Hundreds of people were rescued on Saturday after a ferry caught in a snow storm hit a breakwater off Italy, as a vicious cold snap that has claimed over 260 lives across Europe tightened its grip.

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Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned on Friday that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend.

Hundreds of people were plucked to safety on Saturday after a ferry caught in a snow storm ran aground off Italy, as a vicious cold snap that has claimed over 250 lives across Europe refused to ease i

China's Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday the Asian giant had neither the ability nor the intention to 'buy Europe', amid concerns over growing Chinese investment in debt-stricken eurozone economies.

At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities said, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's weeklong deep freeze rose to 123, many of them

A sham double wedding collapsed when one of the bogus brides was unable to identify the Indian man she was due to marry, Daily Mail reported on Wednesday.

The registrar had become suspicious when he

A cold snap that killed 30 people in Ukraine over the past five days spread on Tuesday to swathes of eastern and central Europe with record lows in Bulgaria and heavy snow in Switzerland and parts of

The IEA on Wednesday cut its global oil demand growth forecast for 2012, with the market dragged down by a weakening world economy and stubbornly high prices while the nuclear crisis with Iran deepens

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti warned on Wednesday of possible 'anti-European' protests in his country if Rome's reform efforts were not recognised, ahead of a key meeting with Germany's chancello

The US is looking to reduce the number of its troops in Europe, but the exact figures would be available only when President Barack Obama presents his budget to the Congress next month, a top American