Europe

Vienna/Rome: Austria is planning to impose border controls and possibly deploy troops to cut the number of migrants crossing from Italy, defence officials...

Brussels: The European Union and Japan expect to commit to signing a free trade deal on Thursday, the EU said, in what both see as a push back against a...

Berlin: Germany is expecting Russia to try to influence its general election on September 24, but there are no indications of which party it would seek to...

Geneva/Beijing: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has met Chinese officials regarding Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu...

Berlin: When President Xi Jinping took the stage in Davos in January and painted China as a champion of free markets ready to fill the global leadership...

Strasbourg: EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker called European lawmakers "ridiculous" on Tuesday for failing to turn up to an address by...

Versailles (France): France's new president, Emmanuel Macron, told parliament in a ceremonial address on Monday that he would seek direct approval from...

London: British authorities have seized dozens of handguns at a border check on the French side of the Channel Tunnel in the largest such haul on record,...

London: Bank of England staff have voted to hold their first strike in more than 50 years in a push for higher pay, a union said on Monday, adding to...