Media captionPolice released video claiming to show links between Sicily’s Inzerillo family and the New York mob Italian police working with the FBI have arrested 19 people in a wave of raids in Sicily, alleging ties between the Sicilian Mafia and the Gambino organised crime family in New York. Among those held are members of […]
Media captionA demonstration of the S-400 missile system The US says it is removing Turkey from its F-35 fighter jets programme, after Ankara received the first parts of a Russian missile defence system. The US says the “F-35 cannot coexist with a Russian intelligence collection platform that will be used to learn about its advanced […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The attack took place at HuQQabaz restaurant in Irbil’s Empire City neighbourhood A Turkish diplomat was among two people killed in an attack in Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. The victims are thought to be Turkey’s deputy consul general in the city and a civilian. Turkey has already […]
Media captionPolice released video claiming to show links between Sicily’s Inzerillo family and the New York mob Italian police working with the FBI have arrested 19 people in a wave of raids in Sicily, alleging ties between the Sicilian Mafia and the Gambino organised crime family in New York. Among those held are members of […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Daphne Caruana Galizia was known for her popular anti-corruption blog Three men are to stand trial in Malta for their alleged involvement in the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, officials say. She was killed by a bomb planted under the seat of her car in 2017. Brothers George […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Italian writer Andrea Camilleri pictured in Rome in 2017 Andrea Camilleri, the Sicilian author behind the popular Inspector Montalbano television series, has died aged 93. One of Italy’s best-loved writers, he had been admitted to a hospital in Rome last month after a cardiac arrest. The crime writer was […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Bulgarian authorities are trying to find out who was behind the cyber-attack Personal data belonging to millions of Bulgarians has been stolen in a cyber-attack on the country’s tax agency. According to a local cyber-security researcher, most adults in the country of seven million people are likely to have […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Sebnem Korur Fincanci, chairwoman of Turkey’s Human Rights Foundation, as she walks free A Turkish court has acquitted two journalists and a human rights activist of terrorism charges. The three defendants had been accused of spreading terrorist propaganda for their work with a Kurdish newspaper, which has since been closed […]
Media captionUrsula von der Leyen said she wanted Europe to be the first “climate-neutral” continent The woman nominated to head the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has pledged to launch a “green deal for Europe”, in a bid for MEPs’ support. Mrs von der Leyen set out her agenda in the European Parliament ahead […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption François de Rugy denies any wrongdoing France’s Environment Minister François de Rugy has announced his resignation after being accused of extravagant spending, including on private dinners. He lashed out at what he described as a “media lynching”, saying the energy he had spent defending himself had hampered his work as […]
