Rioters set fire to a bank and ransacked stores on Paris’ landmark shopping street in a new flare-up of violence as France’s yellow vest protests against President Emmanuel Macron and his pro-business reforms entered a fourth month. Police fired tear gas and water cannons as the protests...

Police in Albania used tear gas and water cannon against stone-throwing anti-government demonstrators in the capital Tirana Saturday, as they tried to force their way into the parliament building. The protesters were calling for the resignation of socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama, in the...

After weeks of declining participation, France's "yellow vest" protest movement attempted to rebound on Saturday with a major rally in Paris which quickly turned violent. A large crowd gathered on the Champs-Elysees avenue for the 18th straight week of anti-government protests which...

French yellow vest protesters clashed Saturday with riot police near the Arc de Triomphe as they kicked off their 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. After dwindling numbers in recent weekends, protesters are hoping their latest protest can breathe new...

Russia will not leave new European Union sanctions unanswered, the foreign ministry was cited by the RIA news agency as saying in a statement on Saturday. The United States, Canada and the European Union on Friday imposed fresh sanctions to punish Russia for its 2018 attack on three...

The United States, together with the European Union and Canada, Friday slapped new sanctions on more than a dozen Russian officials and businesses in response to the country's "continued aggression in Ukraine." "Today's action targets individuals and entities playing a role in Russia's...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that Britain's divorce from the European Union (EU) has gone badly because British Prime Minister Theresa May failed to listen to him. Trump said he is "surprised" at how poorly the Brexit negotiations have gone, noting he gave May ideas on how to...

An oil slick was heading towards the French coastline on Thursday after an Italian cargo ship sank in the Atlantic carrying 45 containers of "dangerous materials", authorities said. The sheet of oil, 10 kilometres (six miles) long and one km wide, could hit parts of the country's southwest...

Russia’s parliament on Wednesday approved new fines for people who insult the authorities online or spread fake news, defying warnings from critics that the move could open the way to direct state censorship of dissent. The bills - which now require only President Vladimir Putin’s signature...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday the European Union had made far-reaching proposals to Britain on Brexit to ease its concerns and this was the final offer. British lawmakers are to vote later on assurances agreed between the EU and British Prime Minister Theresa May late on...

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Tuesday sided with Berlin in criticising French President Emmanuel Macron's European reform ideas, dismissing some of his proposals as "utopian" and others as "dangerous". Macron outlined his ideas for Europe's future last week, ranging from stronger...

Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday she has secured "legally binding" guarantees from the EU designed to get the Brexit deal through the British parliament and avert a chaotic withdrawal. She announced the move after a late evening dash to Strasbourg to hammer out the changes with top...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday backed key European reform ideas from her presumptive heir, including a single EU seat in the UN Security Council and a joint aircraft carrier. Merkel was asked about an essay by her anointed successor, CDU party chief Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer,...

Britain will face EU demands for billions of euros in cash if it fails to strike a Brexit deal, Brussels officials and diplomats said on Monday after talks with London stalled 18 days before it is due to leave the bloc. Prime Minister Theresa May agreed a withdrawal treaty last year under...

British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday that there was momentum behind a move to stop Brexit, warning that unless lawmakers backed the government’s exit deal on Tuesday then Brexit could be reversed. “We have an opportunity now to leave on March 29 or shortly thereafter and it’s...

Thousands of people rallied against Russia's increasingly restrictive internet policies Sunday which some say will eventually lead to "total censorship" and isolate the country from the world. The mass rally in Moscow and smaller events in other cities across the country was called after...

Tens of thousands of "yellow vest" demonstrators marched in France Saturday, but the latest turnout figures suggest the movement is struggling to maintain momentum after nearly four months of protests. The interior ministry put turnout across France at 28,600, the lowest since the movement...

The Italian government should not support China’s “Belt and Road” infrastructure plan, a spokesman for the White House’s group of national security advisers said on Saturday, calling it a “vanity project.” On Friday, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that he might sign an accord...

Hundreds of “yellow vest” protesters began marches in Paris on Saturday, marking the 17th straight weekend of anti-government demonstrations despite attempts by French President Emmanuel Macron to quell discontent with a nationwide series of debates. Protesters wearing the neon...

A Strasbourg-based non-governmental organization on Saturday called for “immediate” release of the women and children in Syrian prisons “without any condition.” “We invite everyone in the world who has a conscience to speak up until the last Syrian women and children are released,” the...