Greta Thunberg has been detained by UK police at a climate protest outside a London hotel hosting a major oil and gas industry conference. Thunberg was among dozens of protesters who chanted “oily money out” and sought to block access on Tuesday to the Energy Intelligence Forum by sitting on the pavement by the entrance. … Read morePolice detain climate activist Greta Thunberg at London protest
Ethnic Serb gunmen in armoured vehicles stormed a village in north Kosovo on Sunday, battling police and barricading themselves in a monastery in a resurgence of violence in the restive north that killed four people. The siege centred on a Serbian Orthodox monastery near the village of Banjska in the Serb-majority region where monks and … Read moreSerb gunmen battle police in Kosovo monastery siege; four dead
More than 200 Eritrean opposition supporters have been arrested in Germany after violence broke out on Saturday during a cultural festival organised by the supporters of Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in the southern city of Stuttgart, local police said on Sunday. At least German 26 police officers were injured in the riot that broke out … Read moreOver 200 arrested in Germany after violence at Eritrean diaspora event
Two American soldiers have been arrested in Germany over the death of a young man at a funfair in the west of the country, according to German police. “Following the murder of a 28-year-old man, two suspects were arrested … They are American servicemen,” police in the western city of Treves said in a statement … Read moreGermany arrests two US soldiers after man stabbed to death at funfair
France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks during the July 14 national holiday weekend, following protests sparked by the killing of a teenager by the police. Fireworks were used in some protests that erupted in France after a police officer shot dead 17-year-old Nahel M during a traffic stop on June 27 … Read moreFrance bans Bastille Day fireworks sale after anti-gov’t protests
Major cities in France experienced a third night of rioting as President Emmanuel Macron fought to contain growing public anger triggered by the police killing of a 17-year-old teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent during a traffic stop. National police said on Thursday night that its forces faced new incidents in the cities of Marseille, … Read moreFrance rocked by third night of riots over police killing of teen
NATO is deploying 700 additional troops to northern Kosovo after 30 of its peacekeepers were injured in clashes with ethnic Serb protesters amid a long-simmering dispute. “We have decided to deploy 700 more troops from the operational reserve force for Western Balkans,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Oslo, after talks with Norwegian Prime … Read moreNATO deploys more forces to Kosovo after 30 peacekeepers injured