Spain's maritime rescue service yesterday said it had rescued 532 migrants who were attempting the perilous crossing of the

Around 1,500 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean on Thursday and Friday in operations involving the Italian navy and ships chartered by

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EU negotiator Michel Barnier yesterday urged Britain to stop playing "hide and seek" in Brexit talks as the two sides traded blame over

Ireland has voted by a landslide to liberalise some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws in what its prime minister described as

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday called on his new government to work to bring about "change in all areas of life".

Two former French spies have been arrested and face treason charges after being accused of passing sensitive information to China,

Several major US news websites including the Los Angeles Times were blocked in Europe yesterday after the EU's new data protection laws came into effect.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned yesterday that the world could be heading for an unprecedented economic crisis due to the confrontational trade policy and protectionism being pursued by the United States.

Iran wants European powers to present it with measures by the end of May to compensate it for the US decision to abandon the 2015 nuclear deal, a senior official said yesterday, and Tehran would decide within weeks whether to quit the accord.

Failing to cap global warming at two degrees Celsius or less could cost the world economy tens of trillions of dollars over the next 80 years, researchers warned Wednesday.

A missile system from the 53rd anti-aircraft brigade of the Russian Armed Forces was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, prosecutors investigating the disaster said yesterday.

Ten families from Europe, Kenya, and Fiji have filed suit against the European Union over global warming threats to their homes and livelihoods, their lawyers said yesterday.

Two people are killed and 20 others injured after a train crashed into a big truck near the northern Italian city of Turin and derailed, Italian media says.

Italy's president yesterday summoned Giuseppe Conte as he prepared to announce whether he will appoint the little-known lawyer to

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said yesterday that the United States risks further destabilising the Middle East after

Fresh from saying "sorry" to European lawmakers, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was set to hold talks with Emmanuel Macron yesterday

Senior Russian military officials yesterday called for the United Nations and other international organisations to help rebuild Syrian

The Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations yesterday rejected Venezuela's presidential election outcome, saying Maduro's win lacks

Russia announced yesterday it had begun analysing the output of British media working on its territory with a view to opening formal