Sweden has formally asked China to cooperate with an investigation into damage to two cables in the Baltic Sea after a Chinese ship was linked to the incidents.
The cables — one linking Sweden to Lithuania and the other between Finland and Germany — (...)
At least one person has died and three others have been injured after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania in the early hours of Monday.
The Boeing 737, operated for DHL by the Spanish cargo airline Swiftair, crashed near a house (...)
Two undersea internet cables in the Baltic Sea have been suddenly disrupted, according to local telecommunications companies, amid fresh warnings of possible Russian interference with global undersea infrastructure.
A communications cable between (...)
A series of parcel fires targeting courier companies in Poland, Germany and the UK were dry runs aimed at sabotaging flights to the US and Canada, Polish prosecutors say.
Katarzyna Calow-Jaszewska revealed late last month that four people had been (...)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday urged China to cease its support for Russia in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, warning that continued backing would harm Beijing's interests and reputation.
Speaking in Oslo, Stoltenberg called on (...)
Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico's first woman president in a historic landslide win.
Mexico's official electoral authority said preliminary results showed the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City winning between 58% and 60% of the (...)
The Council of Europe agreed on a treaty on artificial intelligence (AI) on Friday, claiming it is the first binding international treaty on the technology.
The treaty sets out a legal framework that covers the entire lifecycle of AI systems and (...)
Vladimir Putin was always going to claim his fifth term as president with a landslide, faced with three other candidates all approved by the Kremlin.
But when election officials said results gave him more than 87% of the vote, he said Russia's (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not "ruled out" in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russia's full-scale invasion grinds into a (...)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will soon put forward a common strategy for the EU's defense industry, designed to strengthen military production and arms supply.
Von der Leyen, who has just announced her intention to run for a (...)
Donald Trump's suggestion the US would not protect NATO allies failing to spend enough on defense "undermines all of our security", the Western military alliance's chief has said.
Jens Stoltenberg also suggested it put US and European troops at (...)
Vladimir Putin has told former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that Washington should recognize Moscow's interests and persuade Ukraine to sit down for talks.
The Russian president also said he believes a deal can be reached to release US reporter Evan (...)
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) has honored the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) for obtaining a certificate of recognition that food products in the Kingdom are free from industrially produced trans-fatty acids (ITFA) or artificial (...)
The Biden administration told Congress it intends to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed off on Sweden's accession to NATO on Thursday – a development that caps off more than a year of quiet, complicated (...)
Two Russian missiles have struck a hotel in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, injuring 11 people, the Kharkiv governor says.
Photos from Ukraine's State Emergency Service showed the hotel heavily damaged and firefighters at the scene.
Governor (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an unannounced visit to Lithuania, a key ally of Kyiv as it battles Russia's invasion.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said in a statement he was welcoming Zelensky to his country, where the two (...)
Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia.
Meanwhile, strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and at least one (...)
Some of the world's richest countries experienced sharp rises in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, according to new data published by UNICEF.
The Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth report card showed shocking results, with some of the richest (...)
Ten northern European states that form the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) decided on Tuesday to activate a "defence clause" enabling the deployment of additional military assets to protect infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.
The move comes after (...)
Politicians in Lithuania want to widen access to automatic firearms, claiming it would make the country safer, though others warn the changes could bring new dangers.
Two conservative MPs have put forward a bill amending the Arms and Ammunition (...)
A Russian missile struck a cargo ship as it docked in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, killing the pilot and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukraine's southern military command said a Russian tactical aircraft in the Black Sea (...)
Lithuania has closed two of its six border crossings into Belarus, as Latvia and Poland bolster their borders with Russia's ally.
There has been tension in the Baltic states and Poland over the presence of Wagner mercenaries in Belarus.
Landlocked (...)
Western countries announced new sanctions against Belarus on Wednesday, three years after the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.
The 9 August 2020 vote sparked a massive protest movement in Belarus, with hundreds of thousands of people (...)
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have agreed to speed up their integration into the European Union's electricity system in order to desynchronize from the Russian power grid.
The three Baltic countries, which are EU and NATO members, still remain a (...)
Russia's Wagner mercenary group could stage an attack to sever the Baltic states from NATO, an expert has said, though he doubted if such a "suicidal" step would be taken.
Dr Stephen Hall, lecturer of Russian politics at the University of Bath, (...)
