The solution to the Syria crisis should be a political and not a military one, head of the EU Delegation to Turkey said. In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Christian Berger said the crisis needs a solution that also includes Syrians in finding a political settlement of the problem....

Muslims are calling for action from the British government after a nearly 600% rise in Islamophobic hate crimes in the U.K. following last month's New Zealand terrorist attacks. “The issue of Islamophobia isn't an body_abstract issue anymore,” said Mohamed Mahmoud, the imam of the East...

The beginning of the end of Theresa May's Brexit strategy was an emotional address to the nation in which she blamed Parliament for the delay in Britain's departure from the European Union. The televised speech on March 20 was one of the few times in nearly three years as prime minister...

Germany and other European Union powers will accept Prime Minister Theresa May’s request for another delay to Brexit but French President Emmanuel Macron will seek to limit Britain’s influence as it grapples with its departure. In a sign of just how far the three-year Brexit crisis has...

Yellow Vest activists called for fresh protests in Paris on Tuesday after the Senate cancelled a meeting with representatives of the movement at the last minute. A group of Yellow Vest protesters had been invited by French Senator Catherine Fournier to discuss a range of issues on...

British Prime Minister Theresa May meets the leaders of Germany and France on Tuesday in a last-gasp bid to keep her country from crashing out of the European Union later this week. Her huddles with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris come...

 The British government said on Monday it had taken the necessary steps required by law to participate in European Parliament elections in May, but that this did not mean it was inevitable Britain would take part. Britain is due to leave the EU on Friday, but Prime Minister Theresa May...

Canada may have to crack down on the world’s major social media companies with new regulations to combat potential foreign meddling in this October’s election, the cabinet minister in charge of ensuring a fair vote said on Monday. Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould spoke shortly...

The French government must implement bold tax cuts, the prime minister said Monday, after a mass public consultation called in the wake of "yellow vest" protests that shook President Emmanuel Macron. Giving the first conclusions of a "Great National Debate" which was launched in January in...

British voters want a strong leader who is willing to break the rules and force through wide scale reform after three years of Brexit crisis pushed confidence in the political system to a 15-year low. The 2016 referendum revealed a United Kingdom divided over much more than EU membership,...

Over three months, France's "Great National Debate" has led to 10,000 local meetings, around two million online contributions and 100 hours of presidential talking. On Monday, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe begins trying to make sense of it all. The debate was launched in January by...

Yellow Vest protestors on Saturday took to the streets across France, marking the 21st consecutive week of mass demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron.  The protestors gathered at Republique Square and marched towards La Defense, a major business district outside Paris. Brief...

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that the longer it takes to find a compromise with the opposition Labour Party to secure a parliamentary majority for a Brexit deal, the less likely it is that Britain will leave the European Union. May has so far failed to secure backing...

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris and other French cities on Saturday for a 21st straight weekend of anti-government “yellow vest” protests, but the marches were largely peaceful. The quieter nature of the demonstrations should be a relief to President Emmanuel...

Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Friday that talks with the government on a last-ditch Brexit deal had made no progress, as EU leaders said Prime Minister Theresa May had not convinced them that they should let Britain delay its departure next week. May wrote to Brussels asking...

France's Constitutional Council on Thursday struck down a measure that would have let authorities ban certain individuals from protesting, a key element of the government's plan to crack down on violence at "yellow vest" demonstrations. The council, which rules on the validity of laws, said...

The U.S. decision to recognize Israel's territorial claim to the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is "a colossal strike" at the international legal basis, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday.  International documents were adopted as an alternative to the...

Prime Minister Theresa May is focused on ratifying a Brexit deal before May 22 so that Britain can leave on that day, her spokesman said on Wednesday. May is holding talks with opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and others to try to find consensus over Britain’s future relationship with...

Germans with a second nationality who fight abroad for groups like Islamic State will lose their citizenship, the cabinet agreed in a draft law on Wednesday intended to deter future militants. Like other Western countries, Germany faces a conundrum of how to deal with citizens who travel to...

A US proposal to send more NATO ships to the Black Sea to ensure safe passage for Ukrainian vessels and deter Russia is viewed "negatively" in Moscow, the Kremlin said Wednesday. Washington has been working on a package to boost surveillance and send more NATO ships to the Black Sea after a...