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

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday she would seek a fourth term in elections next year to defend democratic principles in

French voters went to the polls yesterday for the first round of a US-style primary to choose a rightwing candidate for

A UN climate summit in Marrakesh tasked with implementing the hard-won Paris Agreement moved toward its scheduled

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls yesterday warned that far-right leader Marine Le Pen had a chance of winning next year's

Britain yesterday ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, joining more than 100 other countries in a move that

Russia's state communications watchdog yesterday said it had ordered internet providers to block the LinkedIn professional

A hundred migrants were feared drowned yesterday after yet another migrant shipwreck off the Libyan coast, raising the

Turkey is to scrap the office of the prime minister in a historic switch under a government-backed proposal for a new

An anti-Mafia official at Milan's city council called on Wednesday for the Chinese buyers of soccer club AC Milan to reveal their identities, saying town hall would notify anti-money laundering authorities if there was not full disclosure.

Terrorism deaths fell last year thanks to a weakening of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Boko Haram in Nigeria, but both

More than 240 people have died in migrant boat sinkings in the Mediterranean this week, officials said yesterday as horrifying new testimony emerged from survivors of another tragedy.