Some 18,000 troops from 19 mostly Nato countries began annual US-led military exercises in Poland and the Baltic states on Sunday to

Hollywood actor Benedict Cumberbatch channelled his inner Sherlock Holmes by leaping to the defence of a cyclist under attack by

At least 35 migrants are killed when their boat sank off Tunisia’s southern coast and 67 others are rescued by the coast guard, the Defence Ministry says.

Bomb disposal experts have defused a Second World War shell found during building work at Brussels' international airport, officials said

Nationalists regained control of Catalonia's government yesterday and immediately pledged to seek independence for the wealthy region, posing a swift challenge to new Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez who took office on the same day.

An anti-establishment government took power in Italy yesterday after a last-ditch coalition deal was hammered out to end months of political turmoil, narrowly avoiding snap elections in the eurozone's third largest economy.

The world's largest economies stood on the brink of all-out trade war as the EU, Canada and Mexico drew up retaliatory measures to Washington's stinging steel and aluminium tariffs that came into effect yesterday.

An anti-establishment government takes power in Italy after a last-ditch coalition deal was hammered out to end months of political turmoil, narrowly avoiding snap elections in the eurozone's third largest economy.

Spain's centre-right Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is set to be voted out of office on Friday and replaced by a Socialist, in a no-confidence motion triggered by a long-running corruption trial involving members of his party.

Denmark yesterday became the latest European country to ban the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces in a move slammed by human

Amsterdam yesterday warned rowdy British and Dutch tourists who "party excessively" in the city that they could face stiff fines, in the

More than half of the world's children are threatened by conflict, poverty or sexual discrimination, Save the Children said in a report

Spain's Mariano Rajoy was fighting for his political life yesterday as his government faced a no-confidence vote tabled by the

The latest escalation of fighting between Israel and Palestinian Hamas has pushed Gaza to the brink of war, the UN envoy for the Middle East

President Donald Trump said yesterday he expects a letter from Kim Jong Un confirming plans for their historic nuclear summit, as

Denmark today became the latest European country to ban the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces in a move slammed by human rights campaigners as "a violation of women's rights".

Papua New Guinea said yesterday it was mulling a temporary shutdown of Facebook to uncover false accounts and block fake news in the

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday vowed not to resign ahead of a no-confidence vote in parliament Friday over graft

Russia on Tuesday rejected calls at the United Nations to accept responsibility for the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine after an

Belgian investigators yesterday said an Islamic State-style attack that killed three people in the eastern city of Liege was being treated