Germany's coalition partners announced a compromise on Thursday over new rules on military service, a key element in a wider drive to rebuild the country's shrunken armed forces.
November 13, 2025
Britain's BBC said on Thursday it was looking into fresh allegations, published in The Telegraph newspaper, over the editing by another of its programmes of a speech by U.S.
November 13, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited troops near Ukraine's southeastern front on Thursday, warning of the need to shore up the lines after
November 13, 2025
Self-styled miracle worker whose followers claimed could multiply gnocchi charged with fraud
November 13, 2025
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday vowed to relaunch a plan to detain migrants in Albania, a flagship initiative of her conservative government that has
November 13, 2025
France paid an emotional tribute on Thursday to 130 people killed 10 years ago during a rampage by Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers
November 13, 2025
Swiss banks have to pay more currently to secure liquidity in the financial markets than two years ago, the Swiss National Bank said on Thursday, pointing to the 2023 collapse of
November 13, 2025
Customers of Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker Nexperia are working with the company on a workaround to bypass a feud between the Europe-based unit and its packaging
November 13, 2025
European Union officials are warning Ukraine that it must keep cracking down on graft in the wake of a major corruption scandal that could hurt the country’s ability to attract financial help
November 13, 2025
British political commentator Sami Hamdi has said on his arrival back in the U.K. that he was considering suing U.S. authorities for his detention in an immigration detention center
November 13, 2025
British pro-Palestinian political commentator Sami Hamdi landed back in London on Thursday after being released from the United States, where he spent more than two weeks in
November 13, 2025
The International Monetary Fund will soon begin a staff mission to Ukraine to discuss its financing needs and a potential new lending program,
November 13, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he needed to ensure that young men from Ukraine do not come to Germany in large numbers, in what he
November 13, 2025
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey believes the most realistic way to resolve political deadlock over Cyprus is to have two states on the ethnically-split island.
November 13, 2025
Nineteen boats carrying around 360 people reached Spain's Balearic Islands in the past two days, the latest surge in arrivals defying attempts by authorities to curb
November 13, 2025
Apple was on Thursday refused permission to appeal against a London tribunal ruling that it abused its dominant position by charging app developers unfair commissions, though the
November 13, 2025
Spanish police said on Thursday they had dismantled an international crime ring accused of trafficking minors from the Canary Islands to France, arresting 11 people in an operation that
November 13, 2025
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November 13, 2025
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November 13, 2025
Europe's top development banks and Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz signed a deal on Thursday to provide hundreds of millions of euros to secure Ukraine's natural gas supply amid the
November 13, 2025
BioNTech said on Thursday that its collaboration with Pfizer has not changed, when asked to comment on a report that Pfizer is looking to sell its stake in the German biotech firm
November 13, 2025
Unnerved by the Ukraine war and U.S.
November 13, 2025
The British government has confirmed that a memorial wall in London created by relatives who lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic will be preserved
November 13, 2025
Display about Black soldiers in World War II removed from US military cemetery
November 13, 2025
Two-thirds of women in the British army reported experiencing sexualised behaviour in the past year, according to a survey released on Thursday, findings that the government said
November 13, 2025
European Union regulators are investigating Google for allegedly demoting media publishers' content in search results
November 13, 2025
The U.S. and Switzerland edged closer to a trade deal on Thursday to reduce President Donald Trump's crippling 39% tariffs on Swiss imports
November 13, 2025
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday there was a high chance he would visit Algeria, hailing the north African country's release of writer Boualem
November 13, 2025
Alphabet's Google was hit with an EU antitrust investigation into its spam policy on Thursday following complaints from publishers who say it has hurt their
November 13, 2025
Euro zone industrial production rose far less in September than economists had predicted, though the big economies fared well and the shortfall was due to volatility among big
November 13, 2025
Economic growth in the U.K. slowed down to a near standstill in the third quarter of the year
November 13, 2025
Burberry posted its first quarter of growth in two years on Thursday as the British luxury brand's turnaround efforts started to bear fruit and
November 13, 2025
A German high court rejected a claim from shareholders in defunct payments company Wirecard who were seeking a bigger share of the firm's remaining assets.
