The European Union on Monday added 11 businessmen and five entities to the sanction list as part of restrictive measures against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime and its supporters. In a statement, the European Commission said the sanctions list now includes 270 persons and 72 entities that...

Sinan Selen, a senior counterterrorism expert with Turkish roots, has been officially appointed as the vice president of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency BfV. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced Selen’s appointment at an official ceremony at the headquarters of the BfV in...

Judicial authorities in Bahrain have ordered the dissolution of the opposition National Democratic Action Society (Waad), members of which were convicted earlier for “committing grave violations” and “supporting terrorism”. On Monday, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation dismissed a final...

As Emmanuel Macron prepares to pitch a dynamic new France to dozens of business leaders on Monday, many are wondering if the former banker can first win over his opponents. Macron is gathering 150 top executives at the sumptuous Versailles palace for the second edition of his "Choose...