A large fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday at a French factory in the northern port city of Rouen, local authorities said. Authorities added there were no reported victims at this stage. The fire at the factory of Lubrizol - a company that makes specialty chemicals - had...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has challenged the opposition parties to initiate a “no confidence motion” against him Wednesday. Johnson’s statement came during the first sitting of the House of Commons, which convened a day after the Supreme Court annulled a five-week long...

On the banks of the Moscow river, workers lay the finishing touches to a giant indoor amusement park, complete with its own Colosseum and other wonders of the world. The billion-dollar project, called the "Island of Dreams", is backed by the Russian capital's mayor Sergei Sobyanin, who has...

With lawmakers set to return to Parliament on Wednesday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's New York trip was abruptly cut short. He flew back to London immediately after his speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday evening. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson landed in New York this week...

The United Kingdom's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he advised Queen Elizabeth to suspend Parliament just weeks before Brexit and that the legislature had therefore not been prorogued. "The decision to advise her Majesty to prorogue...

Members of Britain's Labour Party voted against deciding to immediately campaign to stay in the European Union, a boost to leader Jeremy Corbyn who wants to first secure a national election and then determine Labour's stance. In a show of hands, members at the party's annual conference...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday resumed his re-election campaign with a promise to lower taxes, but once again had to apologize for a photo showing him in blackface makeup. Trudeau, 47, was already under fire for an ethics lapse and other controversies, and the decades-old...

Police detained 158 people over the violence surrounding the weekend's "yellow vest" and climate crisis protests in Paris -- including an off-duty officer arrested for insulting his colleagues, prosecutors said. The officer, a police captain who works for the interior ministry, is among 19...

A car rammed into a mosque in the eastern French city of Colmar on late Saturday.  The vehicle crashed into the Grand Mosque of Colmar, damaging its gate and doorway, said the prefecture of Haut-Rhin. The driver of the automobile was taken to a hospital with a stab wound to his...

With the spectre of a no-deal Brexit looming on October 31, EU members are taking measures to cushion their economies, safeguard trade with Britain and protect citizens' rights. The prospect of trade barriers being re-erected on November 1 between Britain and its EU neighbours has led to...

Dozens of demonstrators were arrested at yellow vest protests in Paris on Saturday as more than 7,000 police were deployed to quell any violence by the movement and its radical, anarchist "black blocs". There were also fears that the demonstrators could try to infiltrate a march against...

More than 7,000 police officers are to be deployed for rallies in Paris on Saturday over fears that yellow vest protesters and their radical, anarchist "black blocs" could try to infiltrate a march against climate change in the French capital. The yellow vest movement erupted 10 months ago...

Russian police on Thursday said they had detained a Siberian shaman walking to Moscow on a mission to drive out President Vladimir Putin who he describes as a "demon". Police in the eastern Siberian region of Buryatia said they had detained the shaman, Alexander Gabyshev, on a highway near...

Britain’s Supreme Court will hear a third and final day of legal arguments on Thursday over whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament in the run-up to Brexit. If Johnson loses, he may be compelled to recall parliament earlier than scheduled, giving...

 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on Wednesday for wearing brown face make-up in 2001 after an embarrassing picture emerged less than five weeks before an election in which he faces a tough fight. The image of a 29-year-old Trudeau with his face in dark make-up is a...

A Moscow court freed an opposition protester from custody on Wednesday, as school teachers and Orthodox priests told authorities to rein in a crackdown following the biggest anti-Kremlin protests in the capital for years. The court released Aidar Gubaydulin, who faced years in jail for...

Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday urged voters to give his Socialist party a clear majority in a repeat general election in November, so they could tackle the country's economic and political challenges. Sanchez late on Tuesday announced that Spain would return to the...

Britain’s Supreme Court will continue hearing legal arguments on Wednesday from the government and its opponents on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he decided to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit. The court heard on Tuesday from one of Johnson’s lawyers...

Lawyers in flowing black courtroom gowns, doctors in white coats and uniformed airline pilots marched through Paris on Monday to protest at French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms. Macron’s government has just launched one of the most ambitious reforms of his presidency to merge...

The Brexit drama switches venues from Brussels to the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday for hearings on Boris Johnson’s explosive decision to suspend parliament for over a month. The British prime minister’s first talks Monday with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker and top EU...