British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Oscar for ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ dead at 88
November 29, 2025
Moldovan authorities said on Saturday that Russian drones had entered the country's airspace, posing a threat to aviation, in the third such incident in nine days.
November 29, 2025
Georgian authorities have detained a prominent opposition figure Alexander Elisashvili on suspicion of attempting to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building
November 29, 2025
Tom Stoppard, one of Britain's best-known playwrights, has died at the age of 88. Below are some tributes and reactions.
November 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, emphasizing Christian unity during his trip to Turkey
November 29, 2025
U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine
November 30, 2025
Pope Leo urged political leaders in Lebanon on Sunday to make peace their highest priority in a forceful appeal in a country that remains a target of
November 30, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he was naming Ukraine's former ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, as his new adviser on reconstruction and investment.
November 30, 2025
Trump says there’s a ‘good chance’ a deal can be reached to end the war after US-Ukraine talks in Florida
November 30, 2025
Swiss voters have decisively rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams or other forms as men must do already
November 30, 2025
Talks between Russia and the U.S. on ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were constructive, but much work remains
December 02, 2025
Greek farmers clashed with police on Sunday during protests in central and northern regions over the delayed payment of European Union subsidies prompted by an
November 30, 2025
A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens has sold for $2.7 million at an auction Sunday
November 30, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he was proud of last week's budget, defending not only what he described as the "fair
November 30, 2025
A former senior British officer has told a public inquiry that British special forces in Afghanistan appeared to commit war crimes by executing suspects and
December 01, 2025
Ukrainian officials met with U.S. President Donald Trump's representatives Sunday, and Washington officials are expected in Moscow for more peace talks this week
December 01, 2025
Pope Leo XIV visits holy sites in Lebanon on Monday, drawing Christians and Muslims
December 01, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region
December 01, 2025
British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq said a Bangladeshi court process which has sentenced her in absentia to two years in prison was "flawed and farcical" and said the verdict
December 01, 2025
HSBC said on Monday it had signed a multi-year deal with French start-up Mistral AI to integrate generative artificial intelligence tools across the bank, aiming to speed up
December 01, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee The year that started with a rate hike in Japan might just end with another after the clearest signal yet from Bank of Japan
December 01, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has shared his thoughts during the conclave that elected him, saying he resigned himself to the inevitable and put the rest in God’s hands
December 02, 2025
OSCE election observers said on Monday that a weekend parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan had been efficiently run, but stifled by a restrictive campaign
December 01, 2025
Electric-vehicle maker Tesla has sold more cars in Norway in 2025 than any other automaker ever did in a full year, registration data showed on Monday,
December 01, 2025
Norway's Labour government failed to win backing for its 2026 draft budget by an end-November deadline but talks will resume in parliament
December 01, 2025
Britain's manufacturing sector recorded its first increase in activity since September 2024 last month, bolstered by improved domestic demand and less of a slowdown in orders
December 01, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will pay his first official visit to Ireland on Tuesday, the government said in a statement.
December 01, 2025
Euro zone manufacturing activity slipped back into contraction territory in November on weakening demand that forced firms to cut jobs at the quickest rate in seven
December 01, 2025
German consumer sentiment has slumped to its lowest point of the year, just as shoppers should be flocking to stores for Christmas gifts, raising concerns
December 01, 2025
Germany's manufacturing sector experienced a marked deterioration in business conditions in November, as new orders fell at the fastest rate in ten months,
December 01, 2025
French manufacturing contracted further in November as a drop in production and slower demand for goods hit the sector, a survey from S&P Global said on Monday.
December 01, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended his Treasury chief Rachel Reeves against claims she misled the public about government finances before last week's tax-hiking budget
December 01, 2025
The president of the International Criminal Court said on Monday U.S. sanctions imposed on senior court officials disrupt their personal lives but vowed the institution
December 01, 2025
Tesla registrations in several key European markets plunged in November from a year earlier as the U.S.
