Europe

Berlin: Germany's Angela Merkel began the tough task of trying to build a coalition government on Monday after securing a fourth term as chancellor in...

Geneva: Russia is committing "grave" human rights violations in Crimea, including its imposition of citizenship and by deporting prisoners, a U.N....

Erbil (Iraq): Iraq's Kurds will go ahead with a referendum on independence on Monday because partnership with Baghdad has failed, Kurdistan Regional...

Barcelona: Demonstrators calling for Catalan independence gathered in hundreds of towns across the region on Sunday following Madrid's actions last week...

London: London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Sunday that it would be wrong for Britain to host U.S. President Donald Trump on a state visit, describing some of...

Zurich: Swiss voters were set to reject raising women's retirement age to 65 in a referendum on shoring up the wealthy nation's pension system as a...

Vatican City: The Vatican's first auditor-general, who resigned without explanation in June, has broken his silence, saying he was forced to step down...

Paris: France on Sunday renews half of its senators' seats, in a vote that is important for President Emmanuel Macron's reform plans and will be a...

Brussels: In pledging to stay best friends with the European Union after Brexit, Theresa May is getting ahead of herself, say EU negotiators who want her to...

London: Threading through clouds, often with shaky turbulence and occasional thunder, 71-year-old pilot Gary Walker burns the flares on his plane's...