The United Nations will not join any group of nations promoting initiatives to resolve the crisis in Venezuela, the UN chief said Monday, indicating he will not attend a meeting in Uruguay this week of several countries. Mexico and Uruguay had hoped that UN Secretary-General Antonio...

French fighter jets struck targets in northern Chad on Sunday in support of local troops trying to repel a convoy of unidentified fighters that had crossed the border from Libya, France's military said in a statement. "A Mirage 2000 patrol of the French armed forces intervened jointly with...

Tens-of-thousands of Dutch citizens living in Britain will have until the end of the year to get their taxes in order in case of a no-deal Brexit, the Dutch government said Monday. Britain is set to become a "third country" if it quits the European Union without a deal on March 29, leaving...

An hour south of Paris in the town of Montargis, "yellow vest" demonstrators like Isa Duchesne have no intention of stopping their 12-week protest against President Emmanuel Macron or being drawn into his "great national debate." At a roundabout in the south of the town, where violent...

President Emmanuel Macron is considering organising what would be the first referendum in France in 14 years in May as part of his response to "yellow vest" protests, a report said on Sunday. The Journal du Dimanche newspaper added to persistent rumours that Macron was preparing to call the...

A 50-year-old man has been killed in a light aircraft crash in Belcham Walter, England, British police said Sunday. The police had been contacted around 11:50 local time about the crash, a statement from Essex police said. Emergency services earlier said they were called after a...

The deputy chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has warned Europe against forcing the Islamic Republic into boosting the range of its missiles by trying to halt their development. "If the Europeans, or anyone else, want to conspire to disarm Iran of missiles, we will be forced to make a...

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she will be "armed with a fresh mandate and new ideas" when she meets European Union negotiators over her Brexit deal. EU officials have insisted that the deal -- rejected by British lawmakers -- is not open for renegotiation. But May...

President Emmanuel Macron, whose popularity plummeted to an all-time low after a proposed fuel tax rise sparked the nationwide Yellow Vest movement, is considering a strategy coup in the form of a referendum, French media reported on Sunday. According to French weekly Journal du Dimanche...

Police in Belgium arrested a third suspect for killing a person in a shooting in the city of Antwerp, local media said on Sunday. According to French-language daily Le Soir, one person died and two others were injured on Saturday when a gunman opened fire in front of a cafe on Brederode...

Thousands of citizens of Serbia gathered for the ninth time in row in the capital Belgrade to protest the government. Tens of thousands of demonstrators went down the streets of the capital to express their dissatisfaction under the slogan "One in five million". The so-called “1 of 5...

Demonstrations have taken place outside the headquarters of the BBC in London, criticizing the broadcasting company for unfairly covering the political crisis unfolding in Venezuela. The demonstration on Saturday was organized by the Revolutionary Communist Group that campaigns against...

French Yellow Vest protesters as well as their Dutch and Swedish counterparts took to the streets again on Saturday amid the latest in demonstrations rocking the region. Demonstrating against police brutality and the use of tear gas, several protesters marching to the center of Paris were...

France's "yellow vest" movement demonstrated against alleged police violence in rallies across the country Saturday, as nearly 60 lawyers denounced the treatment of protesters in the courts. The latest marches came a day after France's top court threw out a bid to ban weapons that shoot...

Protests were held on Saturday against U.S. sanctions on Venezuela as well as Washington’s support for the country’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido. Roughly 100 demonstrators gathered in front of the UN building in Geneva around the 39-foot “Broken Chair” monument symbolizing...

France's yellow vest protesters were back on the streets Saturday to keep pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron's government and denounce the large number of people injured in demonstrations they say is the result of police violence. Multiple protests were planned in Paris and other...

Germany said on Saturday that it would oppose stationing new medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe after the U.S. and Russia announced that they are pulling out of a landmark arms treaty. “Stationing medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe now would be the wrong answer. We can’t fight a...

Three men were Friday charged with supplying the weapon used by the gunman in the Christmas market attack in the French city of Strasbourg and placed in pre-trial detention, a judicial source said. The three suspects, from the same family and aged 32, 34 and 78, were indicted by an...

Muslim women in the British capital gathered on a wintry Friday evening to commemorate World Hijab Day, which celebrates the head covering and the women who wear it.  Marking the annual event for the first time in London, the women came together to discuss the issues faced by those who...

The Paris coordinator of France’s Yellow Vest protest movement said Friday they are preparing to participate in European Union parliamentary elections. In remarks made on the BFM TV news channel, Thierry Paul Valette said they have created a list of candidates from the movement, called the...