German authorities criticised after Pride attack
German authorities came in for criticism Monday for failing to prevent a deadly vehicle and machete attack on the weekend near Berlin's Pride parade, with the far-right AfD also demanding tougher action against Islamists.
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'Fresh' Evenepoel answers Tour de France questions
Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel said he had answered a lot of questions with his impressive Tour de France showing.
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Flooding forces residents to flee homes by boat in Pakistan
Flooding from heavy monsoon rains inundated villages in eastern Pakistan, pushing residents to flee their homes by boat over fields turned into vast swathes of water on Monday.
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Paris police arrest man who wounded three women with knives
A French off-duty policeman on Monday detained a man after he allegedly attacked and wounded three women in Paris with two kitchen knives, a minister and police said.
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Polish village puts faith in Europe's tallest Virgin Mary statue
A Polish billionaire is paying for a giant statue of the Virgin Mary that residents of the village of Konotopie hope will put them on the pilgrimage map.
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German sports carmaker Porsche to cut 5,000 jobs by 2035
German luxury sports carmaker Porsche, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, said Monday it would cut 5,000 jobs by 2035 as part of a strategic realignment to boost competitiveness.
Read moreSpain races to contain blazes before new heatwave
Spain has two crucial days in front of it to bring wildfires under control before weather conditions worsen, authorities said Monday, as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on citizens to "exercise extreme caution" ahead of a new heatwave.
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Farmers help battle French forest inferno before new heatwave
Farmers and firefighters on Monday battled to contain a huge wildfire that has forced 220,000 people to flee and destroyed dozens of homes in southwest France before a new heatwave hits this week.
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Oil prices slump as US and Iran pause strikes
Global stock markets rallied and oil prices tumbled Monday as the United States and Iran paused tit-for-tat strikes, at the start of a week packed with corporate earnings and central bank decisions.
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Heat, overcrowding, pushes Italian prison guard union to sue
A prison guard union in Italy's southern Puglia region will ask prosecutors to investigate widespread workplace safety abuses, with temperatures inside overcrowded prisons rising above 50C, in a case the union says is a first, AFP has learned.
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