The conservative People's Party (PP) of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won Spain's general election on Sunday, exit polls showed, although it fell short of an absolute majority and will have to rely on other parties if it is to govern for another four-year term. The PP is seen winning between...
Israel's interior minister and vice-premier, Silvan Shalom, said Sunday he was quitting his posts and leaving politics over media reports of sexual harassment and indecent assault. "Under these circumstances I have decided to resign from my position as minister and member of...
Wanted fugitive Salah Abdeslam, suspected of involvement in last month's Paris attacks, got past three police checks in France as he fled to Belgium just hours after the terror assaults, a source close to the Belgian investigation said Sunday. Confirming a report in the French daily Le...
The Syrian army, backed by Russian air strikes, captured a rebel stronghold in the northern province of Aleppo Sunday, driving out the Islamists, a monitoring group said. State news agency SANA also said that army units and other pro-government forces had seized control of Khan Tuman and...
