The European Union and Japan on Wednesday launched the "world's largest areas of safe data flows" after finalising common rules to protect personal information, the EU said. Firms can transfer data now that the executive European Commission finds that Japanese law offers "a comparable level...

As lawmakers in Athens are poised to approve a landmark name deal between Greece and Macedonia, there is relief in many European capitals that a 27-year diplomatic dispute is nearing its end. But in Greece's Macedonia region, home to the ancient Greek-speaking kingdom made famous by...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold Syria talks in Moscow on Wednesday, with Turkey saying they will focus on Ankara's so-called "security zone" in northern Syria. The two leaders are on opposite sides of the conflict: Russia provides...

Australia is investigating reports a dissident writer and Chinese dual national is missing and may have been detained in his native country, officials said Wednesday. Yang Hengjun -- a novelist, former Chinese diplomat and democracy activist -- went missing shortly after he returned to the...