Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
Britain's busiesses had the lowest confidence in 21 years in January, accountancy firm BDO said in a survey.
At least 18 people died and three remained in grave conditions after a coal mine blast in Russia's northern Komi republic, emergency authorities said Monday.
Russian cargo spaceship Progress M- 18M blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Monday, the federal space agency Roscosmos said.
An explosion at a Russian coal mine on Monday killed nine people and eight more were feared trapped under rubble at the pit in the northern Komi region, the Interior Ministry said.
Regal Barcelona won their second Copa del Rey in three years as they beat Valencia basket 85-69 in the final of the knockout competition of Spanish basketball held in the Basque city of Vitoria.
The British government on Monday intensified its campaign to stop Scotland leaving the United Kingdom, publishing a legal opinion suggesting it would forfeit its membership of international bodies such as the European Union if it chose independence.
Six big French retailers said on Sunday they were recalling lasagne meals and other products suspected of being mis-labelled after the discovery of horsemeat in beef products.
Five crew members died in an emergency drill on a cruise ship in the Canary Islands on Sunday, police and the cruise ship operator said.
As Britons choke on discovering they may have eaten horse imported as beef, the scandal has exposed the sometimes murky labyrinth by which food reaches Europe's dinner tables.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Saturday took the unusual step of publishing details of his earnings and tax returns on the official government website to tackle a corruption scandal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Russian orphans should be adopted in their homeland.
Five people have been killed after a small plane crashed on Saturday at Belgium's Charleroi airport, some 70 km south of Brussels.
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