Rome mayor Virginia Raggi, a prominent member of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, has asked the government not to send any more asylum seekers to the capital, saying it is already groaning under the strain. The request was made public on Tuesday, after 5-Star took a drubbing at local...

France said Monday that the global fight against climate change was irreversible and could even be accelerated, despite Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris accord on carbon emissions. Joining other G7 environment chiefs at talks in Italy, French minister...

Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian Authority limited how much it pays for power to the enclave run by Hamas, Israeli officials said on Monday. The decision by Israel's security cabinet is expected to shorten by 45 minutes the daily average of four...

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters battling ISIS pushed closer to the Old City in the militant stronghold of Raqqa on Monday, a monitor said. The Kurdish and Arab fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces entered Raqqa for the first time almost a week ago, after months of battle to encircle the...