RIYADH — French President Emmanuel Macron affirmed on Friday that France and Saudi Arabia are charting an irreversible path to peace in the Middle East. In a statement on his X account, Macron welcomed the UN General Assembly's adoption of the "New (...)
Beleaguered President Emmanuel Macron has appointed outgoing defense minister Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, handing him the daunting task of trying to find consensus in a divided parliament and pass the 2026 budget. Earlier on Monday, (...)
Poland activated Article 4 of the NATO Treaty on Wednesday to allow for consultations with allies hours after its armed forces downed multiple Russian drones that had entered its airspace.
"The shooting down of drones threatening our security is a (...)
The first light over Lisbon revealed the shattered remains of the Gloria funicular, its distinctive yellow carriages in ruins after it derailed and crashed on Wednesday killing at least 15 people and injuring 23.
Since 1885, the cable railway has (...)
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have called for international help after a huge earthquake killed hundreds of people and leveled entire villages, piling further misery on the war-ravaged country that was already grappling with food shortages and cuts (...)
The world's leading association of genocide scholars has declared that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. A resolution passed by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) states that Israel's conduct meets the legal definition as (...)
France, Germany and the United Kingdom have begun the process to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
The triggering of the so-called snapback sanctions, a move that the United States welcomed on Thursday, comes as diplomatic (...)
Israel has faced global condemnation for back-to-back strikes on the biggest hospital in southern Gaza this week, which killed at least 22 people, including health workers, emergency response crews and five journalists.
The attack on the hospital (...)
Authorities in Germany announced murder charges against a man on Tuesday, accused of killing two people and injuring 44 others in a car-ramming in Munich in February that prosecutors say was motivated by a desire to avenge the suffering of (...)
Representatives of three European countries threatening to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed to agree with their Iranian counterpart on Tuesday on how to avoid the measures days ahead of a deadline, a diplomat said.
The (...)
BERLIN — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with the German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul at the German capital Berlin on Wednesday.
During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations between the (...)
Israel is facing fierce condemnation after a pair of strikes on a Gaza hospital killed five journalists as well as medical workers and others on Monday.
At least 20 people were killed in the attack, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, (...)
President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Sunday that Ukraine would continue fighting for its freedom and future as the country marked its 34th independence day amid Russia's ongoing war.
"We need a just peace, a peace where our future will be decided only (...)
Russia on Sunday accused Ukraine of launching overnight drone strikes that caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region, as Ukrainians celebrated 34 years of independence from the former Soviet Union.
Russian officials said (...)
Postal services across Europe are suspending shipments of packages to the United States after the expiration of a long-standing tariff exemption, raising new uncertainty for businesses and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.
The exemption, (...)
German prosecutors announced terrorism charges on Wednesday against a man who they say may have planned to attack the Israeli Embassy in Berlin and intended to join the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Pakistan.
The suspect, a Russian national (...)
As they emerged from talks in the White House, European leaders expressed guarded optimism that US President Donald Trump could be finding momentum in his quest to fulfil his campaign promise of ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The leaders of (...)
Ahead of a landmark meeting of the 'Coalition of the Willing' in Washington on Monday, European leaders reiterated the need for a united front with Ukraine to achieve a robust peace.
These European leaders took part in a video call with Ukrainian (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday in Washington, following the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska that ended without an agreement to halt the war in Ukraine.
The summit produced what Trump and Russian (...)
The number of data centers in the UK is set to increase by almost a fifth, according to figures shared with BBC News.
Data centers are giant warehouses full of powerful computers used to run digital services from movie streaming to online banking - (...)
European leaders appeared cautiously optimistic after holding a virtual meeting with Donald Trump on Wednesday, two days before he meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
Trump reportedly told the (...)
American officials scrambling this weekend to identify and lock down a venue for Friday's summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart quickly discovered a major snag: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options (...)
The UK, France and Germany have told the UN they are ready to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program if it fails to resume talks by the end of August.
The three countries, known as the E3, said they were prepared to trigger a "snapback" (...)
Israel had been planning a full-scale invasion of Iran for many years, but the re-election of Donald Trump coincided with a series of critical events paving the way to the direct attack in June this year, four current and former Israeli intelligence (...)
A 24-year-old man in Austria barely escaped death after clinging to the exterior of a high-speed train when it departed while he was taking a cigarette break, according to the state railway ÖBB.
The incident occurred late on Saturday at St Pölten, (...)
