Macron Ethiopia visit raises hopes for ancient stone-carved churches
AFP | Priest Mekonnen Fatne stood among his Ethiopian Orthodox faithful, looking upon a nine-centuries-old church they feared could be wrecked at any minute. Over...
Britain, EU hit brick wall on Brexit deal
AFP | Britain and the EU were at loggerheads on Friday as Prime Minister Theresa May's call for "one more push" to secure a Brexit...
Strike, protests mark International Women’s Day in Spain
AFP | For the second year running, Spanish women went on strike Friday for International Women's Day, with several protests kicking off over what has...
Three ‘explosive devices’ found in London
AFP | British counter-terrorism officers are investigating three "small improvised explosive devices" believed capable of starting small fires that were found in separate locations in...
Brexit talks resume as divorce day looms
AFP | The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier meets Britain's negotiating team on Tuesday as both sides seek a breakthrough with just weeks to...
Outbreak of anti-Semitism forces France to confront painful past
AFP | A surge in anti-Semitic violence and hate speech has prompted soul-searching for many in France, which has long wrestled with its history of...
EU ready to give Britain conditional Brexit extra-time
AFP | The European Union is ready to give Britain some extra-time beyond the March 29 deadline to achieve Brexit -- albeit with strings attached. "If...
Belgium wins appeal on repatriation of children from Syria
AFP | Belgium won an appeal Wednesday against a ruling ordering it to repatriate six children of Belgian jihadists living in a refugee camp with...
UK PM opens way to three-month Brexit delay
AFP | Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Tuesday to allow parliament to delay Brexit by up to three months to avoid Britain crashing out...
Irish tomb raiders steal head of 800-year-old crusader
AFP | Tomb-raiding vandals have stolen the head of an 800-year-old mummified body known as the 'Crusader' from a Dublin crypt, the local vicar told...
50 years since iconic Paris market uprooted
AFP | In the early hours of Friday, February 28, 1969, Parisians headed to the centuries-oldfresh food market in the heart of the city to...
‘Flying bulldog’: World’s largest bee rediscovered
AFP | The world’s largest bee — a giant insect roughly the size of a human thumb — has been rediscovered in a remote part...