ROME: Legal troubles have haunted Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, who faces a verdict on charges of bribery on Saturday, ever since the larger-than-life billionaire entered politics in the...

PARIS:French President Nicolas Sarkozy was gaining on his Socialist rival after officially announcing his re-election bid last week but still faces a tough challenge, a poll indicated on...

LONDON: BRIC countries have not become less vulnerable to global shocks despite their strong economic growth over the past four years, a survey showed on Monday.

MOSCOW: Russian strongman Vladimir Putin vowed Monday that Russia would strengthen its military might and offer an "asymmetrical and effective" response to the deployment of a NATO missile...

MADRID: Tens of thousands of people, many waving red and white union flags, protested across Spain on Sunday against sweeping labour market reforms that make it easier to slash pay and lay...

EVILLE: Spain's governing Popular Party on Saturday re-elected Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as its leader, at a congress in the southern city of Seville where he vowed he would pursue his...