Germany’s Christmas markets opened on Monday at the start of the holiday season, with security staff on hand and concrete barriers to protect shoppers, nearly a year after an Islamist militant killed 12 people by driving a truck into crowds. Some 2,600 markets, known for their...

The death toll from flash flooding which hit Athens earlier this month has risen to 22, the fire department announced on Monday. The remains of the latest victim were found in the early hours of Monday near a depot in the western Athenian municipality of Mandra. Firefighters are...

Chancellor Angela Merkel set her sights on forthcoming talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) as a path to forming a stable government in Germany and rejected new elections after three-way coalition talks collapsed last weekend. Merkel’s fourth term was cast into doubt when the...

 London’s police force said on Friday that they had stood down after an incident in the heart of London’s shopping district that they initially responded to as if it could have been terrorist-related. “Our response on #OxfordStreet has now been stood down,” the Metropolitan...