French prosecutors launched Wednesday a preliminary probe into alleged police violence after a video showing police tripping a pension reform protestor went viral, according to local media.  General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), France's police watchdog group, will...

Venezuelan opposition lawmakers had to abandon plans to hold a session at the legislature on Wednesday after claiming to have been shot at by armed groups loyal to President Nicolas Maduro. Groups of armed civilians known as "colectivos" have an infamous reputation in Venezuela where they...

Russian government has resigned on Wednesday after country's President Vladimir Putin proposed constitutional changes and said he needed "to organize the work."  Putin accepted resignation and asked Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev to take a new role as the deputy head of country's...

The world's two dominant economic powers, the United States and China, are poised to sign a trade truce on Wednesday, letting businesses around the globe breathe a sigh of relief. After a nearly two-year battle, the signing could give US President Donald Trump an election-year boost as...