The French police drew heavy criticism on Monday after officers were filmed spraying peaceful climate activists in the face with teargas during a sit-in on a bridge in Paris last week. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has ordered an investigation into the incident on Friday during a...

French President Emmanuel Macron said that three of the European Union's top positions should be decided at a meeting of EU leaders Sunday, with a decision on the next head of the European Central Bank likely to be taken at a later date. "It's important for me that we are able to emerge...

Spanish authorities ordered the evacuation Sunday of around 40 homes as a raging wildfire advanced in the center of the country and temperatures soared. Police ordered residents to flee their homes outside the town of Cadalso de los Vidrios some 80 kilometres (50 miles) southwest of Madrid...

The Sea-Watch 3 charity ship carrying dozens of migrants rescued off Libya forced its way into the Italian port of Lampedusa Friday night after a lengthy standoff, the charity said. Sea-Watch spokesman Ruben Neugebauer told AFP the boat's German captain Carola Rackete, 31, was arrested and...