Europe

Three Catalan independence leaders jailed over their role in the Spanish region’s independence vote are appealing to the United Nations. They argue their imprisonment is unlawful. Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart have lodged their...

Twenty-eight Russian athletes have had their Olympic doping bans overturned, plunging the International Olympic Committee’s policy on Russian doping into chaos a week before the 2018 Winter Games begin in Pyeongchang. In a dramatic development on...

Campaigners for the rights of EU citizens in the UK have predicted “utter chaos” in Britain after Theresa May vowed to stop freedom of movement for all Europeans coming to the country next March. Activists in Europe campaigning...

Interpol has circulated a list of 50 suspected Islamic State fighters who it believes have recently landed in Italy by boat, and may be attempting to reach other European countries. The list, obtained by the Guardian, was drafted...

A 50-strong commission representing most strands of Syrian society will draft a new constitution for the country, the UN and Russia have agreed at the end of a peace conference put together by Vladimir Putin in the Russian...

Angela Merkel’s CDU has agreed with Social Democrats to set a monthly cap on family reunions. The agreement removes a major obstacle in the grand coalition negotiations. The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) took one of...

he government’s Brexit policy is so chaotic that it is hiding from the voters the results of its own analysis, which predicts a hit to the economy of up to 8% over the next 15 years. Asked...

Russia is set to continue its campaign of meddling in foreign elections by targeting the congressional midterm races in America, the head of the CIA has warned. Mike Pompeo, the director of the agency, told the BBC...

The British government will be warned on Monday not to ignore the unfinished business of the EU divorce if it wants to secure a Brexit trade and transition deal. Six weeks after EU leaders gave their blessing to...

Well, that was relatively straightforward It turns out that the fear of the Nations League draw is far worse than the Nations League draw itself. Now that the draw has been made and the groups decided,...