Rescuers saved some 1,400 migrants off the coast of Libya on Monday as Italy announced a record number of

Italian woman, Emma Morano, on Tuesday celebrates her 117th birthday as the last known person alive who was born in the 19th century. She is the world's oldest living person and the secret to her longevity appears to lie in eschewing usual medical wisdom.

Far from the image of owning fast cars and living in mansions, footballers around the world face low wages, delayed payments, bullying and intimidation, according to a survey published on Tuesday.

Francois Fillon, a conservative reformist promising to shrink the French state, on Sunday clinched the rightwing

Britain's anti-EU party UKIP elected former history lecturer Paul Nuttall as its new leader yesterday to take over from

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, criticized for fondly remembering Fidel Castro without mention of his

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday threatened to open Turkey's borders to allow migrants to reach the EU, in a move

Former British prime minister John Major believes there is a "credible case" for a second referendum on Brexit, a newspaper

The British government on Friday rejected criticism of its intervention in Libya, arguing its involvement saved civilian lives and

Israel has accused France of aiding a boycott of the Jewish state, after Paris announced new guidelines for labelling goods from

The European Parliament yesterday voted in favour of a freeze of membership talks with Turkey over its post-coup crackdown, further escalating tensions with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Germany's Martin Schulz yesterday said he would step down as head of the European Parliament and return to national politics, where speculation grew he could emerge as a challenge to Angela Merkel.

A far-right extremist was sentenced yesterday to life imprisonment without the possibility of release for murdering British MP Jo

France yesterday accused Syria and its allies of using the political uncertainty in the United States to launch "total war"

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country will move missiles closer to Europe over "concern" about Nato expansion.

At least eight people died and an unknown number were missing as a new series of Mediterranean boat dramas left Italy on the

Turkey yesterday dismissed over 15,000 state employees and ordered the closure of 375 associations within the state of

Turkey yesterday issued an arrest warrant for the leader of the main Syrian Kurdish political party over a deadly bombing in

Police have broken up a terror ring plotting an attack in France after arresting seven suspects-- of French, Moroccan and Afghan

The surprise winner of the first round of France's rightwing presidential primary, conservative ex-premier Francois