November 13, 2025
European shares closed lower on Thursday, as investors shifted their focus to crucial U.S. economic data following the end of the nation's longest
November 13, 2025
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's appeal against a conviction for criminal conspiracy related to illegal Libyan financing for his successful 2007 presidential bid will be
November 13, 2025
Financial markets are underpricing geopolitical risks and nearly all euro zone banks are exposed to some extent, so weakening regulation now could jeopardize the sector's
November 13, 2025
Britain's housing market lost steam last month as demand faded from buyers concerned about possible
November 13, 2025
German container shipper Hapag-Lloyd posted a 50% drop in nine-month net profit to 846 million euros ($989 million) on Thursday and lowered the top end of its full-
November 13, 2025
Vacation rental firm Airbnb will invest in the promotion of inland towns across Spain over the next three years to tap into rural tourism, as major cities restrict short-term rentals
November 13, 2025
Spain's ACS is close to striking a 23 billion euro ($26.8 billion) partnership with BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners to develop data centres, newspaper Expansion reported
November 13, 2025
Confidence among German firms outside Germany is rising significantly while it remains subdued among those at home, a survey by the association of German Chambers
November 13, 2025
For years, it was a common occurrence: Dutch bandits would drive to Germany and in the dead of night blow up ATMs, grab cash and speed back home on the Autobahn.
November 13, 2025
A surge in luxury stocks has piled pressure on fashion houses including LVMH and Gucci owner Kering to show that signs of recovery in the third quarter can translate
November 13, 2025
Italian tech company Bending Spoons could list as early as next year, when it expects to double adjusted earnings after buying video streaming platform Vimeo and web
November 13, 2025
What’s inside the thousands of Epstein estate documents released by House committee
November 13, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published late on Wednesday that he hoped Washington would take no actions liable to escalate the Ukraine conflict.
November 13, 2025
Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies publicly showed their consensus on Ukraine and Sudan
November 12, 2025
The European Union has called for a bloc-wide handling fee on small packages ordered online from platforms such as Shein, Temu and Alibaba to be imposed in early 2026, over two years
November 12, 2025
British Police want to speak to a MAGA influencer and partner after London incident
November 12, 2025
Defending champion Jannik Sinner sealed a semifinal spot at the ATP Finals with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Alexander Zverev before his home fans
November 12, 2025
Volkswagen Group said on Wednesday the technology it is developing with U.S. electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive could eventually be used in
November 12, 2025
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told Reuters on Wednesday that an energy corruption scandal in Ukraine was “extremely unfortunate” and it was
November 12, 2025
The European Union needs to adopt "strong and fast" rules against the invasion of cheap and unregulated products, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Wednesday.
November 12, 2025
Spain's top prosecutor, Alvaro Garcia Ortiz, who is on trial for allegedly leaking confidential information about a tax fraud case, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he did
November 12, 2025
A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon was said to have lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs, or about $4.4 million, at a Geneva auction on Wednesday
November 12, 2025
On the eve of a visit to London by U.S.
November 12, 2025
In the hours after the Louvre heist, Belgian police received an alert from their French counterparts, urging them to be on the lookout for
November 12, 2025
Czech election winner, billionaire Andrej Babis, must tell the public how he will eliminate conflicts of interest stemming from his business activities before he is appointed prime
November 12, 2025
Ireland's media regulator began an investigation into social media platform X on Wednesday over concerns it is not giving users a chance to appeal content moderation decisions and
November 12, 2025
Organizers of traditional snow and ice sports said Wednesday they do not want events from summer federations added to their Winter Olympics program
November 12, 2025
The former Prince Andrew has officially changed his name to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, adding a hyphen to align with the royal family’s surname style
November 12, 2025
Kazakhstan follows Russia in banning ‘LGBTQ propaganda’
November 12, 2025
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has granted a pardon to French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal following a request from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the
November 12, 2025
Poland's president said on Wednesday he would refuse to nominate or promote judges who question the status of colleagues appointed under a contested system introduced by the previous
November 12, 2025
Ukraine's military said on Wednesday that it had pulled back troops from near a settlement on the southeastern Zaporizhzhia front, but that it has stopped Russian advances in the area.
