Raf Casert, Associated Press

With thick smoke from burning bales of hay hanging over parts of Brussels, security forces used water cannons to douse fires and keep a farmer from felling a tree on the steps of the European Parliament.

Friday’s decision was an interim ruling. It could take years for the court to consider all aspects of South Africa’s genocide allegations.

The EU failed to agree on a 50 billion-euro package in financial aid that Ukraine desperately needs to stay afloat, even as the bloc decided to open accession negotiations with the war-torn country.

The U.S. and Iran said Friday they would begin indirect talks with other major world powers to try to get both countries back into an accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program.

Britain and the European Union have struck a provisional free-trade agreement that should avert New Year chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil.

Leaders, veterans, their families and the grateful from France, Europe and elsewhere were present for the solemn day that began under a radiant sun.

World leaders marked the end of World War I’s slaughter 100 years ago at commemorations that drove home the message “never again” but also exposed the globe’s new political fault lines.

Hundreds of troops died on the final morning of World War I -- after an armistice was reached but before it came into force.

A fugitive suspect in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks was arrested in Belgium on Friday, French police officials said, after a raid Belgian authorities said was linked to the deadly March 22 Brussels bombings.

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said the country's capital, which also houses the headquarters of the European Union and NATO, faced a "serious and imminent" threat of attack.

What police force would start playing along with a practical joke when the capital is facing its highest state of alert and its most-wanted fugitive is still on the run? Right! This is surreal Belgium.

The Paris prosecutor's office said Abdelhamid? Abaaoud's body was found in an apartment building targeted in the Wednesday raid north of Paris. It said he was identified based on skin samples.

Shortly after the Jamaican great won a fourth 200-meter title and a 10th gold overall at the world championships, a cameraman on a two-wheel vehicle banged into Usain Bolt from behind.

After months of acrimony, Greece finally clinched a bailout agreement with its European creditors on Monday that will, if implemented, secure the country's place in the euro and avoid financial collapse.