Hamas on Thursday announced its refusal to accept fresh financial aid from Qatar to protest what it described as “extortion” by Israel. “We are rejecting this third Qatari grant to protest the Israeli occupation’s behavior,” leading Hamas member Khalil al-Hayya said at a press...

It has featured among complaints by French "yellow vest" protesters and in populist Italian rhetoric: Africa's CFA franc currency has become an unexpected hot topic on Europe's political fringes. When a list of unofficial "yellow vest" demands went viral in December, some observers were...

Senior European lawmakers warned Thursday they will not ratify a Brexit withdrawal deal if it is stripped of guarantees on the Irish border issue. Prime Minister Theresa May last year signed an agreement with her EU colleagues to allow Britain's orderly departure from the European Union on...

A bomb attack hit a northeastern neighbourhood of the Syrian capital Thursday, state media said, in the third such explosion in a regime-held area in less than a week. State news agency SANA reported "a terrorist bombing in the Adawi area with an explosive device planted in a car, causing...