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Hundreds of London employees of the American bank JPMorgan are more or less forced to relocate to mainland Europe in the event of a hard Brexit. They can sign a contract...

Almost five years after the coup in Thailand, the residents can go to the polls again to choose a new parliament. More than 51 million voters are allowed until 11 am Dutch time on Sunday...

With players like Netflix, Videoland and Amazon Prime Video, the playing field of streaming video is already busy. Yet with Apple, the next giant is ready to join in this fight. And Apple...

British Prime Minister Theresa May has agreed with President Jean-Claude Juncker of the European Commission an adjustment to her Brexit agreement. With this new deal she hopes for support for her...

The Thai Supreme Court has, as expected, banned the major opposition party Thai Raksa Chart (TRC). The magistrates state that the TRC, which is closely linked to the former prime minister...

The Russian security service FSB has asked a judge in Moscow to extend the detention of the American ex-navy man Paul Whelan by three months until the end of May. That has news agency...

British Prime Minister Theresa May is planning to hold the second vote on her Brexit deal only at the end of February, one month before the official exit from the European Union. That writes The...

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has proposed Saturday to hold early parliamentary elections this year. The socialist leader tried to defuse the threat that...

Venezuelan parliament president Juan Guaidó, who declared himself interim president, accuses the authorities of trying to intimidate his family. He states that the...

For the annual State of the Union speech by the American president, a new date is sought as soon as the government offices have been reopened. That has the President of the House of...

A record number of Britons has secured its membership of the European Union by applying for an Irish passport. Almost 100,000 Britons requested the nationality of the neighboring country. Last…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wants to hold more summits next year with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to meet the goal of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

The police arrested two people on Monday because of the attack in the French city of Strasbourg. They are suspected of having played a role in getting hold of the used...

Right-wing organizations and youth associations in Belgium are allowed to hold their 'March against Marrakesh' on Sunday.

The British Conservative party has received sufficient support to put a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Theresa May to the vote. British media reported this on the basis of sources...

The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, announced on Monday that the upcoming EU summit is one that is about the Brexit. That the European leaders would also talk about the brexit at their already planned summit, seemed indisputable, but Tusk tweeted Monday night that he will hold 'a European top over the brexit' on Thursday.

The French government will not shut down further nuclear plants until 2022, in addition to the already announced closure of the plant in Fessenheim. In a long-awaited speech on energy politics, President Emmanuel Macron said that France will not completely ban atomic energy. In 2022 his (first) term ends as president.

Heavy fighting between Islamic State and US-backed troops has led to dozens of deaths in recent days. That reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Pakistani police arrested the radical muslim-minded Khadim Hussain Rizvi. His son said that the clergyman was arrested in his madrassa (religious school) in the eastern city of Lahore. In the summer, Rizvi was the driving force behind protest marches against Geert Wilders' plan to hold a cartoon contest about the Prophet Muhammad.

A bomb attack at a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu killed 19 people on Friday. Among them are six suspected Muslim fighters. The explosions could be heard in the wide area and were followed by a weapon.

If the Democrats use their newly acquired majority in the House of Representatives to start all kinds of investigations into Donald Trump and his entourage, the president will not be left unanswered. 'Then we will be forced to consider investigating all leaks of secret information and many other cases from the Senate,' said Trump via Twitter.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Saudi King Salman by telephone to condemn the murder of critical journalist Jamal Khashoggi 'sharply.' According to a spokesperson, she demanded 'fast, clear and credible explanation' on Thursday evening. Riyadh must hold the perpetrators to account.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Ankara on Wednesday. He will hold interviews with Turkish officials about the disappearance of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The EU leaders hold their annual autumn summit in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, which actually consists of three summits. With two of them, about the brexit and the euro, the British Prime Minister Theresa May is not welcome. As the bird in a cuckoo clock, she will appear and disappear at set times.

The British Defense Minister Gavin Williamson confirmed his belief in NATO and underlined the special relationship with Germany. He said in an interview with the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung that the United Kingdom will keep military personnel stationed in Germany after the Brexit.

Elon Musk and Tesla have reached a settlement on Saturday with the US stock market watchdog SEC. As part of the settlement, Musk must resign within 45 days as CEO of Tesla and he may not hold that position for three years, according to the SEC. Musk and Tesla must also each pay a fine of 20 million dollars, some 17.2 million euros.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany, Cardinal Marx, has apologized for all forms of sexual abuse within the church over the past decades. He did so during the presentation of a comprehensive study into the abuse of children and young people.

The British opposition party Labor is in favor of a new referendum on the Brexit, including the possibility to vote in favor of EU membership. This has Labor spokesman Keir Starmer who has the brexit in his portfolio, at the party congress in Liverpool said.

It is scaring in New Bern. Residents of the little town in North Carolina who return from their hiding places see the damage of Florence with displeasure. The hurricane has kept a good hold- and the danger has not yet passed.

Passengers aboard an Indian plane have experienced an anxious moment due to a problem with cabin pressure. Thirty of the 166 passengers had blood from their ears and nose, according to the newspaper Hindustan Times, civil aviation authority DGCA reports. Occupants also got a headache.