Germany ordered the closure of all three Iranian consulates in the country on Thursday following Tehran's execution of Iranian-German dual citizen Jamshid Sharmahd, who had spent four years in an Iranian prison on terror charges.
Sharmahd, 69, a (...)
The European Commission has given the final green light to steep tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) made in China, officially closing the probe that began one year ago.
The tariffs will apply as of Wednesday and remain in place for the next five (...)
A manhunt is underway in northern Austria after a hunter allegedly fatally shot two people and fled the scene, local police said Monday.
Franz Hofer, mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau, was killed in the village of Altenfelden in Austria's rural (...)
Israel's parliament has voted to pass legislation banning the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) from operating within Israel and Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, within three months.
Contact between UNRWA employees and Israeli officials will (...)
The founder of the English Defence League (EDL) Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after he admitted to breaching court orders on multiple occasions in front of London judges on Monday.
The (...)
A man has died after a migrant boat sank while attempting to cross the English Channel on Sunday morning.
French officials say the man - an Indian national around 40 years old - suffered a cardiac arrest and could not be revived by emergency (...)
An Israeli MP behind a bill that would prevent the main UN agency in Gaza and the West Bank from working in Israel has accused the US ambassador in Israel of lobbying opposition leaders to block the move.
If the bill passes in the Israeli (...)
The Italian government has been criticized for praising fascist soldiers who fought in El Alamein, on the 82nd anniversary of the World War Two battle.
In a social media post, the defense ministry said that the troops who took part "sacrificed their (...)
It costs €15,000 (£12,500) for the whole "package" of an inflatable dinghy, with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets, to get across the English Channel, according to a BBC report.
This is the "good price" offered by two small-boat smugglers to an (...)
This week in the city of Kazan President Putin will greet more than 20 heads of state at the Brics summit of emerging economies. Among the leaders invited are China's Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud (...)
A dramatic and unprecedented surge in hoax bomb threats targeting Indian airlines is wreaking havoc on flight schedules, diverting planes and causing widespread disruptions.
A video posted on social media last week showed passengers draped in (...)
Western leaders, led by US President Joe Biden, have pushed for an end to the conflict after the death of Hamas leader in Gaza and mastermind behind the 7 October attacks, Yahya Sinwar.
Hours after Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, Biden (...)
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc could "draw lessons" from the contested Italian policy of processing migrants offshore in Albania ahead of an EU summit focusing on migration.
She made the remarks in a letter to member (...)
The UN Security Council expressed "strong concern" on Monday over Israel's attacks on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL.
Israeli strikes have reportedly injured at least five members of UNIFIL in separate attacks, a move that has (...)
Russian missiles have hit a civilian container ship at a port in Ukraine's Odesa region, killing eight people, according to local officials.
"This is the third attack on a civilian vessel in the past four days," said the region's governor, Oleh (...)
Israel has held ceremonies to remember the victims of the mass killings and abductions carried out by Hamas on 7 October 2023, against a backdrop of continuing fighting in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
A year on from the attack that saw some 1,200 (...)
A pair of red shoes, two beaded necklaces and a British 10p coin are among the few clues that could help to identify a teenage girl found murdered in western France more than 40 years ago.
Her death is one of 46 cold cases European police are (...)
HAMBURG — Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Alibrahim met with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner on the sidelines of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2024 in Germany.
During the meeting, the two (...)
Big taxes will be imposed on imports of electric vehicles from China to the EU after the majority of member states backed the plans.
The move to introduce tariffs aims to protect the European car industry from being undermined by what EU politicians (...)
BERLIN — Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan and Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Al-Ibrahim met with German Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner.
This was on the sidelines of the Berlin Global Dialogue to discuss bilateral (...)
Austria's far-right Freedom Party has opened the door to a new era, its leader Herbert Kickl has told supporters, as they celebrated an unprecedented election victory.
Projected results gave Kickl's party 28.8% - more than two points ahead of the (...)
France's newly appointed government, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, has pledged to take a tougher stance on immigration, with key officials vowing to reduce the number of people entering and staying illegally in the country. This comes as (...)
The world's richest person, Elon Musk, has hit back after not being invited to the UK government's International Investment Summit.
He was not invited due to his social media posts during last month's riots, the BBC understands.
"I don't think (...)
Allies including the US, UK and EU have called for a temporary ceasefire in Lebanon, following an escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
The 12-strong bloc proposed an immediate 21-day pause in fighting "to provide space for diplomacy (...)
Police in Switzerland have made multiple arrests after a woman reportedly ended her life using a so-called suicide pod.
The controversial futuristic-looking capsule designed to allow its occupant to commit suicide was used for the first time, (...)
