French police fired water cannon and fired tear gas in Paris on Saturday to drive back protesters marking the first anniversary of anti-government “yellow vest” demonstrations. Demonstrators, many clad in black and hiding their faces, vandalized an HSBC bank branch at the Place...

A federal judge on Saturday ordered that a German citizen arrested on her return to the country on suspicion of being a member of Islamic State should remain in custody, prosecutors said. Authorities said the suspect, identified only as Nasim A., had left Germany for Syria in 2014,...

The situation in Lebanon is becoming more complicated, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was cited as saying by newspaper al-Joumhouria on Saturday, comments that suggested a deal needed to form a new government had yet to be finalised. Lebanon appeared to move toward consensus on a...

Kuwait's defense minister said Saturday that the government's recent resignation was triggered by the alleged embezzlement of nearly $800 million from a military aid fund. "It is the main reason for the government's resignation", said Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, two days after...