Silvio Berlusconi has tipped European Parliament President Antonio Tajani as his choice for Italian premier after leading his rightwing coalition in a public display of unity just days ahead of a general election.
In self-exile in Belgium and wanted in Spain, Catalonia’s deposed leader Carles Puigdemont has abandoned his bid to return as regional president in an attempt to unblock the region’s political crisis.
British Prime Minister Theresa May will detail plans today for a new economic relationship with the EU after Brexit, amid heightened tensions with Brussels over the implications for Northern Ireland.
Heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards has been lashing Europe, forcing airports to cancel or delay flights around the continent, as a deep freeze gripped countries from the far north to Mediterranean beaches in the south.
A high-level North Korean delegation reiterated the country's existing position on joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States when they visited the South for the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics, the unification minister was quoted on Thursday as saying.
Britain set out new proposals on Wednesday for the rights of EU citizens who settle there during a post-Brexit transition period, seeking to bridge the divide with Brussels over the issue.
Fresh heavy snowfalls and icy blizzards were expected to lash Europe on Thursday as the region shivers in a deadly deep-freeze that has gripped countries from the far north to the Mediterranean south.
Hope Hicks, one of Donald Trump's longest-serving aides and perhaps his most trusted confidante, on Wednesday announced her resignation in the latest of a string of departures from the embattled White House.
President Donald Trump is willing to start market liberalisation talks with Japan and four other Trans-Pacific Partnership members which do not have free trade agreements with the United States, the Office of the US Trade Representative said on Wednesday.
Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut returned to Earth on Wednesday, rounding off a mission of more than five months aboard the International Space Station.
EU negotiator Michel Barnier will unveil a long-awaited draft Brexit divorce treaty today which threatens to trigger new arguments with Britain on key issues.
Republican leaders rebuffed calls for major changes to US gun laws Tuesday following the mass shooting at a Florida high school, as students braced for their emotional return to the campus where 14 classmates and three staff were murdered.
Communication blackouts and blocked roads were hampering rescue efforts Wednesday as Papua New Guinea worked to get a better grasp of the damage wrought by a massive earthquake amid fears of its economic impact.
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior aide Jared Kushner has lost his top-level security clearance, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday, a decision with potentially profound implications for the US administration.
Turkey on Monday said it had formally asked for the extradition of one of the most prominent leaders of the Syrian Kurds, who was detained by Czech police at the weekend at Ankara's request.
One man died and several were injured on Monday when thousands of young people erected barricades and blocked traffic in the Guinean capital Conakry as mass strikes gripped the city.
Saudi King Salman on Monday replaced top military commanders including the chief of staff, state media said, in a major shake-up of the kingdom’s defence establishment.
A South Korean parliamentary committee on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at shortening legal working hours despite businesses' concerns over its possible impact on corporate productivity.
Russia vetoed on Monday a UN draft resolution presented by Britain and strongly backed by the United States that would have pressured Iran over its failure to block supplies of missiles to Yemen's Huthi rebels.
A conservative rural politician who once expressed strong anti-gay views was today chosen to replace scandal-plagued Barnaby Joyce as Australia's deputy prime minister after he resigned over an affair with his now-pregnant aide.