November 12, 2025
Bundled in layers of clothing and clutching her cane inside an evacuation van, 84-year-old Polina Plyushchii said the threat of drones and other weapons had made it too
November 12, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for the dismissal of two cabinet ministers on Wednesday amid a probe into an alleged $100 million corruption scheme involving a
November 12, 2025
Lower developer fees implemented by Apple to comply with European Union tech regulations have not reduced prices for users, the iPhone maker said on
November 12, 2025
Rumors swirl of a plot to oust Keir Starmer as the embattled British leader denies attacking his rivals
November 12, 2025
Researchers have found that shouting is more effective than speaking when trying to scare off seagulls
November 12, 2025
Europe is looking to online platforms and influencers to help fight disinformation and promote democracy according to a European Commission strategy
November 12, 2025
Georgian prosecutors on Wednesday charged Giorgi Gakharia, an exiled opposition leader and former prime minister, with offences related to his time in office, amid an escalating
November 12, 2025
London's FTSE 100 logged a third consecutive record close, supported by gains in utilities and mining shares as investors welcomed signs of a potential end to the prolonged U.S. government
November 12, 2025
Oslo-listed Vantage Drilling cancelled a contract to drill next year, which two industry sources told Reuters on Wednesday was with
November 12, 2025
The trial of Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala has begun in Paris over atrocities committed during the Second Congo War
November 12, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday offered Spain's King Felipe VI a vision of cooperation with "
November 12, 2025
Turkey on Wednesday said 20 of its soldiers were killed when a military transport plane crashed in Georgia, with all but one of the bodies recovered, marking the
November 12, 2025
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is to take over from Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell as head of two of the Bank for International Settlements' key economic
November 12, 2025
Jesus may answer prayers but he has not made special appearances in a small town in the north of France, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
November 12, 2025
Polestar reported a wider third-quarter loss on Wednesday and said it would conduct a reverse stock split - reducing the number of its existing shares
November 12, 2025
BBC holds surprise board meeting to weigh Trump’s legal threat
November 12, 2025
Pope Leo shares his all-time favorite movies
November 12, 2025
Britain's counter-radicalisation scheme Prevent recorded a 27% rise in referrals last year, with about a third of those concerning individuals without an ideology, showing the scale
November 12, 2025
Germany's export business, struggling under high U.S. tariffs and a slump in China, got a welcome shot in the arm from trade with Eastern Europe in
November 12, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was battling to maintain his authority over his party on Wednesday after one of his most senior ministers criticised the "toxic" culture in his
November 12, 2025
Euro zone inflation is unlikely to fall too low and risks may actually be skewed toward higher than forecast readings, but the European Central Bank can tolerate small target
November 12, 2025
A Ukrainian commander says the Russian army has overrun three settlements in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region
November 12, 2025
Former Rep. Elaine Luria mounts a comeback for her old Virginia seat
November 12, 2025
The Kremlin said on Wednesday there had been contact between Britain's national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, and Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov but that the dialogue
November 12, 2025
A former Polish justice minister accused of abuse of power has offered to be questioned in Hungary or Belgium, his lawyer told Rzeczpospolita daily in comments published late on
November 12, 2025
Italian industrial output rebounded 2.8% in September after a 2.7% drop in August, data showed on Wednesday, offering some hope to the country's long-struggling manufacturing sector.
November 12, 2025
Turkey's defense minister has announced that all 20 personnel on board a military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia have died
November 12, 2025
France is paying tribute to victims of the 2015 Paris attacks, marking 10 years since the tragedy
November 12, 2025
Chinese companies in the European Union say business conditions in the bloc have deteriorated for a sixth consecutive year, with rising labour costs and political challenges
November 12, 2025
Russia is ready to resume peace negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul, Russian state news agency TASS cited a foreign ministry official as saying on Wednesday.
November 12, 2025
German inflation slowed slightly in October to 2.3%, the federal statistics office said on Wednesday, confirming preliminary data.
November 12, 2025
-PayPal said on Wednesday it is re-launching in the United Kingdom for customers to shop online and in stores, nearly two years after it restructured its operations there following Brexit.
November 12, 2025
Sweden's economy is picking up speed after a period of sluggish growth, but uncertainty remains high, Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson said on Wednesday.
