Europe

A Turkish court has sentenced six prominent journalists to life in jail over the country’s failed coup in 2016. Three were sentenced on charges of aiding the network blamed for the coup attempt, TRT Haber TV...

February 14, 2017: Deniz Yücel, the Turkey correspondent for the German daily newspaper Die Welt, goes to Istanbul’s police headquarters to answer questions from investigators. Like other international journalists, the 43-year-old had reported that the Turkish energy...

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said he wants to reach out to Remain voters who still have concerns about Brexit. Johnson said a second Brexit vote would result in another year of “wrangling and turmoil.”...

The only suspect in the April 2017 attack has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges at his start of his trial. Prosecutors say he wanted to “create fear” in the population. An Uzbek asylum seeker has pleaded...

Following the Oxfam sex scandal, the EU says charities risk losing their funding if they do not meet ethical standards. Oxfam’s deputy chief executive has resigned while taking “full responsibility” for the scandal. The European Union...

Two children of the French rock star Johnny Hallyday are to contest his will after he left everything to his fourth wife, Laeticia, who was 32 years his junior. Hallyday’s daughter, Laura Smet, 34, an actor, said she...

Martin Schulz, the leader of Germany’s Social Democratic party, has announced that he will not take up a ministerial post in the next coalition government, despite gaining key roles for his party from Angela Merkel’s Christian...

itcoin’s gyrations have attracted a lot of attention over the past year. Here are some of the most memorable comments from senior figures in world finance. Yves Mersch Yves Mersch, a member of the European Central...

The Bank of England has signalled that an interest rate hike is coming from as early as May and that there are more to come, as the economy accelerates with help from booming global growth. Threadneedle Street said...

The government has launched a crackdown on unpaid internships, sending more than 550 warning letters to companies and setting up enforcement teams to tackle repeat offenders. HM Revenue & Customs is expected to target sectors such...