French President Emmanuel Macron came under attack from the opposition yesterday after describing his countrymen as "Gauls who are resistant to change" during a trip to Denmark.

President Emmanuel Macron suffered a major political blow yesterday as his popular environment minister resigned live on radio -- without informing him beforehand. Nicolas Hulot took his interviewers by surprise on the France Inter radio station when announcing his move.

Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday indicated that a no-deal Brexit would not be a disaster for Britain, playing down warnings of serious consequences for the UK economy. May said she was confident of striking an acceptable new deal with Brussels as Britain prepares to leave the European Union in March.

President Emmanuel Macron suffers a major political blow as his popular environment minister resigns live on radio -- without informing the French leader beforehand.

Pope Francis has declined to comment on a growing scandal after a former Vatican official claimed the pontiff ignored sexual abuse allegations against a senior clergyman and called on him to resign.

French President Emmanuel Macron says that he would put forward new proposals for the European Union to boost its security, saying the bloc must stop depending on American might.

A German bomb disposal team yesterday successfully defused an unexploded World War II bomb that had forced the evacuation of

A former top Vatican official has accused Pope Francis of having known of allegations of sex abuse by a prominent US cardinal for years and called on him to resign, in an unprecedented broadside against the pope by a Church insider.

The UN's Refugee Agency yesterday called on EU member states to urgently agree to take in some of the 150 people stranded on an Italian coastguard ship, after a fresh immigration row erupted between the bloc and Italy's populist government.

A European Union aid plan for Iran sends "the wrong message at the wrong time" to the government in Tehran, the US State

Russia yesterday said Syrian rebels are preparing a chemical attack in Idlib province which will be blamed on Damascus and used as a

The exodus of migrants from Venezuela is building toward a "crisis moment" comparable to events involving refugees in the

Spain's Socialist government passed a decree yesterday allowing the exhumation of the remains of Francisco Franco from his vast mausoleum.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu yesterday warned Russia that seeking a military solution in Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib would be disastrous.

The UN peace envoy for Syria will host Iran, Russia and Turkey for talks on drafting a new Syrian constitution on September 11-12, a

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday he will run for re-election in 2019 legislative polls. The Liberal Party leader

Armed assailants injured several policemen in attacks in three locations in the Russian republic of Chechnya yesterday, as the Islamic

A police officer shot dead a man armed with a knife as he tried to attack a police station in Catalonia yesterday, just days after the

Gunshots were fired early yesterday at the US embassy in Ankara but caused no casualties, Turkish and American officials said, amid

Former UN chief Kofi Annan, who died on Saturday, lashed out at the state of global leadership in an exclusive interview with AFP last year, urging more cooperation to deal with terrorism, migration and climate change.