The EU yesterday defended a plan to sanction Britain if it breaks the rules of the post-Brexit transition period, saying it needed to be

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives made major concessions to the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) to agree a

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was prepared to make "painful compromises" as she headed in a final round of talks yesterday to seal a coalition deal for her fourth term and end months of political limbo in Europe's top economy.

Negotiators for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) reconvened yesterday to

Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks, accused European courts of denying Muslims a presumption of

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that her conservatives faced tough negotiations with the Social Democrats (SPD) yesterday as they

Turkey yesterday threatened to expand its operation against Kurdish militia in Syria to the town of the Manbij and even east of the Euphrates, warning that American soldiers risked being targeted in the area if they wore enemy uniform.

Pope Francis yesterday invited Roman Catholics and members of all other religions to observe a day of prayer, fasting and initiatives for

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected proposals of a partnership with the EU, insisting full membership to the bloc is the only option,

Venezuela's unpopular President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday urged officials to set a presidential election date in 48 hours' time for a

Voters in Cyprus cast ballots yesterday in a presidential run-off, with incumbent Nicos Anastasiades and his leftist challenger sparring

Moroccan rescue services have recovered the bodies of 16 migrants off the coast of Spain's enclave of Melilla, Moroccan and Spanish

Italian police said they have arrested a young man suspected of opening fire on foreigners from a vehicle in central Italy yesterday,

Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Friday that Germany's top parties still had "very serious differences" to overcome ahead of next

Russia is planning to send paying tourists on the International Space Station out on spacewalks for the first time, an official from the country's space industry says.

Three Catalan leaders imprisoned in Spain over their role in their region's independence crisis will take their case to the UN Working

Russia's FSB security agency said yesterday it had killed an Islamic State jihadist in the provincial city of Nizhny Novgorod as he was

British MPs on Wednesday voted in favour of moving out of their historic Westminster home, to make way for major renovation work of

Britain is to move its embassy in Bangkok after the record £420 million ($596 million) sale of its current premises in the Thai capital, the

An Istanbul court yesterday scrapped its decision to release Taner Kilic, the head of Amnesty International in Turkey, and ordered him