Boris Johnson promises that Brexit would make Britain the greatest place on earth, echoing the patriotic rhetoric of US President Donald Trump in his first speech to parliament as prime minister.

France was yesterday set to outline a new strategy for defence in space after President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a French space force command to deal with emerging threats to its interests in orbit. Defence Minister Florence Parly was due to give more

Paris yesterday baked in a record hot temperature of 41 degrees Celsius as a ferocious heatwave in northern Europe reached its peak, sparking concerns about public health and new misery for rail travellers.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he was arrested yesterday, in an apparent move by the authorities to prevent a major

Outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May fended off an anti-Brexit heckler during her farewell speech yesterday just before tendering her resignation.

Boris Johnson takes office as British prime minister after an audience with Queen Elizabeth, a moment that put an avowed Brexiteer in control of Britain's exit from the European Union for the first time since the shock 2016 referendum.

Taking over as prime minister on Wednesday, Boris Johnson is expected to unveil a more diverse top team in a government to be tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal.

Britain called for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, days after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in what London described as an act of “state piracy” in the strategic waterway.

Britain's main allies congratulate Boris Johnson after he wins a party leadership vote that will see him become Britain's next prime minister, but the EU warns of challenging times ahead over Brexit.

Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson wins the contest to lead Britain’s governing Conservative Party and is to become the country’s next prime minister, tasked with fulfilling his promise to lead the UK out of the European Union “come what may.”

A French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean in 1968 has been located during a search mission, officials said yesterday, ending a 51-year wait for families of the deceased who continue to seek answers to the naval disaster. “It’s a success, a relief

Britain’s leadership contest entered its finale yesterday with the favourite Boris Johnson facing more defections from ministers over his Brexit plan. The month-long contest between former London mayor Johnson and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is being decided by fewer than

Britain denounces Iran's seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a "hostile act" and rejects Tehran's explanation that it seized the vessel because it had been involved in an accident.

Germany yesterday paid tribute to Claus von Stauffenberg and others who sought to assassinate Adolf Hitler 75 years ago, a plot that

London’s Metropolitan Police yesterday apologised after its Twitter, emails and news pages were targeted by hackers and began pumping

Forensic experts extract bones from two ossuaries within the walls of the Vatican as part of an investigation aimed at resolving the case of a girl who vanished in 1983.

The detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero was in an accident with an Iranian fishing boat and ignored its distress call, Iran's Fars news agency reports, quoting an official.

A strong and shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolts Athens, knocking out phone connections, collapsing a couple of abandoned buildings and causing power outages, as worried residents rushed into the streets.

As a spat between Britain and US President Donald Trump rumbles on, newly declassified cables reveal that stark diplomatic assessments of White House chaos, presidential controversy and the “special relationship” are nothing new.

HIV-related deaths last year fell to around 770,000 -- some 33 percent lower than in 2010 -- the United Nations said yesterday, but