Sources: BBC
Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrate in cities across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to show their support for Palestinians as Israel's military widens its air and ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. 2023-10-28
At least 150 people are arrested by European and U.S. authorities during a joint crackdown on traders of drugs, weapons and other illicit goods on darknet e-commerce sites. The majority of those arrested are from Germany, the U.S. and the United Kingdom. 2021-10-26
A denial-of-service attack takes down Wikipedia, with users unable to access the encyclopedia in Europe and parts of the Middle East. The Wikimedia Foundation blames a "massive and very broad" distributed denial of service attack. 2019-09-6
Nigerien authorities discover the bodies of 34 migrants, mostly children, left behind in the Sahara desert by people smugglers who were taking them to Algeria and then to Europe. 2016-06-16
Sweden celebrates the 70th birthday of their King Carl XVI Gustaf, whose celebration was attended by fellow European royals, including Denmark's Margrethe II, former King of Spain Juan Carlos I and former Queen of the Netherlands Beatrix. 2016-04-30
Authorities in Hungary close the Budapest Keleti railway station to prevent hundreds of migrants from boarding trains to other European capitals. 2015-09-1
A solar eclipse sweeps across Africa, Europe and the Eastern United States. 2013-11-3
The United States scraps the final stage of its European missile shield. 2013-03-16
PayPal, the online payments business, a division of eBay, launches a European version of the PayPal Here mobile payments system. 2013-02-21
French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen announces that it will cut 8000 jobs from its domestic operations as a result of a downturn in Europe. 2012-07-12