In a landmark case, non-EU citizens may have the right to residence in the EU if their children are EU citizens, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. It made the judgement in the case of a woman from Venezuela who had a child with a Dutch citizen from whom she has since legally […]
President Donald Trump has fired the director of the FBI over his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails. The White House shocked Washington by announcing that James Comey “has been terminated and removed from office”. The move came as it emerged Mr Comey gave inaccurate information about Mrs Clinton’s emails to Congress last […]
Two days after the French elections, South Koreans are now heading to the polls in a presidential election, called early after a huge corruption scandal brought down their former leader. Left-leaning Moon Jae-in is the clear front-runner with the centrist candidate as his nearest challenger. The election is being closely watched at a time of […]
Congratulations to Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron for decisively winning the French presidential election, and defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron won with 66% of the vote to become, at 39, the country’s youngest president. Mr Macron will also become the first president from outside the two traditional main parties since the modern republic’s […]
French voters are to choose their next president after an unpredictable campaign that has divided the country. The second round contest pits centrist Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old former investment banker, against the far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen, 48. Citizens in some overseas territories and many French expats abroad have begun voting. The polls open in […]
The bodies of at least 21 miners trying to help colleagues trapped after an explosion in a coal mine in northern Iran have been recovered, state media has reported. A local official in the area said that nearly 70 people were injured. The officials said that those killed were miners in a tunnel trying to […]