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61. Protests continue as Macron stands firm on pension reform

French workers angry with President Emmanuel Macron and his plan to raise the pension age blocked access to a terminal at Paris' main airport on Thursday as part of a nationwide day of protests, forcing some travelers to get there on foot....

62. Many dead after trains collide in Greece

A passenger train in Greece carrying hundreds of people collided with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in the country’s north early Wednesday, killing 32 and injuring at least 85...

63. Rescuers work through night as hopes fade for survivors

Rescuers worked through the night to rescue people clinging to life beneath the rubble eight days after Turkey's worst earthquake in modern history but hopes of finding many more survivors were fading on Tuesday...

64. Clock ticking as rescuers dig through rubble

Rescuers raced against time early Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble before they succumbed to cold weather two days after an earthquake tore through southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria. The death toll climbed above 7,700 and was expected to rise further...

65. Cyprus ranks high in use of electronic cigarettes and hookahs

The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (CNAA) participates in a European citizen's initiative for a smoke-free environment and the first European smoke-free generation by 2030, CNAA President, Dr. Christos Mina announced, during a press conference, on Monday....

66. Eva Kaili: From city council to city prison

67. New Zealand becomes the world's first smoke-free country

As the first nation to adopt this policy and even pass a draft law, New Zealand has set the goal of getting the younger generation to stop smoking....

68. What connects them to the other side?

High school students walk through the cobblestone streets of the old town. The demonstration ended around eleven o'clock in the morning....

69. Kyiv: 80% of households have no access to running water

According to Vitaly Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, new Russian missile strikes have cut off the water supply to 80% of residents and electricity to 350,000 households....

70. Judge reopens yet another death case ruled suicide

Another suicide case has been reopened in the Republic of Cyprus, this time concerning the death of a special police officer, whose family has disputed the findings with the help of a private forensic pathologist...

71. Police gun drawn outside football stadium stirs debate

A viral photo showing a police officer holding his firearm outside a football stadium in Cyprus has prompted the reaction of a law enforcement association that suggests proportional response to out-of-control football hooliganism could warrant the use of a lethal weapon...

72. Hooligan mayhem spills onto highway in Nicosia

Eye witnesses on the highway south of Nicosia found themselves in the middle of a full blown battle Sunday night, when football hooligans fought each other amid flares and smoke bombs, followed by tear gas from riot police who managed to make no arrests...

73. Kyriakides: Increased cancer screening in the EU imperative

A proposal for a new cancer screening system, which seeks to improve the early detection of cancer, was presented today by Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides on behalf of the Commission....

74. School mom reacts to bullying video in Limassol

A video showing a bullying incident has gone viral in Cyprus where a crowd of students at a junior high in Limassol allegedly ganged up on a boy in the yard, prompting a shocked mother who also saw the footage to take to Facebook and warn that school delinquency was out of control...

75. Nicosia school principal accused of assaulting student

A student in Nicosia says he was assaulted by his high school principal, who gave his own version of events saying he was simply trying to identify the youngster during a smoke bomb prank on first day of class...

76. High winds as wildfire rages near Athens

A Greek wildfire fueled by gale-force winds raged in the mountainous region of Penteli near Athens on Tuesday, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of at least four areas and a hospital...

77. Watching the Turkish paratroopers from my window

It was approximately 5.20 a.m. on the morning of July 20, 1974, when I was awakened by the ring of a telephone in my home in Nicosia....

78. High temperatures and wildfires test Europe's patience (pictures)

Firefighters have been battling several blazes in southern Europe for the past few days as the mercury soared, with scientists linking the very high temperatures to climate change....

79. Ukraine: Russian missiles hit mall with over 1,000 people inside

A busy shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk was hit by a rocket....

80. Deadly arsonist was upset over relatives helping ex

Details about a possible motive have emerged in an apparent murder-suicide in Limassol, with reports suggesting the suspect who set a house on fire was upset over his relatives maintaining good relations with his ex and her daughter...

81. Boris Becker faces jail term for failing to declare his millions

Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker could be sent to jail today as he faces a sentence for flouting the terms of his 2017 bankruptcy....

82. NYC subway station shooting leaves multiple wounded

The New York Police Department confirmed that a shooting took place at a Brooklyn subway station Tuesday morning during peak commuting hours for employees headed into Manhattan....

83. More than 30 dead, 100 wounded from rocket strike at train station

More than 30 people were killed and over 100 were wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a railway station in east Ukraine on Friday as civilians tried to evacuate to safer parts of the country, the state railway company said....

84. Mysterious circumstances surround yesterday's crash of China Eastern Airlines

A Chinese Eastern Airlines passenger plane that crashed yesterday in southern China lost 8,800 meters of altitude in a short period of time killing all 132 people on board....

85. Ukraine: Images of disaster in Kyiv - Drone footage

The scale of the devastation in Kyiv is heartwrenching. Images captured by a drone show the immense destruction after buildings in residential areas were bombed overnight. ...

86. Ukraine rejects Russian neutrality idea as Zelensky prepares to address Congress

Ukraine on Wednesday dismissed Russian proposals to turn it into a neutral state, as the United States readied a huge package of military aid ahead of a historic address to Congress by Kyiv's defiant leader....

87. Ukraine's capital under fire; 3 EU nation leaders to visit

Russia’s relentless bombardment of Ukraine edged closer to central Kyiv on Tuesday, with a series of strikes hitting a residential neighborhood as the leaders of three European Union countries planned a bold visit to Ukraine’s embattled capital in a show of support....

88. 'Show this to Putin', a doctor in Mariupol says after the death of 18 month old Kirill

A man dashes into a hospital with a desperately wounded toddler in his arms, the child’s mother on his heels. Doctors use smartphone torches to examine patients’ wounds....

89. Fears of potential nuclear disaster at Europe's largest nuclear power plant

Russian forces seized the largest nuclear power plant in Europe after a building at the complex was set ablaze during intense fighting with Ukrainian defenders, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday....

90. Massive 65 kilometer Russian convoy on its way to Kyiv

Satellite images taken on Monday showed a huge Russian military convoy north of Kyiv, the main target of Russia's armed forces after last week's invasion of Ukraine, stretching 65 kilometers - much larger than previously reported....