December 01, 2025
Russia said on Monday that remarks by NATO's most senior military officer that the U.S.-led military alliance could consider a "pre-emptive strike" to be extremely
December 01, 2025
European leaders rallied to show support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday after U.S.-Ukrainian talks to revise
December 01, 2025
Spain, which is mobilising to contain an outbreak of African swine fever in Barcelona, received confirmation from major pork importer
December 01, 2025
Ruling party lawmakers in Italy are backtracking from assertions that the central bank's $300 billion in gold reserves belong to the state, a document showed, in a bid to avoid
December 01, 2025
Four people were killed and 40 wounded in a Russian missile attack on the eastern-central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Monday, Ukrainian officials said.
December 01, 2025
Stellantis Chief Executive Antonio Filosa on Monday welcomed Berlin's call to soften European Union car emissions rules, saying Germany's proposals aligned with industry
December 01, 2025
Dec 1, 2025 - UK stocks dipped on Monday, dragged down by losses in industrials stocks, amid a general risk-off global sentiment across markets, with investors monitoring domestic data sets and the
December 01, 2025
Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe said on Monday it had agreed with union IG Metall to cut or outsource about 11,000 jobs, or 40% of its workforce, and reduce production capacity to a
December 01, 2025
A court in Azerbaijan on Monday ordered a key opposition figure to be held in pre-trial detention until mid-February following his arrest on charges of plotting to overthrow
December 01, 2025
A charitable foundation is making 25 Christmas stockings from the drapes of King Charles III’s Sandringham estate
December 01, 2025
Belgian authorities are puzzled by the theft of an infant Jesus icon from a Nativity scene in Brussels
December 01, 2025
Woman's car hit by piece of Route 120 bridge
December 01, 2025
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday over a peace plan to end the war with Ukraine
December 02, 2025
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that attacks on commercial ships in the Black Sea
December 01, 2025
The head of Britain's fiscal watchdog resigned on Monday after the agency last week inadvertently released key details of the government's
December 01, 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Monday he is investigating Shein, to determine whether the fast fashion retailer violated state law related to unethical
December 01, 2025
A Libyan war crimes suspect was transferred from Germany to The Hague and put into the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ICC said on Monday.
December 01, 2025
Balloon incursions are ‘hybrid attack’ on Lithuania’s airspace, EU says as it summons Belarusian representative
December 01, 2025
Canada has reached an agreement to join the European Union's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative, which will give Canadian defense companies expanded access to the
December 01, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the capture of the key Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk would enable the military to proceed with its tasks in its offensive operations in Ukraine,
December 01, 2025
Russia claims to have captured key city of Pokrovsk, as Ukraine dismisses Moscow’s ‘loud statements’ ahead of Witkoff talks
December 01, 2025
Police in Britain will be able to require illegal migrants to remove their coats and allow mouth searches at British ports so officers can look for mobile phones or SIM cards
December 01, 2025
President Vladimir Putin hailed what his commanders said was Russia's full capture of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine as an important victory, but the Ukrainian
December 01, 2025
Thousands of people rallied in the Bulgarian capital Sofia and several other cities on Monday, protesting against the 2026 budget plan, the first drafted in euros before the
December 01, 2025
British store chains last month reported lower inflation in the run up to Black Friday sales but higher costs in 2026 mean retailers might struggle to keep inflation on its
December 02, 2025
Britain's private sector expects output to slide over the next three months in their gloomiest outlook since May, as cautious consumer spending and cost pressures continue to
December 02, 2025
Canada has joined a major European Union defense fund
December 01, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to China this week for his fourth state visit, as Europe seeks to balance economic and security threats from
December 02, 2025
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” was crowned best feature film and the dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won three awards Monday at the 35th annual Gotham Awards, a starry kickoff to the film industry’s awards season
December 02, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon
December 02, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin met U.S.
