Search For Keyword.

Europe

Merkel's conservatives in dead heat with challenger

A regular poll of German voters shows the nationalist Alternative for Germany party slipping further amid infighting in its ranks, while Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc and its main challenger, the Social Democrats, remain in a dead heat. The Emnid Sunday poll for the Bild...

British role in European security 'unconditional'

Britain's contribution to European security is "unconditional", Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told a French newspaper, denying the government had made a veiled threat to reduce cooperation if there was no post-Brexit trade deal. Prime Minister Theresa May said in a letter to the European...

German police probe Syrian student over bomb plot

German police are investigating a Syrian doctorate student in detention for having allegedly planned a bomb attack, local media reported Friday. The 36-year-old man was previously already probed over suspected ties to ISIS, said public broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk. Prosecutors have...

PM May to fire the starting gun on Brexit

Prime Minister Theresa May will file formal Brexit divorce papers on Wednesday, pitching the United Kingdom into the unknown and triggering years of uncertain negotiations that will test the endurance of the European Union. Nine months after Britons voted to leave, May will notify EU Council...

2 remain in custody in Britain attack

British police say that two people remain in custody following last week's attack in London as messaging services face criticism for encrypted networks that allow attackers to communicate in secret. Attacker Khalid Masood is believed to have used the messaging service WhatsApp before running...