France has leapfrogged the United States and Britain as the world's top so-called soft power, helped by the election of President Emmanuel Macron, a study of countries' non-military global influence showed Tuesday. While France has risen, Donald Trump's ascent to the White House has seen the...

German prosecutors said on Tuesday they were checking reports that a 16-year-old German teenager under investigation for supporting Daesh (ISIS) was among five women arrested in the Iraqi city of Mosul. Iraqi forces last week declared victory over Daesh in Mosul, though clashes continue in...

The president of the Spanish Football Federation, Angel Maria Villar, was detained by police Tuesday as part of a corruption probe, a judicial source said. Villar, 67, a former Spanish international footballer, was being held on suspicion of abusing his position to embezzle funds from the...

Heavy rainfall has caused floods in Istanbul, inundating roads, underpasses and subway lines and causing havoc in the city. Several vehicles were stranded in the floodwaters on Tuesday and television footage showed a rescue crew entering an underpass in a rubber boat to help trapped...