How the world leaders reacted

European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker congratulated the pro-EU Macron and wished him "good luck" in the run-off, Juncker's spokesman tweeted.
24 April 2017

Le Pen attacks Macron

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen yesterday accused Emmanuel Macron, her inexperienced opponent in next month's runoff for
24 April 2017

IS leader behind Turkey nightclub attack killed

US forces operating in Syria have killed a senior member of the Islamic State group blamed for an attack on a Turkey nightclub on the
22 April 2017

'IS attack' kills 2 at Russia FSB office

The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack Friday on an office of Russia's main domestic intelligence
22 April 2017

German intelligence spied on Interpol

Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency spied on the Interpol international police agency for years and on the group's country liaison
22 April 2017

France votes today as far-right surges

France was on edge yesterday on the eve of its most unpredictable presidential election in decades, which will take place under heightened security after the jihadist killing of a policeman giving a boost to far-right camp.
22 April 2017

UK Queen celebrates 91st birthday

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 91st birthday yesterday, with the world's longest-reigning monarch taking a step back from
21 April 2017

Dortmund blast was 'for money not terror'

German police yesterday arrested a man suspected of detonating three bombs that targeted the Borussia Dortmund soccer team bus in
21 April 2017

Mediterranean migrant death toll for 2017 tops 1,000: UN

Around 100 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean according to shipwreck survivors, raising the death toll for the perilous
21 April 2017

'Putin-linked think tank drew up plan'

A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 US presidential election to Donald
20 April 2017

May to make pledge to end EU free movement

Prime Minister Theresa May will make a formal pledge ahead of the June 8 election to end European Union free movement of people into
20 April 2017

UK MPs back snap polls

British lawmakers yesterday overwhelmingly backed Prime Minister Theresa May's call for a snap election, paving the
19 April 2017

Le Pen hardens tone

Far-right presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen said yesterday that French people felt "dispossessed" in their own
19 April 2017

Singapore, Germany passports tie as world’s most powerful

Singapore’s passport takes top spot -- in a tie with Germany -- in a global ranking of the world’s passports.
19 April 2017

Not safe in most safe places

Illegal poaching, logging and fishing of sometimes critically endangered species is taking place in nearly half of the world's most
18 April 2017

Two held over attack plot ahead of polls

French security services yesterday swooped on two men accused of plotting an attack just five days before the first round of the
18 April 2017

A tumultuous three years in Britain

After a bruising campaign, Scots voted by 55 percent to 45 percent against independence in September 2014. In the aftermath of
18 April 2017

Result challenged in court

Turkey's opposition yesterday demanded the annulment of a contentious referendum that approved sweeping constitutional changes boosting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers, claiming blatant vote-rigging.
18 April 2017

12 injured in 'acid attack' in London

Twelve people were injured when a corrosive substance was thrown inside a packed London nightclub yesterday, police and fire services
17 April 2017

Le Pen, Macron hold rival rallies

The two frontrunners in the French presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron, were staging
17 April 2017