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British Prime Minister Theresa May is traveling to Brussels Thursday in a new attempt to reopen talks with the European Union on the Brexit divorce agreement and is bracing for a clash with European Council President Donald Tusk and Commission President

Germany’s antitrust watchdog on Thursday announced a crackdown on Facebook’s data collection practices after ruling the world’s largest social network abused its market dominance to gather information about users without their knowledge or consent. Facebook said it would appeal the landmark

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe struck a conciliatory tone with Russia at an annual rally Thursday to demand the return of small isles claimed by both nations. Speaking at a rally of former residents of four islands seized by Russia in

The United States warned its citizens in Kenya on Monday that “credible information indicates Westerners may be targeted by extremists”. The warning comes just weeks after a deadly al-Shabab attack on an upmarket hotel in the capital, Nairobi, in which at

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday said the country must develop new types of missile systems in the next two years after Washington and Moscow ripped up a key arms control treaty. The United States has repeatedly accused Russia of

At least 226 people in India have died so far this year from an outbreak of swine flu. The H1N1 virus claimed 31 lives in the past week, local media reported Monday, citing statistics from India’s Health Ministry. Nationwide, 6,601 people

A fire in a Paris apartment building killed at least eight people and injured around 30 in the early hours of Tuesday, authorities said. A 40-year-old female resident was detained at the scene as police opened an investigation into voluntary arson

Pope Francis held a historic public Mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at an Abu Dhabi stadium on Tuesday on the first ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula. The pope waved at an enthusiastic crowd carrying Vatican flags and banners