German secret service can continue surveillance of AfD
A German court has ruled that the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, can officially be classified as a suspected extremist group.…
Albanian police use tear gas after protesters try to storm parliament
Police and protesters clashed on the steps of the parliament in Tirana after an attempt to break into the building. Demonstrators are calling for Prime Minister Edi Rama's ouster and have no…
Algeria names Abdelkader Bensalah interim president as protests flare
Parliament chose Abdelkader Bensalah to follow the long-serving Abdelaziz Bouteflika as the country's first new president in 20 years. It may not be enough for protesters who want to oust the entire…
U.K. parliament rejects all four Brexit alternatives
The Brexit crisis deepened to a brand-new chaos with the U.K. Parliament voting to reject all four Plan B options that went up for a vote. Those rejections included staying in the…
Massive African finance scandal may get even bigger
Mozambique's parliament has lifted immunity for its ex-finance minister Manuel Chang, detained in South Africa on a US-issued international arrest warrant. Investigators suspect a link to its Lusophone ally, Angola.…
Ivory Coast resignation: Parliament speaker Guillaume Soro steps down
Ivory Coast resignation: Parliament speaker Guillaume Soro steps down.…
Pound faces `more pressure’ amid Brexit uncertainty, RLAM says
Piers Hillier, chief investment officer at Royal London Asset Management, discusses the outlook for the pound ahead of the U.K. Parliament's vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal.…
EU reaches agreement on single-use plastic ban
A plan to ban single-use plastic products such as disposable plates and straws has been agreed. EU member states and the EU parliament still have to give the provisional agreement the go-ahead.…
Sweden’s first Muslim lawmaker
Sweden has its first Muslim parliamentarian and she's not originally from the Scandinavian country. Leila Ali Elmi is the first Muslim in the Sweden Parliament and has promised to be a voice…
Germany adds ‘diverse’ as a gender to birth register
The German parliament was forced by the courts to make "diverse" an option on the birth register. Critics are split on whether the law goes too far, or not far enough.…
U.K. parliament asks ‘Where is Mark Zuckerberg?’
Facebook Inc. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg was absent from a meeting with U.K. lawmakers from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which responded by tweeting out a…