JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Two Russian vessels left Jeddah on Thursday after making the first port call by the Russian navy in a Saudi port for a decade, Russian officials said. The frigate Admiral Gorshkov and the tanker Kama arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday and left less than 24 hours later after...
BEIJING, China - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he was counting on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to "bring Russia to its senses" over its war in Ukraine. The French president, who arrived on Wednesday for a three-day state visit, has made clear he is seeking to...
PARIS, France - French demonstrators took to the streets Thursday for another day of protests and strikes to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform, after the latest talks between the government and unions ended in deadlock. Macron, currently on a visit to China, is facing the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain on Wednesday announced plans to house around 500 asylum seekers on a barge, as the government seeks cost-cutting measures and deterrents for arrivals crossing the Channel. Following his pledge to stop the small boats used by tens of thousands of migrants each year to...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The US military said Tuesday it had launched a strike in Syria killing a senior Islamic State group militant responsible for planning attacks in Turkey and Europe. The strike in northwestern Syria on Monday -- the latest by US forces against the jihadist group -- killed...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A global police operation has shut down one of the world's largest online marketplaces where cybercriminals can buy stolen identities and passwords, international law enforcement said on Wednesday. Genesis Market sold the identities of over two million people for as...
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom- Police in Scotland on Wednesday released the husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon after he was arrested as part of an investigation into financial irregularities, sending shockwaves through Scotland's ruling party. Peter Murrell, 58, the former chief...
PARIS, France - A feminist French minister who posed for Playboy told the magazine she backed the right of women to pose nude if they wanted to amid fresh criticism from her cabinet colleagues about her stunt on Wednesday. Marlene Schiappa, currently minister for the social economy and...
BLUMENAU, Brazil - A 25-year-old man burst into a preschool in southern Brazil and killed four children with a hatchet-like weapon Wednesday before turning himself in to police, an attack President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned as "monstrous." The attacker, who jumped a wall to get...
PARIS, France - An inquiry into allegations that a junior minister in France raped patients during gynaecological examinations has been dropped, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. Three women filed complaints in May and June last year against the foreign ministry's state secretary...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, in a historic shift that drew an angry warning of "countermeasures" from the Kremlin. Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine last year upended Europe's security landscape and prompted Finland -- and its neighbour Sweden --...
MOSCOW, Russia - The son of a senior Russian official arrested in Italy at Washington's request reappeared in Russia on Tuesday after escaping house arrest. "I'm in Russia! In these few particularly dramatic days, I had strong and reliable people by my side. I want to thank them," Artyom...
