Following a tumultuous week on the Brexit front, Austria's chancellor on Saturday proposed postponing the date the divorce goes live. “If London presents a proper strategy and a plan, then postponing the withdrawal date by a couple of months could be conceivable,” Sebastian Kurz told German...

US President Donald Trump made a suprise announcement Saturday he would be traveling to meet the families of four US personnel killed in northern Syria. He tweeted: "Will be leaving for Dover to be with the families of 4 very special people who lost their lives in service to our Country!"...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will hold talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Cairo by the end of this month, according to Egyptian media.  Talks between the two leaders will focus on stability in the Middle East and bilateral relations, the state-run Akhbar...

Tunisia’s largest labor union has announced a two-day general strike for public-sector employees on Feb. 20.  “The general strike is a necessity,” Noureddine Taboubi, the head of the Tunisian General Labor Union (TGLU), said in statements after a union meeting in the eastern city of...

The Macedonian foreign minister has said that the Prespa agreement over the Macedonia name dispute with Greece is "too big to fail". Nikola Dimitrov spoke to Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview during an official visit to Ankara. Dimitrov said the stakes that are involved and the...

A senior Republican senator on Saturday urged President Donald Trump to slow down the withdrawal of US ground troops from Syria until jihadists were defeated to avoid a "nightmare" for Washington's allies. "I would hope that President Trump would slow the withdrawal until we truly destroy...

A key US senator on Saturday said the Saudi crown prince was responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's murder and must be "dealt with", as he threatened new sanctions. Republican Lindsey Graham, an influential ally of President Donald Trump, has previously said that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...

Four children were among at least six civilians killed in a US-led air strike on the Islamic State group's embattled enclave in eastern Syria, a monitor said on Saturday. The Friday strike on the Euphrates Valley village of Baghouz killed 10 IS fighters as well as the six civilians, the...

A former leader of Afghanistan’s Mujahedeen on Saturday threw his hat into the ring for April presidential elections in the war-ravaged country. Announcing his candidacy, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hezb-e-Islami party, sharply criticized the current Kabul government and vowed to...

Israel is holding “indirect” contacts to reach a prisoner swap deal with Palestinian group Hamas, according to Hamas sources on Saturday.  “Hamas has received indirect contacts from the Israeli government about a prisoner swap deal,” the London-based Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed newspaper quoted...

Yellow vest protesters are planning rallies in several French cities despite a national debate launched this week by President Emmanuel Macron aimed at assuaging their anger. A prominent and provocative protester is promoting a march Saturday starting at the Invalides monument in Paris,...

Pep Guardiola takes reigning champions Manchester City to struggling Huddersfield on Sunday, with the Premier League's bottom side facing the prospect of finding themselves on the receiving end of Kevin De Bruyne's frustration. Arguably City's standout performer in their record-breaking...

In a vault under the streets of Dublin a pot of gold owned by anxious investors is growing every day Britain edges closer to leaving the EU without a deal. "They're worried about a significant devaluation in sterling if there's a hard Brexit," said Seamus Fahy. Fahy is co-founder of...

Long hailed as a beacon of success for the far-left after erupting in Spain five years ago, Podemos is now on the verge of a split that analysts say could hurt the ruling Socialists. Once inseparable, the two young political scientists who co-founded the party in 2014 -- Pablo Iglesias and...

Poles will gather on Saturday in the Baltic port city of Gdansk for the funeral of murdered liberal mayor Pawel Adamowicz, whose public stabbing has raised questions about hate speech in politics in the country. Around 3,500 people, including Polish President Andrzej Duda and EU Council...

The planned second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un needs to make tangible progress on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons if it is to avoid being dismissed as "reality TV", analysts say. Their summit in Singapore in June was undoubtedly historic, the...

Turkey has justifiable security interests in northeastern Syria, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Friday amid calls for a buffer zone the area. Guterres said any solution must take into account Syria's territorial integrity, the "legitimate security concerns" of Turkey, and...

The U.S. has legitimate reasons for deciding to withdraw its troops from Syria, a former brigadier general said Friday. Mark Kimmitt, who also served as a top defense official under former President George W. Bush, spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Foundation for Political, Economic...

Hundreds of mourners returning from the funeral of a protester and crowds of worshippers launched spontaneous anti-government rallies in Sudan on Friday, witnesses said, a day after three demonstrators died in Khartoum. Deadly protests have rocked Sudan since December 19, when the...

The terrorist, who killed dozens of policemen in an attack in Colombia, is a member of an armed rebel left-wing organization in the country, officials said Friday. The latest information on Thursday's terror attack was shared at a press meeting at the Presidential Palace Casa de Narino,...