The leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel?s party is rejecting calls for an overhaul of the accord underpinning Merkel?s often-fractious coalition government.

British media have slammed Prince Andrew?s effort to rebut claims that he had sex with a woman who says she was trafficked as a teenager by Jeffrey Epstein, branding the interview a public relations disaster.

Egyptian police say nine people were killed when a minibus collided with a small truck on a highway in the southern province of Sohag.

A senior Labour party official says leaks from a report on Russian interference in British politics raises serious questions about the security of next month?s election.

The biennial Dubai Airshow has opened as major Gulf airlines reign back big-ticket purchases after a staggering $140 billion in new orders were announced at the 2013 show before global oil prices collapsed.

The national elections commission in Belarus says more than a third of the country?s voters have cast early ballots in the country?s parliamentary election, raising concerns that the results will be manipulated.

Anti-government protesters in Iraq have closed some roads in response to a call for a strike from an influential cleric.

Venetians are bracing for the prospect of another exceptional tide in a season that is setting records.

Deep in the heart of the conservative South, Louisiana?s voters reelected Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards to a second term, shocking Republicans who had hoped to reclaim the seat on the strength of President Donald Trump?s popularity.

Rising global temperatures are worrying truffle hunters around in the Italian town of Alba, where the most prized specimens can fetch twice the price of gold.