Urgent Summit To Deal With Calais Migrants

An emergency government meeting has been held to make sure Britain has preparations in place to deal with migrants in the event of another wildcat strike in France.

Thousands March In Anti-Austerity Protests

Tens of thousands of people have marched across the country in demonstrations against austerity and spending cuts.

Hillary Clinton expected to announce presidential run as soon as this weekend

Hillary Clinton is expected to announce her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 as early as this weekend, facing no substantial competition but needing to get her organization in place for the long battle to come.

Israel's Netanyahu draws rebuke from Obama over Iran speech to Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States on Tuesday that it was negotiating a bad deal with Iran that could spark a "nuclear nightmare," drawing a rebuke from President Barack Obama and exposing a deepening U.S.-Israeli rift.

House breaks impasse, passes security funding without provisions

A chaotic three-month-long fight in Congress over funding the U.S. domestic security agency ended on Tuesday, but not before it highlighted House Speaker John Boehner's inability to halt the Republican Party's further descent into disorder.

Homeland Security funding drama darkens U.S. fiscal outlook

Congress narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the U.S. domestic security agency late on Friday night, but the forces behind the chaotic episode remain - fractious Republicans and House Speaker John Boehner's lack of control over them.

White House hopeful Walker: Union battles prepared him to take on Islamic State

Potential Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker told grassroots conservatives on Thursday that his battle with labor unions as Wisconsin's governor had given him the mettle needed to take on militant groups like Islamic State.

Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline, leaving it in limbo

President Barack Obama on Tuesday, as promised, swiftly vetoed a Republican bill approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, leaving the long-debated project in limbo for another indefinite period.

President to pay official visit to Russia on 24-27 February

The Cyprus problem, bilateral relations and international and regional developments will be discussed during the meetings President Nicos Anastasiades will hold in the Russian Federation, during his official visit between 24 and 27 February.

Obama: countering violent extremism depends on Muslim support

President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on American Muslim communities to do more to counter what he called "violent extremism," speaking at a three-day White House summit on the issue.

Cyprus President meets with European leaders

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades had on Thursday separate meetings with European Parliament President Martin Schulz and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides has said.

Exclusive: U.S. pressing Cuba to restore diplomatic ties before April - officials

 The United States is pressing Cuba to allow the opening of its embassy in Havana by April, U.S. officials told Reuters, despite the Communist island's demand that it first be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.