When Vladimir Putin first came to power, he was asked in an interview which of his colleagues he trusted most. He named five people: Nikolai Patrushev, Sergei Ivanov, Dmitry Medvedev, Alexei Kudrin and Igor Sechin.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used his celebrated rhetorical skills to save a life on Friday, preventing a man from jumping off Istanbul's Bosphorus

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a visit that could see the two countries agree a number of defence and energy deals worth billions of dollars.

A migrant from Senegal who travelled to Europe by boat has won a stake of some €400,000 (£294,000; $436,000) in Spain's Christmas lottery.

The Belgian authorities have charged a ninth person in connection with last month's Paris attacks which left 130 dead, the prosecutor's office said yesterday. A

French police have foiled a terror attack on police and army personnel in the region of Orleans, the interior minister has said.

European Union leaders have held no less than five emergency summits but still, they keep on coming: by the time this year ends, Europe would have received at least 1.2 million refugees.

Spain's political parties are facing a struggle to form a stable government after a historic election that broke the traditional two-party dominance.

Is life in the world's nicest country all it's made out to be? Most of those surveyed, mainly Norwegians, said yes. But, for balance, here are some aspects of Norwegian life that don't tick everyone's boxes.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde was ordered yesterday to stand trial over her handling of a massive state payout to French tycoon Bernard Tapie when she was finance minister.

Turkish security forces have killed 25 Kurdish militants this week as they battle suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) inside two

German authorities yesterday raided, shuttered and banned a Muslim association and mosque they accused of supporting the Islamic State jihadist group in

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday described US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump as "talented" and "outstanding," welcoming his stance on Russia.

A British government review into Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood published on Thursday concluded that membership of or links to the political group should be considered a possible indicator of extremism but that it should not be banned.

Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy suffered a scare Wednesday when a 17-year-old youth punched him in the face during a campaign appearance in his northwestern fiefdom of Galicia, breaking his glasses.

Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday said he hoped talks with European Union leaders would provide "real progress" towards a deal on better membership terms for Britain before a vote on staying in the bloc.

Russia's Vladimir Putin subjected Turkey to a furious tirade yesterday, using barrack-room language to wonder aloud whether it had shot down a Russian warplane last month to curry favour with the United States. Addressing almost 1,400 reporters in a cavernous hall inside a Moscow conference centre, the Russian president dedicated a chunk of his annual news conference to spelling out why he saw no prospect of a rapprochement with Ankara.

Arms manufacturers in North America and Western Europe dominated international arms sales in 2014, but their market share dropped while Russian and Asian companies saw theirs rise, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported yesterday.

A teacher in a Paris suburb was attacked yesterday by a man wielding a box cutter and scissors who cited the Islamic State jihadist group, sources in the police and prosecutor's office said.

Russia yesterday said a summit between President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan penciled in for December 15 had been