The British foreign secretary on Monday welcomed EU sanctions on nine Syrians and Russians over the alleged use of chemical weapons. "The U.K. will continue to show willingness to stand up for the international rules that keep us safe and which the Kremlin and the Assad regime seek to...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia on Wednesday to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Turkish presidency said in a Monday statement. According to the statement from the presidency's press office, the two leaders will discuss bilateral relations and several...

France has summoned Italy's ambassador to protest about comments by Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio, who accused Paris of continuing to colonise Africa and causing people to migrate from the continent, a government source told AFP. The ambassador was summoned Monday after the...

The Greek parliament is expected to vote Thursday on a deal to change Macedonia's name to the Republic of North Macedonia amid deep social division and a crisis in centrist political parties. Lawmakers will debate the draft name-change deal between Greece and Macedonia on Wednesday, Athens...

Ireland's foreign minister said Monday that Britain has ruled out seeking to change the Good Friday Agreement, after reports that London may try to do so to unlock the Brexit deadlock. Speaking after talks with his British counterpart, Simon Coveney welcomed the confirmation that London...

Madrid taxi drivers began an open-ended strike Monday against online ride-hailing services like Uber, joining their counterparts in Barcelona who walked off the job three days ago. Barcelona's striking taxi drivers, many wearing yellow vests like protesters against the government in...

British Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Monday to be more open with Parliament in negotiating the future relationship with the European Union and to ease the concerns of lawmakers over the divorce deal to win their agreement. Highlighting three changes to her Brexit approach, May...

The European Union on Monday added 11 businessmen and five entities to the sanction list as part of restrictive measures against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime and its supporters. In a statement, the European Commission said the sanctions list now includes 270 persons and 72 entities that...

Sinan Selen, a senior counterterrorism expert with Turkish roots, has been officially appointed as the vice president of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency BfV. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced Selen’s appointment at an official ceremony at the headquarters of the BfV in...

As Emmanuel Macron prepares to pitch a dynamic new France to dozens of business leaders on Monday, many are wondering if the former banker can first win over his opponents. Macron is gathering 150 top executives at the sumptuous Versailles palace for the second edition of his "Choose...

The European Council on Monday sanctioned nine individuals under the new regime of restrictive measures against use and proliferation of chemical weapons. In a statement, the European Council said the sanctions have been imposed on head and deputy head of the Russian military intelligence...

Germany has banned Iran’s Mahan Air from operating flights in and out of the country, officials said on Monday. Deputy foreign ministry spokesman Christofer Burger told a news conference in Berlin that the decision was taken to protect “foreign policy and security interests” of Germany....

A "blasphemous" re-telling of one of the darkest moments in Soviet history or a much-needed comment on modern Russia? A new comedy set during the Siege of Leningrad has divided the country's viewers. "Prazdnik" or "Holiday" tells of the Voskresensky family, whose Communist Party connections...

A former top security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron returns Monday before a Senate committee investigating how Alexandre Benalla continued to travel on French diplomatic passports after being fired. "We will ask any question on all matters concerning the security of the...

Italian defense minister criticized the EU after up to 170 migrants are feared dead when two separate dinghies sank in the Mediterranean Sea.  "EU can no longer stand and watch," Elisabetta Trenta said in a Twitter post late Saturday.  One of the vessels capsized off Libya...

Police investigating a suspected car bombing in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry said Sunday they believe dissident republican group the New IRA to be responsible. The suspected bomb exploded at 8:10 pm (2010 GMT) on Saturday, as police were evacuating the area following a warning...

Diggers trying to reach a two-year-old boy who fell into a deep well in southern Spain a week ago saw their progress slowed by harder rock on Sunday, though experts still held out hope he could still be alive. There has been no contact with Julen Rosello since he fell down the narrow shaft,...

Days ahead of a parliament vote, thousands rallied in central Athens on Sunday to protest an agreement that would rename neighboring Macedonia to the Republic of North Macedonia. Some 2,000 police officers were deployed around the Greek Parliament building and surrounding streets, while...

Turkey has devastated all terror groups at home and abroad, Turkish president said on Sunday. "We buried all terrorist groups in the ground in Afrin and Jarabulus, Syria and in the Mt. Cudi area in southeast Turkey," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a rally introducing mayoral candidates for the...

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Downing Street office said Sunday that reported plots for parliament to seize control from the government over Brexit were "extremely concerning". Downing Street blasted reported moves by lawmakers seeking to rewrite the rules of the House of Commons in...