French intelligence services will provide proof in the coming days that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces used chemical weapons in an attack on April 4, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Wednesday. "There is an investigation underway (by) the French intelligence services...

 British Prime Minister Theresa May called U.S. President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders after she asked parliament to agree to an early election on June 8, a spokesman said on Tuesday. "The PM made separate calls to President Trump, Chancellor...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday urged Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to seek "respectful dialogue" within the country after his narrow win in a referendum extending his powers. "The (German) government expects that the Turkish government will now seek respectful dialogue...

Pope Francis denounced "oppressive regimes" in his Easter message Sunday but in an apparent call for restraint urged world leaders to prevent the spread of conflicts, as tensions rose in North Korea and Syria. Francis, marking the fifth Easter season of his pontificate, said Mass before tens...

In the foothills of the Aspromonte mountains in southern Italy, the silence of a once-dying village is broken by the laughter of a small group of refugees. Tiny Sant'Alessio has been welcoming families and vulnerable migrants here for three years in a project which not only provides...

Spain's maritime rescue says it has rescued 125 migrants trying to make nighttime crossings from Africa in three smuggling boats. All three of the small boats were located before daybreak on Saturday. The first boat, carrying 41 men and 11 women of sub-Saharan origin, was located by...

German prosecutors are examining a third claim of responsibility for blasts that rocked Borussia Dortmund's team bus it was reported Saturday, but no new suspects have emerged. With Dortmund players due back on the pitch in the Bundesliga, police are pursuing leads regarding the attack on...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault Friday dismissed as "lies and propaganda" comments by Syrian President Bashar Assad that a poison gas attack blamed on his government last week in Idlib province was "100 percent fabrication". Syria has already denied the attack and Assad had said...

 French prosecutors have asked the European parliament to lift the immunity of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen over an inquiry into alleged fake parliamentary jobs, legal sources said Friday. The revelation comes just nine days before France heads to the polls for a...

The future of badly strained EU-Turkey relations hangs in the balance Sunday when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asks voters to give him increased powers that opponents say will lead to authoritarian rule. Ties with the European Union are a key issue for Turks long-promised membership of the...

Almost half of Germany's first-time voters back Angela Merkel, a poll by the Forsa Institut showed Tuesday, providing a strong backbone of support for the chancellor as she prepares to bid for a fourth term in office in September. Among all potential voters, Merkel had 43 percent support,...

 More than 200 people have traveled from Germany to fight with Kurdish militias against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, the interior ministry reported Monday. Sixty-nine of the 204 fighters are German nationals, the ministry added in a statement on the issue which is particularly delicate for...

( AFP )- Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has cancelled a scheduled visit to Moscow next week, his office announced Saturday, saying "developments in Syria have changed the situation fundamentally". "My priority is now to continue contact with the U.S. and others in the run up to...

( AFP )- What if Marine Le Pen wins in May? Two weeks before the French cast their first presidential ballots, the specter of victory for the far-right leader who promises to crack down on immigration and outlaw gay marriage sends shivers down many a spine. Pollsters say the anti-EU...

( AFP )- European Parliament head Antonio Tajani has banned a top Syrian official from a conference on the conflict after the suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town earlier this week. Tajani sent a message to left-wing MEP Javier Couso warning that Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister...

( Reuters )- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday an attack by the United States on a Syrian airbase from which it said a chemical weapons attack was launched this week was understandable given the Syrian people's suffering. "The attack of the United States is understandable given...

 British police said they had now charged 13 people Tuesday over a brutal attack on a teenage asylum seeker in south London which detectives said he was lucky to survive. The 17-year-old Kurdish Iranian boy, named by media as Reker Ahmed, was set upon by a group of up to 30 people...

Police in southern Spain Tuesday staged raids targeting assets of the family of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, a judicial source said. The raids, in the Puerto Banus marina area of the plush resort of Marbella, are the result of a corruption investigation launched in France against Assad's...

British police said Monday they had arrested nine people after a "brutal" attack on a teenage asylum seeker involving a group up to 20 assailants in south London. Detectives, who are treating the incident as a hate crime, said the 17-year-old Kurdish Iranian boy was left with serious head...

 Chancellor Angela Merkel said refugees in Germany must respect tolerance, openness and freedom of religion, while senior members of her party called for a ban on foreign funding of mosques. Merkel, who will seek a fourth term as chancellor in what is expected to be a tight election in...