The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Thursday warned that major differences remain between Britain and Europe after a first round of trade talks ended in Brussels. Barnier was speaking to reporters after four days of talks that launched months of intense closed-door...

Algeria's state prosecutor has requested four years in prison for Karim Tabbou, a key figure of anti-government protests, and the verdict has been set for March 11. Tabbou's trial opened Wednesday in Algiers and continued until dawn as around 60 defence lawyers argued for his innocence, the...

Lebanon’s crippling financial crisis could pose a grave threat to managing a coronavirus outbreak that has so far been kept in check but is expected to spread, according to senior health officials and medical importers. Lebanon faces a severe dollar shortage that has hit imports since...

A French high-speed TGV train travelling from the eastern city of Strasbourg to Paris derailed on Thursday after an embankment collapsed into the tracks, seriously injuring the driver and hurting 20 others. The driver, whose injury was not specified, was evacuated by helicopter following...