Some 4.8 million Madrid residents will be barred from leaving the area from Friday evening, making it the first European capital back into lockdown due to surging coronavirus cases. Restaurants and bars in the Spanish capital and nine satellite towns will shut early and slash capacity by...

The EU called Friday for deadlocked Brexit talks to be intensified, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying the next few days are essential for a breakthrough. EU bosses spoke as the final round of scheduled trade talks wrapped up in Brussels with just two weeks before an October 15 EU...

For almost 10 years, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has presided over a country that has been brought bitterly to its knees. More than half a million people have died and more than half of its 17 million population has been displaced, while the number of those rendered disabled disappeared...

European countries have a fundamental role in supporting the Middle East peace process after the signing of the so-called Abraham Accord, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview on Friday. “I believe that European leaders have a strategic role...(also in) stemming and...