French govt retreats on fuel tax hikes

The French government's compromise on fuel tax hikes after Paris' worst rioting in decades will not easily extinguish the anger of protesters as their concerns have become more wide-ranging, experts say.

Putin says Russia will respond if US exits INF

Russia opposes the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and it will respond "in an appropriate manner", Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

May suffers setbacks over Brexit debate

The UK government became the first in the nation's history to lose a contempt of Parliament vote over its handling of legal advice about its proposed Brexit deal.

Rouhani: If Iran can't export oil from Gulf, nobody can

GENEVA/BRUSSELS - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has made an apparent threat to disrupt other countries' oil shipments through the Gulf if Washington presses ahead with efforts to halt Iranian oil exports.

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MPs begin mammoth Brexit debate

Members of UK's Parliament kicked off five days of debate on Tuesday to rake over the Brexit deal negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May.

Indonesia probes shooting of workers

WAMENA, Indonesia - Indonesia is investigating reports that 31 construction workers were shot dead by separatist rebels in restive Papua province, the public works minister said on Tuesday, as he halted construction in the area.

Frustrated migrants from caravan breach US border

TIJUANA, Mexico - Central American migrants stuck on the threshold of the United States in Mexico breached the border fence on Monday, risking almost certain detention by US authorities but hoping the illegal entry will allow them to apply for asylum.

NATO treads carefully as sea spat between Ukraine and Russia lingers

BRUSSELS - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has demanded Russia end its naval standoff with Ukraine, but refused to pledge new support for Kiev as the alliance seeks to avoid escalating the crisis.

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Washington to bid farewell to Bush

HOUSTON - The United States' national farewell to George H.W. Bush was expected to begin on Monday with the transfer of his casket aboard the presidential plane from Texas to Washington, where he will lie in state in the rotunda of the US Capitol.

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