France, Iran trade barbs as powers struggle to reach nuclear deal
By John Irish, Parisa Hafezi and Justyna Pawlak France and Iran traded tough words on Thursday as major powers struggled to finalise an interim deal...
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Merkel defends German surplus against international criticism
By Stephen Brown Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended Germany against international criticism that it was not doing enough to reduce its high trade surpluses...
French police arrest Paris shooting suspect
French police have arrested a man they suspect shot a newspaper employee and fired at a bank this week, saying he had been jailed in...
Paris police release photos of gunman in bid to track him down
By Gerard Bon French police seeking help from the public in capturing a fugitive gunman circulated pictures of his face on Tuesday a day after...
Ronaldo deals first blow in playoff, great night for Greece
A late flying header from Cristiano Ronaldo gave Portugal a 1-0 win over Sweden in the first leg of their World Cup qualifying playoff on...
With France stalling, eurozone recovery comes to near halt
By Leigh Thomas and Martin Santa The euro zone economy all but stagnated in the third quarter with France’s recovery fizzling out and slower expansion...
Le Pen, Wilders call for Eurosceptic bloc in EU assembly
By Thomas Escritt and Anthony Deutsch Eurosceptics Geert Wilders of the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen of France called on Wednesday for like-minded parties across...
Iran, powers extend talks to clinch elusive nuclear deal
Iran and six world powers extended high-stakes talks over Tehran’s nuclear program into an unscheduled third day on Saturday, as their top diplomats labored to...
Al Qaeda claim for French journalist killings ‘plausible’- minister
By Nicholas Vinocur Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s (AQIM) claim of responsibility for the killing of two French journalists in northern Mali last week...
Storm kills five in UK and Netherlands, causes travel chaos (update three)
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Anthony Deutsch HURRICANE STRENGTH winds battered Britain and the Netherlands on Monday, killing five people, cutting power and forcing the cancellation...
EU sends team to US to seek clarity on spying allegations
By Charlie Dunmore A delegation of lawmakers from the European Union will travel to Washington on Monday to seek a response to allegations of widespread...
Germany, France to unite in anger over US spying accusations
By Luke Baker German and French accusations that the United States has run spying operations in their countries, including possibly bugging Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile...
Merkel calls Obama over suspicion US monitored her phone
The German government has obtained information that the United States may have monitored the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel and she called President Barack...
France summons US ambassador over spying report
By Adrian Croft and Arshad Mohammed France summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday to protest allegations in Le Monde newspaper about large-scale spying on French...
Hollande says schoolgirl may return to France after expulsion
By Nicholas Vinocur President Francois Hollande said on Saturday that a 15-year-old schoolgirl whose expulsion from France has sparked uproar could return to pursue her...
Iran says powers receptive to ideas for ending nuclear stand-off
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday world powers were receptive to Tehran’s proposals for easing the stand-off over its nuclear programme and...
Syria, Security Council and French initiatives
By Andrestinos Papadopoulos After 17 months of inaction, due to three vetoes of China and Russia to draft resolutions submitted by France and its partners,...
US, Russia agree on Syria UN chemical arms measure
By John Irish and Michelle Nichols Ending weeks of diplomatic deadlock, the United States and Russia agreed on Thursday on a U.N. Security Council draft...
Big 5 agree core of UN Syria resolution
The United States, Russia, France, China and Britain have agreed on the core of a U.N Security Council resolution to rid Syria of its chemical...
European arrest warrants issued for job scammers
EUROPEAN arrest warrants have been issued for three men, a Tunisian, a Bulgarian and Greek national, in connection with a scam involving over €260,000 taken from...
