A Russian-built Soyuz rocket blasted off from French Guiana and successfully placed into orbit a Spanish telecommunications satellite, the French launch company Arianespace said. It said the rocket took off from the Guiana Space Center at 10:30 pm local time Friday (0130 GMT Saturday)....

European shares pulled back Friday with UBS dragging bank stocks lower after posting a drop in full-year profit, while Britain’s biggest supermarket Tesco surged after a 3.7 billion pound ($4.7 billion) takeover deal to buy a supplier. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.3 percent at...

The head of the tiny British overseas territory of Gibraltar, which is hugely dependent on a free-flowing border with Spain, has accused Madrid of acting like a "predator" by trying to exploit Brexit. In an interview with AFP in London, Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo dismissed...

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Thursday Britain was "open-minded" about the timescale for Syrian President Bashar Assad relinquishing power and did not rule out joining Russia in military action against ISIS militants. Speaking to British lawmakers, Johnson also questioned whether the...