British police said on Friday they arrested a teenager after five acid attacks in east London left several people with facial injuries including one with "life-changing" effects. One of the victims had been on a moped when two assailants pulled up alongside him in another moped and threw a...

President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Thursday to start increasing French military spending from next year in order to reach a target of two percent of economic output by 2025, despite budgetary constraints. "It's a considerable effort, considering the current context of budgetary...

British Prime Minister Theresa May has avoided the thorny issue of Gibraltar during talks with King Felipe VI of Spain. May's office says she did not bring up the rocky outcrop at the tip of the Iberian peninsula, which Britain has controlled for three centuries against Spain's wishes....

When the French and German governments meet on Thursday in a joint cabinet meeting in Paris, the big prize will be any progress harmonizing their tax systems as advances on broader euro zone reform look unlikely. The two countries are due to launch a 1 billion euro ($1.14 billion) fund to...

 Britain published legislation Thursday to sever political, financial and legal ties with the European Union, an important step towards Brexit but one which the opposition said it would challenge. The Repeal Bill is central to the government's plan to exit the EU in 2019, disentangling...

 France will cut processing time for asylum requests and boost housing for refugees while "systematically" deporting illegal economic migrants, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Wednesday. Unveiling an "action plan" for dealing with tens of thousands of people who arrive in France...

The British government said on Wednesday it would not publish in full its report on the sources of funding of Islamist extremism in Britain, prompting opposition charges it was trying to protect its ally Saudi Arabia. The report, commissioned by former Prime Minister David Cameron in...

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator said on Wednesday there were many differences with Britain on citizens' rights, including on the role of the EU court, that needed to be sorted out before talks on a trade deal could start. "We want EU citizens in Britain to have the same rights...

French government ministries will tighten their belts to find 4.5 billion euros ($5.13 billion) in savings on their operational budgets this year, Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin told Le Parisien newspaper. The interior and defense ministries will bear the brunt of the cuts, in steps meant...

British Columbia Monday evacuated thousands more residents from the path of wildfires spreading across the Western Canadian province amid expectations the blazes will grow as forecasters predict more hot, dry weather the week. British Columbia's chief fire spokesman Kevin Skrepnek told CBC...

France will press ahead with tax cuts promised by new President Emmanuel Macron, a finance ministry source said on Monday, despite warnings from the official state audit body about an 8 billion euro ($9.1 billion) hole in the budget. Macron insisted at a meeting on Sunday that plans to rein...

More than 70 firefighters have brought a fire under control at London's Camden market after a blaze broke out at a building at the popular tourist attraction overnight, firefighters said. The cause of the fire was unknown and there were no immediate reports of any injuries or casualties....

Around 30 Muslim leaders from across Europe gathered Sunday for a rally against terror in Berlin at the site of a deadly truck attack in December, claimed by Daesh. The event, which attracted a few hundred participants, was part of a "March of Muslims Against Terrorism" by imams, who set off...

 Germany began on Sunday to pull its troops out of a Turkish air base where they have supported international operations against Daesh (ISIS) following a row with Ankara over access, a German defence ministry spokesman said. The withdrawal from the Incirlik base, approved by the German...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he had not given up on trying to get U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to change his mind about withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate change agreement. The final statement from the Group of 20 leaders meeting in Hamburg on Saturday...

Dozens of religious leaders boarded a bus on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Saturday to kick off a European tour of the sites of recent Islamist attacks to remember the victims and condemn violence.    Imams from countries including France, Belgium, Britain and Tunisia were joined by...

The firefighters who battled an inferno at a London apartment block that killed at least 80 people last month were hindered by equipment failings including the lack of a high ladder, the BBC reported on Saturday. More than 200 firefighters and 40 engines were sent to the 24-storey Grenfell...

Anti-capitalist protesters set fire to cars, barricades, rubbish bins and wooden pallets on Friday as leaders from the world's top economies convened for a summit in the northern German city of Hamburg. Police said violence that erupted during marches on Thursday continued into Friday, with...

Turkish media say authorities have detained a British citizen who caused a small explosion at Istanbul's main airport by slamming his power bank on the ground. The Dogan news agency says the passenger got into an argument with security officials at Ataturk International Airport's departures...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying that Germany was "committing suicide" by not letting him speak to Turks in Germany during his visit to the country for a G20 leaders summit, which starts on Friday. "Germany is committing suicide," he told German weekly Die Zeit, adding:...