Europe

Statement by President Juncker on the outcome of the Meaningful Vote in the United Kingdom House of Commons. Following is the press release: Brussels, 15 January 2019 I take note with regret of the outcome of the vote in the House of Commons this evening. On the EU...

Prime Minister Theresa May delivered a crushing defeat despite last-ditch effort to rally support from parliament. Members of the UK parliament voted against Theresa May's Brexit agreement on Tuesday, complicating UK's departure from the European Union on March 29. The vote plunges the already divived country...

Former BBC Somali Service broadcaster, Osman Sugulle, passed away in London this week. Sugule joined the Somali Service early sixties. “He  was a friendly journalist with a sense of humour. "I have known him for a...

By The Washington Post ISTANBUL -- The Saudi government acknowledged early Saturday that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, saying he died during a fist fight. The announcement, which came in a tweet from the Saudi foreign ministry, said that an...

Interpol says France received Meng's resignation 12 days after the officer disappeared in China. Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei has been detained in China on bribery and corruption charges, the country's public security ministry said 13 days after he went missing. Meng's disappearance was made public on Friday, when French authorities...

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will visit Ethiopia and Eritrean next month, according to R.it. The Prime Minister will be in Addis Ababa in the first half of October, most probably the 11th, for a bilateral agreement with Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed. After Ethiopia, he...

Somália has joined al-Shabab - but not in the way you might think. Wergiton do Rosario Calmon, better known as Somália, has spent the past three years with France's Toulouse FC. But the 29-year-old Brazilian has now signed with Saudi football team Al-Shabab FC. While al-Shabab, meaning...

'A number of pedestrians' injured after the vehicle drove into security barriers outside Houses of Parliament. A man has been arrested after his car crashed into security barriers outside the UK's Houses of Parliament and injured several people. London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement on...

Two leaders praise 'very fruitful' round of closed-door talks held in the Finnish capital Helsinki. President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump have committed to improving relations between the United States and Russia, with Putin saying there was no longer any reason for tensions between the superpowers. The...

(Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in elections on Sunday, citing what he said was a public mandate for him and the alliance led by his ruling AK Party. https://twitter.com/HornDiplomat/status/1010985224040341504?s=19 Erdogan the most popular leader in recent Turkish history, said there would be no...