A far-right organization that had videos retweeted by President Donald Trump was one of several white nationalist Twitter accounts suspended Monday. Trump caused controversy in November after he retweeted anti-Muslim videos originally posted on Twitter by the organization Britain First. The U.S. leader was criticized by the U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May who said he […]

British police arrested a man who tried to force his way into a military base in central England used by the U.S. air force, triggering a brief lockdown. The Mildenhall Royal Air Force base said security staff locked down the base, used by the United States to refuel U.S. and NATO aircraft in Europe, at […]

U.S. plans to reform its tax system should not hurt its trade partners, the incoming euro zone finance chief told CNBC on Wednesday. Mario Centeno, the current finance minister of Portugal who will take over as Eurogroup president on January 13, said that tax policy should be coordinated in a way that prevents disruptions to […]

European stocks are poised to open lower on Thursday morning, as investors reacted to the U.S. Federal Reserve‘s decision to raise interest rates. The FTSE 100 is seen 22 points lower at 7,478; the German DAX is expected to start down by 47 points at 13,082 while the CAC 40 is seen off by 11 […]

NATO has warned that U.S. concern over Iranian terror activity should not spell the end of a fragile nuclear deal. In 2015, a group of countries that included the U.S., agreed to ease sanctions on Iran if the country agreed to curtail development of its nuclear program. Since coming to power in January, U.S. President […]

The question of the border separating the Irish Republic and the U.K. province of Northern Ireland has thrown a massive — and for some, emotional — wrench in the British government’s plans to move Brexit talks along. The European Union (EU) and U.K. are at odds over the outcome of the 310-mile Irish border, with […]

President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday he would seek re-election in March 2018, a contest opinion polls show he will win comfortably, setting the stage for him to extend his dominance of Russia’s political landscape into a third decade. Putin, 65, has been in power, either as president or prime minister, since 2000. If he […]

The chief executive officer of Greece’s largest lender expects that the emergency liquidity assistance given by the European Central Bank (ECB) will end in 2018. “We have increased our deposits significantly. We are above the year-end of 2016. We reduced the emergency liquidity assistance that the banks are receiving from the ECB as well, and […]

China is outpacing the U.S. and other countries in a global race to secure supplies of an all-important element for electric cars. China has emerged as the leading market player for electric and hybrid cars, accounting for approximately half of global sales. And with the world’s second-largest economy keen to develop the industry within its […]

Household debt levels in Canada are higher than in any other country, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In a preliminary version of the report, set to be released fully next month, the OECD found Canada’s household debt ranked as the highest among the 35 developed and developing […]