After years of waiting for his son to come home from Syria, Jacques Le Brun is cautiously hoping that day may be nearing -- along with the chance to meet three grandchildren who have never seen France. "He'll certainly go to prison, and he knows that. He probably even deserves it a little,"...

Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Rome on Saturday led by unions demanding pro-growth policies from the populist government, the biggest such protest in four years. No violent incidents were reported at the gathering. Unions had helped protesters from elsewhere make their...

 France's Europe minister says she hopes the "message was understood" by Italy after this week's stunning recall of France's ambassador to Italy in the two EU countries' biggest diplomatic dispute since World War II. The main trigger for the crisis appeared to be Italian Deputy Prime...

US ski star Lindsey Vonn bows out from skiing this weekend at the same time as Aksel Lund Svindal, a Norwegian legend two years her senior whom she has described as her "life coach". Vonn has decided to hang up her catsuit at the age of 34 after Sunday's downhill, her 82 World Cup wins...