Europe

  Four soldiers died after a military helicopter crashed in a suburb of Istanbul on Monday, according to Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya. Ambulances and other emergency services vehicles rushed to the scene of the crash, which occurred in a residential area. According to reports no civilians were injured when the …

Thousands of protesters packed Madrid today in a fierce backlash against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his planned talks with Catalan separatists. Demonstrators waving Spanish flags filled the Plaza de Colon in the city centre in the largest protest Sanchez has faced since taking office last year. Some 45,000 …

  The number of people infected with measles in the European region in 2018 is the highest in a decade, the World Health Organization said Thursday. According to newly released data for the year, 82,596 people were infected and 72 people (children and adults) died from measles last year. Sixty-one …

The European Commission is planning to name Saudi Arabia in a list of countries that have failed to fight against terrorist financing and money laundering, a report says. Brussels is in the final stages of adopting the list, which will include 23 countries and jurisdictions who failed to combat “dirty …

France’s foreign ministry said Thursday it had recalled its ambassador to Rome for consultations after a series of “provocations” by Italy’s populist government. “For several months France has been the subject of repeated accusations, unfounded attacks and outlandish claims,” the ministry said in a statement, calling them “unprecedented” since the …

There are 50 days to go until Britain leaves the European Union and still no one knows how it will happen, if at all. It was this looming milestone that surely contributed to the howl of despair from European Council president Donald Tusk on Wednesday, when he said there is …

Russia has denounced coordinated attempts to “legitimize usurped power” in Venezuela after a number of European countries recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as “interim leader” of the Latin American country. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that “attempts to legitimize usurped power” constituted “interference in Venezuela’s …

  UK trade secretary Liam Fox says the European Union’s refusal to renegotiate a divorce agreement is a sign the bloc is becoming “irresponsible” in its way of treating the issue of Brexit. “It is in all our interests to get to that agreement and for the EU to say …

  ABU DHABI|Pope Francis will become the first pontiff to visit the Arabian Peninsula on Sunday, just hours after issuing his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Yemen, where his host the United Arab Emirates has a leading military role. The pope said in his regular Sunday address in …

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has trolled his detractors on Twitter by sharing a photograph of voodoo dolls in the image of himself, Donald Trump, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A picture of the ragged puppets with the faces of prominent politicians topped the Twitter feed of the sharp-tongued deputy …

For more than 500 years, Swiss Guards have protected the Pope at the Vatican wearing metal helmets which scorched their skin in the hot Roman sun — but those days are over for the 120 members of the Holy See’s private army. The old metal helmet has been replaced by …

British Prime Minister Theresa May intends to give the UK parliament a second chance to approve a Brexit deal with the European Union as soon as possible. A spokesman for May said on Monday that the government could hold a second vote in the House of Commons on an improved …

A prominent anti-government “yellow vest” activist was badly injured in the eye after being hit by a rubber bullet used by the French police, his lawyer has said. Philippe de Veulle, the lawyer of Jerome Rodrigues, fears he will be disabled for life following the injury in clashes with the …

EU warns Washington of ‘harmful’ impact on US of car tariffs  The European Commission has warned the United States that imposing tariffs on European cars “will be harmful first and foremost for the US economy.” The Commission’s warning was part of a response to a US request for comment on …