AFP, PARIS: The EU’s traditional power couple France and Germany expressed mounting alarm Saturday at key decisions by US President Donald Trump in his first week in office, saying they raised many issues of concern. French President Francois Hollande vowed a “firm” response to a growing…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Donald Trump hurtled through his first week in power, punching out at critics, dishing up “alternative facts,” polarizing…

AFP, BAGHDAD: An Iraqi paramilitary umbrella group fighting against jihadists called Sunday for Baghdad to bar Americans from the country after Washington began preventing the entry of citizens of states including Iraq. President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring citizens of Iraq, Syria,…

AFP, LONDON: An MP from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party on Saturday revealed he would be barred from entering the US under President Donald Trump’s immigration clampdown, presenting his boss with a diplomatic headache. Iraqi-born MP Nadhim Zahawi tweeted that he had…

AFP, ADEN: A US raid in Yemen killed 41 suspected Al-Qaeda militants and 16 civilians on Sunday, an offiial said, in what would be America’s first military action in the country under President Donald Trump. Eight women and eight children were among those killed in the dawn raid in Yakla district,…

AFP, PARIS: French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon on Sunday faced fresh allegations of misusing public funds following claims that his wife had been paid for a fake parliamentary job. French investigative website Mediapart reported late Saturday that Fillon had pocketed money personally while…

AFP, ISLAMABAD: A third Pakistani activist who went missing earlier this month is safe, his family told AFP Sunday, a day after two of the other disappeared men were confirmed secure. The activist, named only as Asim by his family for safety reasons, was among five who went missing more than two weeks…