With France gripped by strike action crippling the transport system in a dispute over pensions reform, news emerged Saturday of the latest government concessions -- to striking ballet dancers at the Paris Opera. News of the offer added to a series of concessions made to striking workers in...

Protesters marching against the French government's planned pension reform clashed with the police in Paris Saturday as police fired tear gas to disperse some groups of demonstrators. French trade unions have spearheaded nationwide strikes since early December in an outcry over President...

Britain's traditional New Years Honors faced criticism Saturday after they included two prominent but controversial figures from politics and the legal profession. Queen Elizabeth II's annual list unveiled late Friday gave a damehood to Alison Saunders, a former director of public...

Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country have agreed to swap dozens of prisoners Sunday, the self-declared rebel republic of Donetsk said. Both sides had said earlier this month they would carry out a prisoner exchange by the end of the year, following...