Over 6 million EU citizens apply to settle in post-Brexit UK
LONDON — More than 6 million European Union citizens applied to settle in the U.K. before the end-June deadline that the British government had...
Man charged with ‘common assault’ of top UK medical officer
LONDON — Police in London said a man charged with common assault after England’s chief medical officer was harassed in a park in central...
EXPLAINER: Deterring tax avoidance by global companies
A broad swathe of countries have agreed on a major overhaul of how they tax the world's biggest companies when they do business across...
Greece: Far-right party’s fugitive deputy leader jailed
ATHENS, Greece — The fugitive deputy leader of Greece’s extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party was jailed on Friday, hours after his capture by the...
UN documents prisoners’ torture, abuse in Ukrainian conflict
KYIV, Ukraine — Prisoners taken by the warring parties in the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine have endured systematic torture, sexual violence and other...
No lockdown plans in Russia as virus deaths hit new record
MOSCOW — Russian authorities reported a record-breaking 679 new coronavirus deaths on Friday, a fourth day in a row with the highest daily death...
Belarus leader says alleged foreign-backed plots thwarted
KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed Friday that his government has thwarted a series of purported Western-backed plots, and ordered the...
38 Albanians arrested in Italian-led drug trafficking probe
TIRANA, Albania — Some 38 Albanian nationals including a prosecutor, a government department head and three senior police officers have been arrested for drug...
New EU presidency to press Bulgaria on enlargement dispute
SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Slovenian President Borut Pahor said Friday he will travel to Bulgaria next week to try and resolve a dispute holding...
Hungary PM calls EU leaders ‘colonialists’ in LGBT law feud
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday accused European leaders of acting like “colonialists" in their criticism of a controversial law...