International

WASHINGTON UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Mohamed El-Amine Souef on Tuesday as special representative for Central Africa and head of...

BERLIN The US has told European allies it plans to significantly cut its military contributions to NATO and urged them...

BRUSSELS Italy’s leading business association Confindustria warned Tuesday that rising energy costs pose an “existential threat” to companies, while calling...

TOKYO Japan has approved an additional $3.2 billion spending package aimed at easing rising electricity and gas costs as tensions...

PARIS The French government will present a new child protection bill to the Cabinet on Wednesday aimed at tightening safeguards...

MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said Moscow attaches “great importance” to strengthening its “traditionally friendly ties” with African...

MOSCOW Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday described Algeria as a "key partner" in Africa. He made the comments as...

BRUSSELS Several major NATO allies, including the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Canada, blocked a proposal to commit 0.25% of...

HELSINKI Finland will introduce new customs charges on low-cost online purchases from outside the European Union beginning in July, amid...

MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa reaffirmed Monday their commitment to strengthening bilateral...