November 12, 2025
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat,
November 12, 2025
Spanish King Felipe VI and Chinese President Xi Jinping have signed agreements on language exchanges and other areas as both sides vowed to strengthen their cooperation
November 12, 2025
Drone warfare exploded following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022
November 12, 2025
Most of Ireland's big corporate taxpayers have so far escaped the direct impact of U.S. tariffs, but American trade policies have made the outlook for this critical source of
November 12, 2025
The European Union and Indian navies have taken over a ship used by pirates off the coast of Somalia to seize a Malta-flagged tanker called the Hellas Aphrodite
November 12, 2025
A Turkish military cargo plane has crashed in Georgia near the Azerbaijan border, according to Turkish and Georgian authorities
November 11, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to bring a billion-dollar lawsuit against the BBC has cast a shadow over the British broadcaster’s future, but it could also be a bluff with little legal merit
November 11, 2025
In ‘Sentimental Value,’ Stellan Skarsgård could’ve sought revenge. Instead, he could be looking at an Oscar
November 11, 2025
WNBA MVP finalist Alyssa Thomas became the second player to join Project B, the new women’s basketball league that is expected to begin in Europe and Asia in November 2026
November 11, 2025
Russia said its forces had pushed deeper into the eastern Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk on Tuesday, with one video showing Russian
November 11, 2025
Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Tuesday that the army's situation has "significantly worsened" in parts of southeastern Zaporizhzhia region amid fierce fighting
November 11, 2025
France will help the Palestinian Authority draft a constitution for a future state, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in
November 11, 2025
France's central bank said the economy "will grow slightly in the fourth quarter" as high political uncertainty contributes to a slowing pace of expansion in November, although it did
November 11, 2025
Greece, Cyprus, Spain and Italy will be eligible for help dealing with migratory pressures under a new EU mechanism when the bloc's pact on migration and asylum enters into force
November 11, 2025
Pressure grows for release of penguins ‘trapped’ at London aquarium
November 11, 2025
British journalist Sami Hamdi expected to be released from ICE detention and return to UK
November 10, 2025
A Russian court has extended the jailing of an 18-year-old street singer on charges seen as punishment for performing anti-war songs
November 11, 2025
Lithuania's foreign minister said he would refuse talks with Belarus on reopening their border, after its President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday ordered
November 11, 2025
Alphabet's Google will invest 5.5 billion euros ($6.41 billion) in Germany in the coming years in a push to expand its
November 11, 2025
European shares closed at a record high on Tuesday, led by healthcare stocks, as investors anticipated an end to the U.S. government shutdown and
November 11, 2025
A Turkish C-130 military cargo plane with at least 20 personnel on board crashed in Georgia on Tuesday after taking off from Azerbaijan but the number of casualties
November 11, 2025
A blue diamond weighing nearly 10 carats has sold at auction in Switzerland for $25.6 million including fees
November 11, 2025
Switzerland could clinch a deal with the United States to lower U.S. tariffs on Swiss goods to 15% as soon as Thursday or Friday, a Swiss source told
November 11, 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the frontline city of Kherson on Tuesday, which is only a few kilometres from Russian positions across the Dnipro river, and faces
November 11, 2025
Bulgaria has one month of gasoline supplies left as it braces for the start of U.S. sanctions on Russia's Lukoil, which owns the country's largest oil refinery and most storage and
November 11, 2025
A Turkish prosecutor demanded on Tuesday a prison sentence of more than 2,000 years for Ekrem Imamoglu, the jailed opposition mayor of Istanbul,
November 11, 2025
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November 11, 2025
JPMorgan has moved 120 employees for its upcoming digital retail bank into its new central Berlin headquarters and expects to hire more people in the years to come in a building
November 11, 2025
Levi's will sell its new line of $300 jeans in more stores next year as it looks to boost growth by tapping into strong demand for premium denim, Chief Financial
November 11, 2025
Group of Seven foreign ministers will meet in Canada on Tuesday, with Ukraine and the Middle East set to be high on the agenda as U.S
November 11, 2025
The world's biggest retailer of IKEA furniture reported a rise in annual profit on Tuesday, while it tries to bring back cash-strapped
November 11, 2025
A British regional council on Tuesday lost its bid to have asylum seekers removed from a hotel targeted by protests after a resident was charged with sexual assault, a
November 11, 2025
Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure at a data centre in Portugal's port city of Sines over the next few years, marking one of the largest
November 11, 2025
Germany plans to allocate nearly 19 billion euros ($22.16 billion) to kit out soldiers with new clothes and personal equipment in the coming years, in addition to 7.5 billion for new
November 11, 2025
Six months after taking office, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is struggling to fulfill pledges to revive Europe's largest economy and fend off the far right, with
November 11, 2025
Thousands of protesters circled a former army headquarters in Serbia on Tuesday over a new law to speed its conversion into a luxury compound leased to an
November 11, 2025
A Ukrainian anti-corruption agency has detained five people and identified seven other suspects in a major graft investigation
November 11, 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo tells CNN the 2026 World Cup will ‘definitely’ be his last
November 11, 2025
Thousands of protesters in Serbia have formed a human shield around a bombed-out military complex, vowing to protect it from redevelopment
November 11, 2025
The death toll from a capsized boat carrying Rohingya migrants from Myanmar has risen to 27
November 11, 2025
Stress in private credit could spark 'psychological contagion,' Fed's Barr tells Bloomberg News
Asia finance leaders say they are ready to act to stem volatility risks
ADB launches $70 billion plan for energy, digital infrastructure in Asia-Pacific
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