Venezuela: more than 8 million grant government more power
Venezuelan electoral authorities said more than 8 million people voted Sunday to create a constitutional assembly endowing President Nicolas Maduro's ruling socialist party with virtually unlimited...
View ArticleTurnout in Venezuela assembly vote another point of conflict
The official turnout figure in Venezuela's vote to create a constitutional assembly becomes another point of conflict in the political divide paralyzing the country
View ArticleThe Latest: EU concerned for future of Venezuelan democracy
The European Union says it is concerned about the future of democracy in Venezuela after the widely-criticized vote to elect a powerful constitutional assembly
View ArticleAlbanian drone-flying soccer fan seeks asylum in Croatia
An Albanian soccer fan detained on a Serbian warrant for allegedly flying a drone with a nationalist banner during a high-risk match has asked for political asylum in Croatia to avoid extradition
View ArticleUK PM's office says free movement from EU will end in 2019
Prime Minister Theresa May's office says free movement to Britain from European Union countries will end when the U.K. leaves the bloc in March 2019, but it's uncertain what migration arrangements will...
View ArticleFILE- In this Friday, June 23, 2017 file photo British Prime Minister Theresa...
FILE- In this Friday, June 23, 2017 file photo British Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to address a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. May's office said on Monday, July 31, 2017 that...
View ArticleRomanian official: Russian deputy PM tried to flout EU ban
Romania's foreign minister says Russia's deputy prime minister "deliberately" tried to enter Romanian airspace knowing that he is on a list of officials banned from the European Union
View ArticleTeen guilty of manslaughter over death of Polish man in UK
A 16-year-old boy has been convicted of manslaughter for killing a Polish man whose death raised concerns about hate crime in Britain
View ArticleRudisha withdraws from world championships with thigh injury
Olympic 800-meter champion and world-record holder David Rudisha has withdrawn from the world championships after straining a thigh muscle in a training session in Kenya
View ArticleStocks inch up as media and bank gains cancel out tech dip
Stocks finish slightly higher as cable companies rise and banks gain ground as well
View ArticleMaduro says he will radically overhaul Venezuela's system
President Nicolas Maduro brushed off new U.S. sanctions and condemnation at home and abroad of the newly chosen constitutional assembly, saying the vote has given him a popular mandate to radically...
View ArticleEurozone economy picked up speed in the second quarter
Europe's economic expansion kept on rolling and even picked up a little speed in the fourth quarter
View ArticleEU anti-fraud office wraps up Volkswagen loans probe
The European Union's anti-fraud office says it has completed an investigation into possible misuse of EU loans by Volkswagen amid the automaker's diesel emissions scandal and sent a recommendation to...
View ArticleEU: 23 cities keen to host UK-based agencies post-Brexit
The European Union says 23 cities want to host the bloc's medicines and banking agencies, which are based in Britain but must move before the country leaves the EU in 2019
View ArticleFormer Greek statistics chief convicted for breach of duty
High court in Greece convicts country's former statistics chief to two years in prison for breach of duty, but lawyer says ruling is 'resounding victory' after he is cleared on main allegations
View ArticleItaly focuses on Libya mission to manage migrant crisis
Italy is putting its hopes for managing the migrant crisis on a new, Libya-requested mission to support its coast guard, despite suffering a rebuke by humanitarian groups
View ArticleOff-Broadway play 'Lost and Guided' tells the stories of Syrian refugees in...
Writer/director Irene Kapustina took much of the play's dialogue from transcripts of interviews with Syrian refugees.
View ArticleMacedonia, Bulgaria sign historic treaty, renounce rivalry
Macedonia and neighboring Bulgaria sign a landmark friendship agreement designed to dampen a historic rivalry in a section of the Balkans where many countries remain at odds over old ethnic and...
View ArticleThe Latest: 2 Venezuelan judges shelter in Chilean residence
Two judges appointed by Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly have taken refuge in the residence of the Chilean ambassador in Caracas
View ArticleEU warns Poland not to defy court ban on forest logging
The European Union is warning Poland not to continue logging in Europe's last pristine woodland after Warsaw vowed to defy a ruling by the EU's top court to stop cutting down trees in the Bialowieza...
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