Opposition parties said they would try to pass a law which would force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek a delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union and prevent a potentially chaotic no-deal exit at the end of October.

Talks between Italy’s ruling 5-Star Movement and the opposition Democratic Party (PD) to form a new coalition government are at risk of failure over who should became the next interior minister, a PD spokesman said yesterday. The anti-establishment 5-Star party and

The unmanned Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft carrying Russia’s first humanoid robot to be sent into orbit successfully docked at the

French President Emmanuel Macron and US leader Donald Trump yesterday hailed the common ground found by G7 leaders at their

G7 leaders back strengthening cooperation with Russia after its expulsion from the group in 2014 but believe it is too early to

Nearly 900 people twirled and stamped their feet to mariachi music in the Mexican city of Guadalajara to set a Guinness record for the world’s

President Donald Trump heaped praise on Denmark’s prime minister Friday, two days after he cancelled his state visit to the country and slammed her for dismissing his idea of buying Greenland as absurd. The US leader said he got a call from Prime Minister Mette

“The French president’s suggestion that Amazon issues be discussed at the G-7 without participation by the countries in the region

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday said that the European Union needed to drop its insistence on the so-called Irish backstop to avoid a “no deal” Brexit.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was released yesterday after serving 30 days in jail for planning opposition protests, which have grown into

Russia launched the world’s first floating nuclear reactor yesterday, sending it on an epic journey across the Arctic, despite environmentalists warning of a “Chernobyl on ice.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday ordered a like-for-like response to a recent US missile test, which he said showed that Washington aimed to deploy previously banned missiles around the world.

France’s Emmanuel Macron had a “frank” exchange with India’s Narendra Modi about tensions in divided Kashmir on Thursday, telling him Paris would remain attentive to the rights of people living both sides of the ceasefire line.

Looking after the environment is paying off in Ecuador, at least for public transport users in the business hub of Guayaquil. A new scheme aimed at combatting garbage and pollution allows people to exchange recyclable plastic bottles for money to buy bus tickets.

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday said the level of microplastics in drinking-water is not yet dangerous for humans but called for more research into potential future risk.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host his Russian and Iranian counterparts for a summit on Syria in Ankara on September 16, the presidential spokesman said. Despite being on opposing sides in the Syrian conflict, Syria regime backers Iran and Russia have

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that there was not enough time to wholly rewrite Britain’s Brexit divorce deal before an Oct 31 deadline.

The UK government has allocated £102,625 to support those affected by the fire at Chalantika slum in Dhaka’s Mirpur area recently.

EU yesterday rejected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s demand to scrap the Irish border backstop plan to achieve a Brexit deal, saying he had offered no workable alternative.

Russia and China yesterday warned that a new US missile test had heightened military tensions and risked sparking an arms race, weeks after Washington ripped up a Cold War-era weapons pact with Moscow.