EU auto summit confirms strategic focus on electric cars

The meeting between the President of the EU Commission and top representatives of the automotive industry was highly anticipated. Brussels stood firm by its CO2 t...

Russia flexes its military muscles at NATO’s doorstep days after sending drones to Poland

Poland closed all border crossings with Belarus as the joint Russia-Belarus military exercises Zapad-2025 begin at NATO’s doorstep. Moscow and Minks claim the dri...

Greek abbot facing trial for theft of Byzantine relics says they were his grandmother's

The abbot and the five other defendants are being held in pre-trial detention, following their arrests earlier this week.

A Greek abbot accused of attempting to ...

Are France's Yellow Vests and Block Everything protests two sides of the same coin?

A new citizens' movement called Block Everything has taken to the streets of France. Is there more to it than a remake of the 2018 Yellow Vests anti-government pr...

Microsoft makes commitments on Teams to allay EU antitrust concerns

The commitments made by the US tech giant to unbundle Teams from its flagship applications will bind it for between seven and 10 years.

The European Commission o...

Clashes erupt in Quito as protesters demand president Noboa’s resignation

Clashes broke out in Quito on Thursday as protesters rallied against President Daniel Noboa’s government, demanding his resignation over job cuts and wage reducti...

Russian drone incursion is a threat to Europe, says Polish PM Tusk

Following a National Security Council meeting, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland would receive training from Ukraine on how best to down Russian drones.

Pol...

A divided America and its searing spiral of violence - the new normal?

Charlie Kirk’s assassination is just the latest politically motivated killing in a country where political disagreement is turning into a matter of life and death...

The European car industry's top five concerns going into crunch talks with von der Leyen

Friday is the third and last crisis meeting of its kind this year, part of what the European Commission has billed the "Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the Au...

FBI release video showing Charlie Kirk assassination suspect fleeing crime scene

Officials appealed for public help in finding the person who fatally shot the conservative political activist at an event on a college campus in Utah.

The FBI an...

Majority in Brazil's Supreme Court panel vote to convict former President Bolsonaro of coup attempt

Bolsonaro is accused of orchestrating a coup to retain power following his loss to incumbent Lula da Silva in the 2022 presidential elections.

The majority of a ...

Qatar says Israeli air strike on Hamas members in Doha 'killed any hope' for hostage release

Doha says it will host an Arab-Islamic summit to formulate a coordinated regional response to Israel’s unprecedented airstrikes on Tuesday, which killed six peopl...

'There will be no Palestinian state,' Israel's PM says as he signs West Bank settlement plan

The plan, on an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades but was frozen due to US pressure during previous adm...

At least 72 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, health ministry says

The intensified attacks in the north of the enclave come as the IDF prepares to begin its new assault on Gaza City, which according to plans approved by the Israe...

Trumps attend Pentagon memorial service 24 years on from 9/11 terrorist attacks

Events also took place at the other epicentres of the tragedy, including Ground Zero, where the Twin Towers once stood.

US President Donald Trump and first lady ...

Man stands trial for plotting to assassinate Trump while he was playing golf

Florida prosecutors have said Routh methodically plotted to kill Trump for weeks before aiming a rifle through the shrubbery as he played golf at his West Palm Be...

Authorities recover weapon used to assassinate Kirk, gunman still at large

The suspect who remains unidentified is believed to be of university age and to have acted alone. The FBI believes the assailant jumped off the roof of a building...

Germany lifts immunity of AfD lawmaker and police search his home over China spying allegations

Maximilian Krah also had his offices at the European Parliament searched in connection with one of his assistants who was arrested last year on suspicion of spyin...

Lithuania hails release of 52 prisoners from neighbouring Belarus

More than 1,000 political prisoners still remain in Belarus' prison system.

Belarus has released 52 prisoners who have now crossed into Lithuania, the Lithuanian...

Russia continues aerial assault on Ukraine, targeting positions in Sumy and Donbas

Several people were injured after Russian missiles and drones struck various targets in the northern Sumy region, as the Kremlin intensifies its aerial bombardmen...

British PM Keir Starmer fires Peter Mandelson as US ambassador over Epstein ties

Pressure grew on the British prime minister to act after the publication this week of old messages between the diplomat and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Eps...