Europe

  France has announced a controversial plan to build more than 30 new prisons in a declared bid to avoid…

  Catalonia’s regional parliament has voted in favor of holding a referendum on independence from mainland Spain next year despite…

  Italy says over 4,000 stranded refugees were rescued at sea in a single day of naval operations through the…

  Moscow says it has deployed the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system to Syria in a bid to defend Russia’s naval…

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says a recent breakdown in the Washington-Moscow agreement on a ceasefire in Syria should…

  Russia has summoned the Dutch ambassador over the results of a criminal investigation that implicate Moscow in the downing…

  Russia has underlined that its aerial campaign in Syria against positions of foreign-backed terrorists has been “highly effective,” dismissing allegations…

  Germany has promised to exercise pressure on the United States to act on its commitment of “effectively” removing sanctions…

  Bulgaria has imposed a nationwide ban on the face-covering Islamic headdress worn by Muslim women amid similar moves by some…

  Greece says Turkey is endangering bilateral relations by deriding the 1923 Lausanne Treaty that defined the modern boundaries between…

  The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says France’s “wrong” policies are the reason behind the crisis in Syria. “Everyone knows…

  Amnesty International has slammed the government in Hungary for the alleged ill treatment of refugees on its soil and…