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No Breakthrough in Key Iran Nuclear Talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and three European foreign ministers failed to achieve a breakthrough in nuclear talks with Iran’s foreign minister Sunday in Vienna. Working-level talks will continue, but the two sides remain far apart on central issues.

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UN chief demands end to Israeli-Palestinian fighting

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Two children stand in front of a house that police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Maghazi refugee camp in Center Gaza Strip.

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U. S. Congress to Focus on it's Border Crisis

Clues could emerge this week whether America’s politically divided Congress will approve funds requested by President Barack Obama to address a surge of immigrants illegally crossing the southwestern U.S. border.

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“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”: statement by PACE post-electoral delegation

A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) ad hoc Committee for the observation of the presidential election and of the early parliamentary elections in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” was in Skopje on 10 July 2014.

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EYE2014: Fresh perspectives for a better Europe

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Last May the European Parliament welcomed thousands of young people from across the continent

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Putin Begins Latin America Tour in Cuba

Russia's president has begun a six-day tour of Latin American countries.

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Alarmed at rising death toll in Gaza, UN rights officials appeal to all sides to protect civilians

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Two children stand in front of a house that police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Maghazi refugee camp in Center Gaza Strip.

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Martin Schulz: bringing Europe closer to the people

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Martin Schulz

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Jean-Claude Juncker strives to win hearts and minds in Parliament

European Parliament political groups quizzed Commission President-designate Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday and Wednesday, ahead of the plenary vote on his candidature, scheduled for 15 July. Mr Juncker requested a series of meetings with MEPs to seek Parliament’s support for his election and build a majority behind his programme.

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US, China Wrap Up Day 2 of Talks

The second day of high-level talks between the United States and China concluded Thursday in Beijing and the two sides appeared to make little headway on a range of security and economic issues.