A suspected government chemical attack in an opposition-held town in northern Syria has killed dozens of people.

The British Prime Minister will set out her response to the global changes signalled by Donald Trump's election victory in her first major foreign policy speech amid tensions about Nigel Farage's close links to the president-elect.

Russian and Syrian forces are preparing a "humanitarian pause" for the besieged city of Aleppo on Thursday, the head of Russia's military general staff said.

Boris Johnson insisted Brexit will not see the UK "abandon its leading role" in Europe as the UK's new Foreign Secretary made his debut on the international stage.

Ana Palacio fears that the future safety of Europe has been jeopardised by Britain leaving the EU, with national interests returning to the fore for member states.

France’s president said yesterday that spiralling Middle East upheaval since the collapse of the round of Israel-Palestinian peace talks has complicated the process and makes it even more urgent to bring the two sides back to the table.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has dented EU hopes of an end to hard times for many farmers by saying Russia plans to extend its embargo on Western food products by a year and a half.

Greece looks set to start sending migrants back to Turkey from the beginning of next week after a proposed "one in, one out" scheme apparently won the approval of EU leaders in Brussels.

The EU’s first and only security strategy is out of date and is, rightly, about to be refreshed. But Ana Palacio argues that the review should have taken place either well before or after the UK referendum debate.

When one reads the incisive analysis of the 1985 Dunne’s Stores strike (Irish Examiner, January 1), it reveals the full extent of former Taoiseach, John Bruton’s fluid and self-serving analysis of global politics.

European Union leaders eager for Turkey’s help in the refugee crisis cautioned against promising too much to their often reluctant partner at a summit in Brussels yesterday, even as Turkey’s prime minister declared the beginning of a new era for relations between the two sides.

Eamon Gilmore believes Europe can offer tangible support to Colombia as it embarks on its peace process, writes Ann Cahill Europe Correspondent

Two Palestinians shot dead by police after three stabbing attacks

Palestinians have carried out three stabbing attacks against Israelis and police in Jerusalem, with two of the attackers shot dead, Israeli police said.

‘Poor old Germany,’ said Kissinger. ‘Too big for Europe, too small for the world.’ That maxim is still proving true today, writes Wolfgang Ischinger

The discovery of a lorry containing the corpses of over 70 refugees on an Austrian motorway has given added impetus to a key summit on migration in Vienna.

Palestinian hopes for their own state are in danger of coming to an end, Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan warned yesterday, as the EU announced the launch of a new initiative to restart collapsed peace talks.

We bring you a brief look at some of the other news from the European Union from the past week in our Brussels Briefing.

Nuclear negotiations between Tehran and six other world powers were unlikely to finish late last night, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, with diplomats reporting deadlock over a UN arms embargo and other sticking points.

Iran nuclear talks passed their second deadline in a week yesterday, casting new questions about the ability of world powers to cut off all Iranian pathways to a bomb through diplomacy. But the parties agreed to continue their talks.

A senior US official acknowledged that Iran nuclear talks will go past tomorrow’s target date, as Iran’s foreign minister prepared to head home Sunday for consultations before returning to push for a breakthrough.

The European Union has launched a naval operation to try to stop human traffickers from bringing migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe.

Angela Merkel is the most powerful woman in the world in the annual Forbes’ 100 list for the fifth year in a row.

Islamic State fighters tightened their grip on the historic city of Palmyra in Syria, days after capturing a provincial capital in neighbouring Iraq, hinting at the momentum of the group, which a monitor says holds half of Syrian territory.

Recently (Letters, May 11), Fergus O’Leary defended his Conservative (with a big C) values and charged me with being one of those “self styled liberals who perpetuate the myth that conservatives (note the small c) are all unreconstructed misogynistic xenophobes”. 

A plan that would see EU countries being allocated a share of 20,000 refugees in the next year may be acceptable to Ireland according to Finance Minister Michael Noonan.

EU countries would face international refugee quotas under proposals to be unveiled this week.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill

A 10-point plan with emphasis on fighting human traffickers is expected to be approved by EU leaders at an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday.

AS EU foreign ministers met in Luxembourg yesterday, the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean escalated.

As many as 950 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast in what may be one of the worst disasters of the Mediterranean migrant crisis, officials said.

Cybercrime is a growing threat with criminals attacking business, individuals and governments, says the head of insurance company Zurich which based in Dublin.

Gunmen in military uniforms stormed Tunisia’s national museum yesterday, killing 18 foreign tourists and two Tunisians in one of the worst militant attacks in a country that has largely escaped the region’s Arab Spring turmoil.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

The leaders of Germany and France met Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko in a hastily arranged mission to bring an end to the accelerated fighting in the east of the country.

Europe Correspondent

New anti-terrorism measures, expected to become law within weeks, will hand out jail sentences of up to 10 years for recruiting, training or promoting terrorism.

Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan is demanding that the EU high representative for foreign affairs Federica Mogherini meet with her to discuss the case of the Irish teenager Ibrahim Halawa.

‘Like much of the best satire, there’s a sad element of truth behind it’

“Like much of the best satire, there's a sad element of truth behind it”.

Angela Merkel was among the women edited out of the photo taken at Sunday's march.