Police Tuesday searched dozens of sites in Germany linked to a mosque that was frequented by the Berlin market attacker Anis Amri, after authorities banned the Islamic group that operated it. Some 450 officers raided 24 locations in Berlin, the neighboring state of Brandenburg, and Hamburg...

The "sheer intransigence" of the British government over Brexit could lead to a second Scottish independence referendum, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Tuesday, warning time was running out for the country to change course. Writing in the Times newspaper, Sturgeon said Britain's vote to...

Greek authorities say an overnight arson attack against the French Institute and French archaeological school in Athens caused minor damage but no injuries. Police said a car parked on grounds between the two was torched early Monday, with the fire spreading to a second car, while attackers...

Independent French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron would beat far right leader Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French presidential election with 61 percent of the vote, according to an Odoxa/Dentsu-Consulting poll on Sunday. The pollsters said Macron had been buoyed by the...

 French judges have placed two people under formal investigation and detained them on suspicion of wanting to travel to Syria or planning attacks in France, a judicial source said on Saturday. They were arrested last Tuesday along with a third person by French intelligence agents in the...

A contractor for France's National Front party who's close to far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been handed preliminary charges in an investigation into the financing of political campaigns in 2014 and 2015. The Paris' prosecutor's office confirmed Saturday that Frederic...

 French far-right-leader Marine Le Pen refused to attend a summons for questioning by police last Wednesday over allegations that she made illegal EU payments to her staff, her lawyer said Friday. Le Pen, who heads the anti-immigrant and anti-European Union National Front and is a...

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives secured a landmark victory in a parliamentary by-election Friday, boosting her hand ahead of upcoming Brexit negotiations as her rivals suffered damaging poll setbacks. The Conservatives captured the north western region of Copeland that...

A Swedish citizen was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday for inciting people to finance ISIS through Facebook, a landmark case for the country. In a Facebook account linked to Ahmad Qadan, 34, a post written in Swedish and published on August 21, 2013 said: "Help us supply our brothers...

Hundreds of high-school students protested in Paris over police use of force Thursday, blocking the entrances to a dozen schools before heading to a banned street rally where riot police turned out in large numbers. The protest was the latest of several, many in northern suburbs of Paris,...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) held steady at 31 percent support in a survey published on Wednesday, remaining hard on the heels of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives - on 34 percent - seven months ahead of a federal election. The poll for Stern magazine and broadcaster RTL showed 39...

(The Independent)- Three men have been arrested in France and are being questioned by the anti-terrorist services on suspicion of wanting to go to Syria or planning attacks in France, police and judicial sources said on Tuesday. The three were arrested by French intelligence agents in the...

Thousands of Italian taxi drivers protesting legislation they say will favor Uber clashed with riot police Tuesday, intensifying a week-long taxi strike that has crippled transportation in Rome, Milan and Turin. The cabbies marched through Rome and protested in front of parliament, at the...

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he wanted London bankers and academics to move to France after Brexit, following a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May. "I want banks, talents, academics, researchers and so on," Macron said after hastily-arranged...

 French President Francois Hollande called Tuesday on Britain to "accept its responsibility" to take in stranded under-age migrants stuck in France who wish to join up with family in the U.K. The issue has been a constant irritant between the two countries, made worse by Britain's...

French conservative presidential election candidate Francois Fillon changed tack on public healthcare Tuesday, saying he would ensure universal access to free eye-glasses, hearing aids and false teeth if elected. The proposal contrasted starkly with his initial program, which centered on...

The German government has drafted a law to allow authorities to tap into the phone and computer data of asylum-seekers if there are doubts about their nationalities – an unusual move in a country where data protection is sacred. According to a draft of the bill obtained by Reuters, officials...

A 16-year-old Syrian refugee went on trial in Germany Monday accused of planning a bomb attack on behalf of ISIS. The youngster was arrested at an asylum shelter in the western city of Cologne in September, with the authorities describing him as a "serious threat." Police at the time...

Britain's House of Lords is to begin debating a bill empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to kickstart Brexit -- a potentially tricky test given her Conservatives do not hold a majority there. Discussions in the unelected upper house of parliament get underway after the lower House of...

At least seven protestors were detained as clashes erupted Sunday between Ukrainian police and ultra-nationalists backing a rail blockade in Kiev, an AFP correspondent said. The violence broke out after more than 1,000 demonstrators gathered to back the blockade between the coal-producing...