Continued trade tensions and Brexit are key risks facing the US economy and could undermine financial stability, the Federal Reserve cautioned Friday. "Potential downside risks to international financial stability include a downturn in global growth, political and policy uncertainty, an...

French forces have killed a top jihadist leader, Yahya Abou El Hamame, in an operation in Mali, Defence Minister Florence Parly said Friday. The Algerian, a commander in Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), was reputedly responsible for kidnapping a number of Westerners in North and West...

Export power Germany has long had a troubled relationship with selling arms abroad, a legacy of its dark history that is now spelling deep discord with its European allies. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has recently sparred with both France and Britain over the issue, while trouble...

The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday that he cannot rule out the possibility that Britain’s EU withdrawal is pushed back. Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, but Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking further concessions on her Brexit deal in hope of...

The risk of Britain crashing out of the European Union on March 29 without a deal to ease Brexit has increased this month, the deputy head of the European Commission said on Thursday. Asked during a conference in Brussels if Britain would leave on the date scheduled, First Vice President...

Canada is looking to quickly bring over siblings of a Syrian refugee distraught over the loss of her seven children in a Halifax house fire, the prime minister said Thursday. "The immigration minister is seized with this particular case," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said when asked if...

Activists blocked roads and rail lines in Catalonia on Thursday as a region-wide strike began against the trial of separatist leaders for their role in a failed 2017 secession attempt. Called by a small pro-independence union, Intersindical CSC, but without the backing of larger unions, the...

rexit has torn the fabric of Britain’s political system, say a group of 11 lawmakers behind a dramatic series of defections that have sent shockwaves through one of the world’s oldest and most stable parliaments. But the group needs to incite a much wider rebellion to achieve its goal of...

Russia has doubts over the U.S. intention to deliver humanitarian aid to Venezuela scheduled on Saturday. "If the organizers really want to just deliver some kind of humanitarian aid to the needy, why not use the specialized UN agencies that have extensive and invaluable experience in...

Turkey criticized on Thursday as “unacceptable” a vote by the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee calling for the suspension of EU accession negotiations with it. The Foreign Affairs Committee called on the European Commission and member states on Wednesday to formally suspend EU...

Spain's King Felipe VI said Wednesday democracy was not above respecting the law, in unusually outspoken comments widely interpreted as refuting claims by Catalan separatist leaders on trial in Madrid. "It makes no sense, it's unacceptable to appeal to a so-called democracy that is above...

Three MPs quit Britain's governing Conservatives on Wednesday over Brexit, saying the issue had "re-defined" the party and was "undoing all the efforts to modernise it". The trio said they planned to sit in parliament alongside eight former Labour lawmakers who, also citing their opposition...

 Germany is sticking to its weapons exports freeze to Saudi Arabia, the government said on Wednesday, resisting pressure to soften its stance after criticism from Britain and defense firms, including Airbus, who argue it is hurting commerce. Germany said in November it would reject...

European countries appear reluctant to reclaim home-grown Daesh militants fighting in Syria following a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for them to face justice in their home countries. The YPG/PKK terrorist group, with U.S. assistance, has captured Daesh's last stronghold of the town...

Senators investigating the French president’s disgraced former top security aide have recommended that Alexandre Benalla be prosecuted for perjury, adding that the case highlighted “major dysfunctions at the highest level of the state”. Releasing its long-awaited report on Wednesday, the...

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia needed to improve its waste management, after stinking and dangerous landfills sparked a national protest movement. "We haven't addressed the so-called waste problems for a century, that is to say, never," Putin said during an annual speech...

 Thousands of people rallied across France after a surge of anti-Semitic attacks in recent weeks that culminated on Tuesday with vandals daubing swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans on dozens of graves in a Jewish cemetery. Political leaders from all parties, including former Presidents...

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday prepared to head to Brussels for talks on the Brexit crisis, even though EU leaders have refused any renegotiation of the deal she agreed with them in December. With just five weeks to go until Brexit on March 29, the deal has been blocked by...

A series of attacks across France in recent days has alarmed politicians and prompted calls for action against what some commentators describe as a new form of anti-Semitism among the far-left and Islamist preachers. The problem was starkly underlined on Tuesday with the discovery of more...

Mass rallies are planned in Paris and other French cities Tuesday to denounce a flare-up of anti-Semitic acts which culminated in a violent tirade against a prominent writer during "yellow vest" anti-government protests last weekend. Political leaders of all stripes called the rallies after...