U.S. officials broke into residences at Russia’s consulate in San Francisco, the foreign ministry in Moscow said, threatening retaliation over what it called a hostile and illegal act. Russian staff had left the consulate last month, after Washington ordered Moscow to vacate some of its diplomatic properties, part of a series of tit-for-tat actions during […]

Stocks in Europe still have room to push higher in the next few years despite a series of political pressures weighing on sentiment in the region, equity analysts told CNBC. “Core Europe remains one of the preferred markets for us and one we believe offers attractive opportunities for investors over a multi-year time period,” Jeff […]

A telecommunications start-up has raised £255 million ($338 million) from investors including Russian tycoon and soccer club owner Roman Abramovich. London-based Truphone said Tuesday it raised the funds in a rights issue, which is when a business sells new shares. Truphone said it would use the capital to erase all existing debt, expand its mobile […]

The U.K. will not “cut and paste” existing European trade agreements once a deal for Brexit has been completed, the country’s trade chief told CNBC Tuesday. Liam Fox, the U.K.’s international trade secretary, denied that he ever implied that the current agreements would be closely replicated to ensure the British economy isn’t affected by Brexit. […]

A general strike in Catalonia on Tuesday will likely bring much of the wealthy Spanish region to a standstill, a move bound to ratchet up tensions with the Spanish government following a fractious independence vote at the weekend. A large number of pro-separatist trade unions, businesses, schools, transport networks and cultural institutions – even the […]

European stocks are set to open higher on Tuesday morning as political concerns ease slightly and investors focus on data releases. The FTSE 100 is seen up by 8 points at 7,437; the DAX 30 is set to start the day up by 36 points at 12,930 and the CAC 40 is expected to open […]

Police fired rubber bullets, wrestled protesters, smashed doorways and carted off ballot boxes in several parts of Barcelona on Sunday, as long lines of people voted in an independence referendum that could radically reshape politics across a divided region. The outbreaks of police violence at a handful of polling locations served to heighten tensions in […]

Relations between Catalonia’s separatist government and Madrid have hit their lowest point in years following an outlawed referendum vote Sunday, deepening a constitutional crisis in Spain. Political analysts and economists are now questioning what could happen next following the vote in Catalonia, which saw Spanish riot police clash with pro-independence voters, leaving hundreds injured. Catalan […]

The Catalan government said around 2.26 million people had cast a ballot in a banned referendum to leave Spain on Sunday and 90 percent of them had voted in favor of secession. This represents a turnout of around 42.3 percent of Catalonia’s 5.34 million voters. Source: cnbc Catalan government says 90 percent voted to leave […]

French soldiers shot and a killed a man on Sunday after he stabbed to death two women at Marseille’s main train station, the French interior ministry said, in what police sources called a “likely terrorist act”. Three police sources said the suspect had shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) as he carried out his attack. […]