French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday the EU could only agree to extend the Brexit negotiations if Britain gave a clear reason for requesting a delay, striking a firmer tone than Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel. Britain is due to exit the EU on March 29 but its parliament...

Having joined Islamic State in Syria four years ago, the Algerian woman only abandoned the jihadists’ last scrap of besieged territory when her daughter was shot in the leg. “I don’t regret it, even now ... If my daughter was not injured, I would have stayed,” said the woman,...

Pakistan carried out airstrikes and shot down two Indian jets on Wednesday, Pakistani officials said, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a war in 1971, prompting leading powers to urge both sides to show restraint. Both countries have ordered...

Air strikes have been stepped up against rebel-held northwestern Syria, the last major bastion of opponents of   Bashar al-Assad, prompting thousands of civilians to flee the town of Khan Sheikhoun, war monitors said on Tuesday. The area near the Turkish frontier is under a ceasefire...