,000ft
EU commission spokesman Winterstein briefs press in Brussels EU says has counter-measures ready against U.S. tariffs EU says stands ready to respond
Philippines, EU say aid, joint projects intact, despite Duterte's ire
Britain's serious fraud office to seek retrial of three former Tesco executives
Detectives from the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command have arrested a 25-year-old woman from south London on suspicion of encouraging support for a proscribed organisation, contrary to section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000
'Attack under way' at French embassy and French institute in Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou - French Embassy
Burkina Faso: Heavy gunfire still ongoing, French army deployed to the embassy
25 people dead in fire which tore through drug rehabilitation clinic in Azerbaijani capital Baku, officials say, revising earlier toll
Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Russia, Turkey and Iran in Astana to be held on March 16
Cork County Council has warned of very high spring tides and the risk of coastal flooding over the next few days in Midleton, Youghal, Clonakilty and Bantry
Chataigner @Jmchataigner #France special envoy for #Sahel says a "terrorist attack" is ongoing at #Ougadougou
Kremlin dismisses allegation Russia behind German cyber attack
All flights are cancelled due to weather conditions in Dublin. The airport is closed but will reopen
Germany 'rejects' US President Trump's decision to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports: Merkel spokesman
ATO spox: Russian proxies shelled Svitlodarsk (Luhansk sector) and Pisky (Donetsk sector) with 82mm mortars yesterday. Fortunately, Ukrainian troops suffered no casualties.
Shooting near the embassy of France in the capital of Burkina Faso
Merkel and Trump urge Russia to end involvement in bombing eastern Ghouta
Kremlin 'categorically' denies Russia is violating arms control agreements: spokesman
5 month agoMajor attack at the same time as an explosion to the Burkinian PM office
