In the former shipbuilding hub of Hartlepool, traditional bastion of the centre-left Labour Party, lifelong supporter Stan grumbles that the party leaders have "lost their way totally". Like seven out of 10 voters in this post-industrial town in northeastern England, Stan, a...

Belgium Friday opened a tender for the replacement of its ageing U.S.-built F-16 jet fighter fleet, a contract potentially worth 15 billion euros over its 40-year lifespan. "The current 54 F-16 fighters will be replaced by 34 new multi-role aircraft," the ministry of defense said, arguing...

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel questioned how Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan would know that an arrested German-Turkish journalist was a spy before he went on trial. Relations between Ankara and Berlin have been strained in recent weeks after Deniz Yucel, a journalist for German...

Three quarters of French voters want conservative candidate Francois Fillon to pull out of the presidential race, an opinion poll by Odoxa showed Friday, underscoring how badly his image has been hit by a series of financial scandals. The former prime minister was placed under formal...