Europe

In the Washington of 2016, even when the policy can be bipartisan, the politics cannot. And in that sense, this year shows little sign of ending on Dec. 31. When President Obama moved to sanction Russia over its alleged interference in the U.S. election just...

President Vladimir Putin has said he would not expel any Americans in response to Washington turfing out dozens of Russian diplomats over alleged election interference. The Kremlin strongman's shock decision came after Russia's foreign ministry asked him to send home 35 US diplomats in a...

By:JIM WHITE Arise Sir Mo. How good that sounds. How right, how appropriate, how proper. And how timely. The knighthood bestowed in the New Year’s Honours list to Mo Farah is not simply a recognition of the fact that he is a multiple bullion-bedecked champion in...

Kremlin denies interfering in US elections after Washington slaps sanctions on Russia, including expelling diplomats. Russia has pledged "adequate reprisals" over US sanctions and accused Washington of trying to destroy ties by making "unfounded" allegations of interference in the US election. The United States wants to...

WASHINGTON Russian intelligence agencies over the last two years blanketed Democratic Party targets with malicious emails and have likely continued such efforts after November's elections, a US federal law enforcement report showed Thursday. The report's release coincided with an array of measures unveiled by Washington as...

By Elana Beiser and Elisabeth Witchel Deadly violence against the media eased in 2016 from recent record levels as the number of journalists singled out for murder declined. The number of journalists killed in the line of duty is on track to decline in 2016 from...

A girl whose mother fled war-torn Somalia in the 1980s has won a scholarship to the leading private school that Kate Middleton and Samantha Cameron attended. Nadia Hassan, 16, a comprehensive school girl from one of London’s poorest areas, has been accepted to Marlborough College. She...

PACHINO, Sicily (AP) " All migrant Marc Samie has of his fiancee is a picture in his mind. Louise, seven and a half months pregnant, is standing silently on a beach in Libya, tears rolling down her face as traffickers force him at gunpoint...

Turkey's unprecedented crackdown on media brought the total number of jailed journalists worldwide to the highest number since the Committee to Protect Journalists began taking an annual census in 1990. As of December 1, 2016, there were 259 journalists in jail around the world. Turkey...

With a brewing banking crisis as a backdrop, Paolo Gentiloni was named Italy’s new prime minister on Sunday, filling a void left by close ally Matteo Renzi, who quit after a crushing referendum defeat. Renzi’s softly-spoken foreign minister, Gentiloni, 62, was asked by President Sergio...