Spanish King Felipe VI opened a fresh round of talks with Spanish politicians on Monday in a last-ditch effort to avoid repeat elections. If no government is formed within a week, Spanish law will automatically trigger fresh elections and drag Spaniards back to national polls for the fourth...

The contours of a possible Brexit deal are now clear, so divorce talks between Britain and the European Union are at a crucial juncture, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Monday. "We've shared a lot of detail and the contours of a deal are now very clear," Raab told BBC radio...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he is ready to intervene in Quebec’s new ban on religious symbols if a current court challenge fails to strike down the law. “We are not going to close the door on intervening at a later date because I think it would be irresponsible for a federal...

Hundreds of demonstrators faced police in a tense stand-off in the French city of Nantes on Saturday as revived “yellow vest” protests against the government of President Emmanuel Macron took place across the country. Police responded with tear gas after some protesters threw projectiles. A...

Italy has agreed to allow rescue ship Ocean Viking to disembark 82 migrants in the southern port of Lampedusa, the SOS Mediterrannee charity which runs the vessel said Saturday. "An ad hoc European agreement between Italy, France, Germany, Portugal and Luxembourg has been reached to allow...

Three more people died as torrential rain and flash floods battered southeastern Spain, raising the death toll to five with the rising waters causing havoc for travellers and forcing 3,500 people from their homes, officials said Friday. The latest fatality was a man whose body was found in...

The death toll from torrential rains and floods in southeastern Spain rose to three on Friday after a man drowned when his car became trapped in a tunnel, local authorities said. The latest tragedy occurred in the city of Almeria when the tunnel was "flooded by a huge amount of water in...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The German Federal Office of Criminal Investigation has carried out a series of raids on several locations in the north of the country, targeting a "criminal gang" who transfers huge amounts of money to Syria, consisting of 11 people, including a woman. According...

Spain’s acting Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected on Thursday the latest proposal by far-left Podemos for a coalition government on a one-year trial period, though he remains open to negotiations to avoid a repeat election, a Socialist party source said. The two leaders spoke...

Italy said on Thursday it had done a deal with EU countries to share out migrants aboard a charity ship at sea in the Mediterranean, resolving the first of what may be repeated episodes that will test the new government in Rome. The Ocean Viking, run by French charities SOS Mediterranee and...

Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a tough general election on October 21, dogged by an ethics scandal that has taken the shine off his golden boy image and left him vulnerable to a sharp challenge from Conservative Andrew Scheer. Also in pursuit of a bigger share of...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he would not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came into force demanding that he delay Britain’s departure from the European Union until 2020 unless he can strike a divorce deal. For the second time in a week, lawmakers then...

British lawmakers voted on Monday to demand the government publish documents relating to its planning for a no-deal Brexit and private communications from government officials involved in a decision to suspend parliament. The 311 to 302 vote is binding on the government, but had been...

France’s foreign minister on Monday welcomed positive moves by Russia and Ukraine in past weeks to ease a crisis between the two countries, including a prisoner swap over the weekend, but said it was premature to lift sanctions against Moscow. “It’s not yet the time to lift sanctions. We...

British Airways cancelled almost all flights departing and arriving into the UK Monday, as the airline's first-ever pilots' strike began, sparking travel chaos for tens of thousands of passengers. The industrial action over pay Monday and Tuesday by members of the British Airline Pilots...

Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, has lost a slew of seats in the Moscow parliament, RIA news agency said on Monday, suggesting a tactical voting strategy pushed by opponents may have worked. Sunday’s poll was one of the most closely watched local...

Britain’s position as a top hub for maritime services is being eroded by competition, a loss of shipping finance business and the removal of tycoon-friendly tax breaks, a report said, deepening uncertainty for its financial sector as Brexit nears. The UK has been a pivotal global shipping...

Russian state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said tech giants Google and Facebook had allowed political advertising during Sunday’s regional elections despite being asked to ban such publicity. “Such actions can be seen as interference in Russia’s sovereign affairs and hindering the...

 Moscow citizens voted on Sunday in some of the most closely observed regional elections in years, after the exclusion of many opposition candidates triggered huge protests in the capital. The protests began in mid-July after the Central Election Commission refused to register of large...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is sticking to his Brexit plan and will not seek a delay to Britain’s departure from the EU at a summit next month, two of his ministers said on Sunday following a resignation from his government. After work and pensions minister Amber Rudd’s shock resignation...