June 29, 2015 - Page 2

Temperatures soared above 40 degrees (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across Spain and Portugal on Monday, prompting heat alerts, raising the risk of wildfires and drawing crowds to beaches and fountains. Spain’s national weather

Israel has approved extending a security barrier to part of its eastern border with Jordan in a bid to keep out militants and illegal migrants, the prime minister’s office said Monday. Prime

Mali’s government appealed for calm on Monday after jihadists ransacked a town near the Ivory Coast border in the second attack in the south in less than three weeks. Fighters carrying an

Russia, Ukraine and the European Union will try to reach a deal in Vienna on Tuesday to ensure Russian gas supplies next winter, a European source said Monday. The European Commission said

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday urged countries around the world to proactively help fight the Islamic State (IS) group instead of expecting others to do the “heavy-lifting”, as the jihadists

European ministers on Monday laid flowers at the Tunisian beach where a jihadist gunned down 38 people as Britain’s David Cameron, whose country was hardest hit, called for fightback against extremism. British

A man who beheaded his boss in France has denied any religious motivation, investigative sources said Monday, muddying efforts to pin down the reasons for an attack which bore the hallmarks of

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to support Syria’s government “politically, economically and militarily,” the war-torn country’s Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said in Moscow on Monday. “I received a promise from President

For Amir Moghtader the waiting has become a torment. Uncertainty is the cause, but as the clock ticks down he still hopes there can be a nuclear deal for Iran. “I don’t