LONDON - Britain on Saturday urged Iran to de-escalate tensions in the Gulf by releasing a UK-flagged ship it said had been illegally seized in Omani waters in an "utterly unacceptable" gambit. Tehran was defiantly ignoring mounting European appeals to free the captur...

NANTERRE - A court outside Paris on Friday rejected a compensation claim filed by survivors and relatives of victims of the 1994 sinking of the Estonia ferry, the deadliest accident involving a European ship since the Titanic. The court in Nanterre said that plaintiffs had not ...

RIGA - The Brexit withdrawal agreement is balanced and will ensure cooperation between the United Kingdom and the European Union also in the future, the EU’s chief negotiator for the UK’s exit from the bloc Michel Barnier told journalists following his meeting with Latvian Prime Minis...

RIGA - On Wednesday, continuing his working visit to Vietnam, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics met with the Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha, LETA was informed by the Foreign Ministry. During the meeting, Rinkevics emphasized Latvia's interest in d...