London / AFP Millions of Britons voted on Thursday in a bitterly-fought, knife-edge referendum that could tear up the island nation’s EU membership and spark the greatest emergency of the bloc’s 60-year history. A record 46.5 million voters registered to decide Britain’s future in the 28-nation European Union, which was born out of a determination to unite in lasting peace ...

  ANKARA / AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested Turkey could hold a referendum over whether to continue its long-stalled accession process to join the European Union. Angrily lashing out at the bloc’s treatment of Ankara, Erdogan said Turkey could hold a referendum along the lines of the plebescite in Britain, where voters are deciding Thursday whether to ...

  Paris / AFP Paris was on high alert for more street clashes on Thursday as unions prepared another march against labour market reforms in a three-month protest campaign which has been marred by violence. The march is to take place after the another round of bitter negotiations in which the embattled Socialist government tried to ban the protest over security ...