European Union leaders urged Britain Tuesday to decide quickly how it will avoid a "no deal Brexit", after the British parliament rejected a hard-won withdrawal deal. "I urge the United Kingdom to clarify its intentions as soon as possible. Time is almost up," warned Jean-Claude...

Germany will host an international meeting on Wednesday to support UN’s peace efforts in Yemen, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has announced. “After the Stockholm consultations and agreements, Germany has invited international partners and key actors to support UN efforts for peace in Yemen,”...

Turkey’s defense minister met the president of Belarus on Tuesday during his first official visit to Minsk. Turkey's Hulusi Akar and Alexander Lukashenko held a one-hour closed-door meeting at the Freedom Palace. Speaking to the press afterwards, Akar said that the two countries will...

The leader of Turkey’s opposition Republican People's (CHP) Party on Tuesday slammed U.S. President Donald Trump's recent tweets threatening Turkey. "Nobody can threaten the Turkish Republic like a street bully," Kemal Kilicdaroglu said during an announcement of mayoral candidates in the...

A total of 6,964 civilians were killed in Syria in 2018, a rights group said. In a report released on Jan. 12, the London-based Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said Bashar al-Assad regime forces were responsible for 4,162 of these civilian deaths, including 713 children and 562...

The small town of 3,500 inhabitants is the first of many stops Macron will make across the country between now and the end of the debate on March 15. He is expected to give a speech at around 3pm local time (GMT +1), after which he will meet with 600 mayors and local officials from Normandy...

British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking much needed approval from the House of Commons for her European Union withdrawal agreement in a historical vote to be held Tuesday evening. The deal was originally scheduled for a parliament vote in December, but due to strong opposition, May...

Turkish Coast Guard has rescued 40 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea while recovering one body, security sources said on Tuesday.  Coast guard squads rescued the migrants off Kusadasi district of southwestern Aydin province after they were informed that an inflatable boat carrying...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses Tuesday lawmakers of his Justice and Development (AK) Party at parliament. He says Turkey has dealt a heavy blow to the terrorist YPG/PKK organization in Afrin, Syria, adding that the country will soon move to eliminate terrorist groups east...

Hundreds of flights will be cancelled at eight German airports Tuesday, including at the nation's busiest travel hub Frankfurt, as security staff walk off the job in a deepening row over pay. Germany's powerful Verdi union said the strike would last from 02:00 am until 8:00 pm (0100-1900...

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has summoned the Iranian ambassador to discuss the imprisonment of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The 40-year-old aid worker was jailed for five years in September 2016 after being convicted of spying for the U.K. while she and...

Yellow Vest protesters Monday set barricades to bar workers from entering a public building in Namur. Protester Marc-Henri Jamain told local media nearly 10 workers were allowed to enter the building as a result of negotiations with a public administration. He went on to say the...

The Council of Europe on Monday strongly condemned threats and attacks against journalists during recent Yellow Vest demonstrations in France. “Any attack on journalists who are simply doing their jobs is an attack on democracy,” Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland said in his first...

 Reporters Without Borders on Sunday called on those who speak for France's "yellow vest" protesterscondemn numerous attacks and threats against journalists across the  country during the latest round of anti-government demonstrations.  "A turning point has been reached,"...

At least four people, including two firefighters, were killed after a gas explosion at a bakery in the French capital Paris on Saturday, the country’s interior minister said. In a statement, Paris police department said a fire broke out, followed by an explosion, in the bakery on Rue...

Wednesday began five of the most crucial days ever for Britain's parliament as the debate on Prime Minister Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement resumed. Coming to the end of a road almost two-and-a-half years after British voters narrowly decided in 2016 to leave the EU, the Brexit...

A top European Union official warned Tuesday the bloc will have to take urgent action to fill a multi billion-euro black hole in the event of no-deal Brexit with Britain. In the event of a "disorderly" departure by Britain on March 29, "we would be short a figure in the billions of...

A cross-party group of lawmakers have called on the Metropolitan police to take a tougher stance on the verbal abuse and harassment of MPs outside parliament. Over 55 MPs wrote the scathing letter to Cressida Dick, the head of the Metropolitan police, after Conservative MP Anna Soubry...

Some of the 49 migrants stranded off the coast of Malta are refusing food, one of the groups running the boats that rescued them reported Monday. "On board of #SeaWatch we are reporting episodes of people refusing food," Sea-Watch International tweeted Monday. "We fear that...

French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe on Monday announced plans to ban participation in unauthorised demonstrations as the government scrambles to try to end weeks of violent “Yellow Vest” protests. Eight weeks into an anti-government rebellion marked by weekly clashes in Paris...