The British pound  tumbled on Tuesday as investors bet Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit brinkmanship with the European Union could trigger a messy divorce that would sow chaos through the world economy and financial markets. Sterling crashed through trading barriers, falling to an...

 New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is waiting for EU leaders to agree to renegotiate their Brexit deal before he meets them, his spokeswoman said Monday, as the government stepped up "no deal" planning. "He obviously wants to meet EU leaders and negotiate but not to be sat down...

The British government is working on the assumption that the European Union will not renegotiate its Brexit deal and is ramping up preparations to leave the bloc on Oct. 31 without an agreement, senior ministers said on Sunday. Boris Johnson, who took over as British prime minister on...

Russian President Vladimir Putin led Russia's first major naval parade in years Sunday, the day after a violent police crackdown on anti-government protesters in Moscow. Putin Sunday morning went aboard one of the vessels in the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland. The...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cautioned the European Union on Saturday that the “anti-democratic” Irish backstop must be ditched if they were to strike a Brexit divorce deal. Johnson, since taking office on Wednesday, has repeatedly said that if the EU continues to refuse to...

Russian police detained 317 people on Saturday, including prominent opposition activists, around a political protest in Moscow which authorities had declared illegal. Jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny had called for the protest, near the Moscow mayor’s office, to pressure authorities...

Spain’s Socialists said on Friday that they would keep working with all parties to avoid a repeat election but were no longer prepared to offer a coalition government to far-left Podemos, which blocked their attempt to be confirmed in power. In a parliamentary election three months ago,...

French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss Brexit in the coming weeks with new U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and has invited Johnson to France for a visit in the next few weeks, said an official from Macron's Elysee office Friday. The official said the two leaders had spoken...

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello has announced he will resign Aug. 2, conceding power after nearly two weeks of furious protests and political upheaval touched off by a leak of crude and insulting chat messages between him and his top advisers. A crowd of thousands outside the governor's...

Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez looked all but certain to fail in a parliamentary confirmation vote later on Thursday after coalition talks with far-left Unidas Podemos collapsed, raising the risk of a repeat election. Sanchez, who won an April parliamentary poll but fell short...

Boris Johnson arrived at Buckingham Palace Wednesday to formally take up his duties as Britain's new prime minister after Theresa May tendered her resignation, AFP reporters saw. Johnson, who is the 14th British prime minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II, was briefly delayed after...

Taking over as prime minister on Wednesday, Boris Johnson is expected to unveil a more diverse top team in a government to be tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal. The former London mayor won the contest to succeed Theresa May on Tuesday by securing...

Spain's caretaker prime minister has failed on the first of two opportunities this week to win the endorsement of the national Parliament to form a government. Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez fell short of the absolute majority of 176 votes of the 350-member lower house needed to win...

Boris Johnson, the ebullient Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal by Halloween, will replace Theresa May as prime minister after winning the leadership of the Conservative Party Tuesday. His victory catapults the United Kingdom towards...

A British minister and longstanding critic of Boris Johnson quit on Monday, the latest resignation before the presumed new prime minister takes office with a “do or die” pledge to leave the European Union with or without a deal. The resignation of Alan Duncan, a junior foreign office...

British junior defense minister Tobias Ellwood Sunday told other politicians, including those hoping to become the country's new prime minister, to stop talking about a no-deal Brexit, saying that option did not offer a solution. Ellwood would not say if he would resign his position if...

More than 20,000 people packed a Moscow square Saturday to protest the authorities' refusal to allow opposition candidates to register for local polls. Joined by opposition leaders such as Alexei Navalny, protesters gathered in the capital after authorities refused to register independent...

Boris Johnson, the favorite to be the next British prime minister, has the backbone to resist pressure from parliament to delay Brexit again even if it means leaving the European Union without a deal, a leading supporter said Friday. Asked whether the next prime minister might be forced by...

Boris Johnson, favorite to be the next British prime minister, on Wednesday refused to say whether he would seek to shut Parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit but agreed such a plan could be convenient for him. Sky News reported on Tuesday that Johnson is considering holding the Queen’s...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order Wednesday further expanding the number of Ukrainian citizens who can apply for fast-track Russian passports. Moscow made the move ahead of a Ukrainian parliamentary election Sunday, when a Russia-friendly party may become the strongest...