Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands addresses her nation
Holland’s monarch tells her country that “responsibility for our nation should now lie in the hands of a new generation” as she passes the reigns to her son Prince Willem-Alexander.
Category: Europe
French and Malian forces have retaken Timbuktu
French and Malian forces have retaken Timbuktu. Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland is embedded with the troops. She reports from Timbuktu.
Google faces UK class action over secret iPhone tracking
AFP Photo / Loic Venance Google is embroiled in its biggest privacy battle yet in the UK over reportedly tracking users’ online habits. At least 10 UK citizens began legal action with dozens more...
French success in Mali may herald ‘war of the shadows’
It is not exactly blitzkrieg in the desert, but French commanders can be well-pleased with the way their operation in Mali has played out so far. Pressed to intervene when the Malian army was...
Britain is experiencing ‘worse slump than during Great Depression’
Ministers today admitted Britain is facing “very, very grave difficulties” after figures showed the economy did not grow at all in 2012. Both George Osborne, the Chancellor, and Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to...
Algerian prime minister: Canadian coordinated Islamists’ attack on gas plant
A Canadian national coordinated the Islamist militant attack on a gas plant in Algeria where dozens of foreign workers were taken hostage and at least 37 were slain, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal told a Monday news...
Spain Recession Scars Exposed as Jobless Seen at 6 Mln
Spain’s scars from the slump that overshadowed Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s first year in office will emerge this week as data show the toll on economic output that may have kept as many as 6...
Islamists attack Algerian gas field, kill, kidnap foreigners
(Reuters) – Islamist militants attacked a gas production field in southern Algeria on Wednesday, kidnapping at least nine foreigners and killing two people including a French national during a dawn raid, local and company...
Mali conflict: French troops to face combat ‘within hours’
Trouble in store: French troops arrive at Bamako’s airport Photo: AP The ground assault reverses France’s earlier insistence that it would provide only air and logistical support for a military intervention, which would be led...
Germany gold: Central bank to bring home some reserves
Germany’s central bank is to bring back almost 700 tonnes of gold reserves it keeps in New York and Paris. By 2020, half of its gold bars will be in its vaults, the Bundesbank...
