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EU leaders have agreed tougher rules aimed at making it easier to expel asylum-seekers whose refugee applications are denied, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Friday. The measures are a response to increasing European concern over rising irregular immigration that has become a hot-button issue in several member…

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he might strip his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of France's top honor, but is waiting for the "right moment" to do so. Putin received the Grand-Croix de la Legion d'Honneur, the top rank in France's honors system, in 2006 at a time when Moscow…

The Yemeni government, in cooperation with international organizations, is seeking to build alliances and strategies to confront the growing threat of food insecurity in the country. The authorities began discussions on the "Livelihoods and Improving Resilience in Rural Areas" program, adopted by the UN Development Program (UNDP), the Food and…

The SPFL have responded to tentative links associating Celtic and Rangers with a revamped European Super League plan.

A youthful foreign minister who campaigned as a unifier unconstrained by antiquated ideological and party lines will take on a veteran diplomat with broad voter appeal in a Feb. 12 runoff for the presidency of ethnically divided Cyprus

As MW Ashton, where smokers have gone for 77 years, prepares to shut its doors, its owners bemoan how suspected smuggling has affected competition

The White House said Friday that US President Joe Biden will mark this month's anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a visit to NATO ally Poland to meet with President Andrzej Duda and other eastern European allies. Earlier in the day, Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in Kharkiv,…

German authorities searched the premises of three companies early Thursday as part of an ongoing probe into the possible violation of European Union sanctions against Russia, prosecutors said in a statement.

TikTok Inc. identified a Russian disinformation network spreading war propaganda about Ukraine to more than a hundred thousand European users over the summer, the company disclosed on Thursday.

European Union leaders said on Thursday they would tighten their borders to keep away unwanted immigrants, with some seeking more fences and walls while others would rather spend the money on improving living conditions in worse-off parts of the world.

Greece sent thousands of tents, beds and blankets on Thursday to help the hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by deadly earthquakes in Turkey, in an act of solidarity with a neighbour that is a NATO ally but also a historic foe.