December 02, 2025
A decade after it began working on a capital markets union, the EU is still struggling to agree a framework that encourages savers to
December 02, 2025
However Donald Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine pans out, Europe fears the prospect of a deal – sooner or later – that will not punish or weaken
December 02, 2025
A Russian-flagged tanker loaded with sunflower oil reported a drone attack off the Turkish coast on Tuesday, but its 13 crew members were
December 02, 2025
British house prices rose slightly faster than expected in November, defying concerns about the impact of finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget, and higher wages were
December 02, 2025
Germany's government must do more to save industry from the country's economic "free fall", said the BDI sector association on Tuesday, as it slashed its
December 02, 2025
By Anastasiia Kozlova, Purvi Agarwal and Tharuniyaa .
December 02, 2025
The Prada Group has officially purchased Milan fashion rival Versace for $1.375 billion
December 02, 2025
Apple can be sued in a Dutch court for antitrust damages, Europe's highest court said on
December 02, 2025
Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev will meet U.S. special representative Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday, sources close to U.S.-Russia talks told Reuters.
December 02, 2025
Euro zone inflation unexpectedly ticked up last month, likely solidifying bets that no further European Central Bank rate cuts are coming anytime soon, data from Eurostat
December 02, 2025
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will visit China from December 8 to 9, two sources familiar with his plans said, after he abruptly cancelled a planned
December 02, 2025
Italy's government is set to delay the approval of a decree that would allow Rome to prolong military supplies to Ukraine into next year, sources close to the
December 02, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators had "refined" a framework peace agreement developed in Geneva during their recent
December 02, 2025
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party narrowed the gap on opposition rival Tisza in November, an opinion poll showed on
December 02, 2025
Inflation in the euro zone is practically at the European Central Bank's 2% target and will fluctuate around it despite a tariff-induced price rise in the United States,
December 02, 2025
A task force of EU vets began work in Barcelona on Tuesday to help contain an African swine fever outbreak as Spain, one of the world's
December 02, 2025
NATO Chief Mark Rutte repeated on Tuesday that the consensus needed for Ukraine to join the alliance is not there at the moment.
December 02, 2025
U.S.
December 02, 2025
Belgian police on Tuesday detained former European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and a current senior EU diplomat as part of a
December 02, 2025
Amazon is cutting the fees it charges sellers in Europe as it responds to competition from marketplaces like Shein and Temu that sell clothes, homeware and
December 02, 2025
Switzerland may need to get used to U.S. tariffs, a top Swiss trade negotiator was quoted as saying on Tuesday after the country reached a tariff deal to get parity with the
December 02, 2025
Airbus is assessing the impact on year-end deliveries of a fuselage quality issue on some A320 jets after the newly discovered snag led to "weak" November
December 02, 2025
Indonesia and the Netherlands on Tuesday signed a deal to repatriate two elderly Dutch prisoners convicted of drug offences, officials said, one of whom was on death row.
December 02, 2025
France's ageing population will drive public spending to pandemic-era highs in coming decades while eroding tax income, the public audit office warned on Tuesday.
December 02, 2025
Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov says the country’s skiers and snowboarders have won a court ruling to get the chance to apply to compete as neutral athletes for qualification events to the Winter Olympics
December 02, 2025
The message behind Putin’s camouflage-clad claim of victory in a key Ukrainian city
December 02, 2025
Isack Hadjar will team up with his childhood hero Max Verstappen at Red Bull next year after an impressive rookie season
December 02, 2025
A long-running investigation into the 1989 Hillsborough stadium soccer tragedy has found that 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct proceedings for their failings during and after Britain’s worst sports disaster
December 02, 2025
Pavarotti statue stuck in skating rink sparks outrage in Italy
December 02, 2025
In a labour market where artificial intelligence is quickly transforming and sometimes replacing jobs, student Maryna Yaroshenko wanted
December 02, 2025
Romania's government sought fast-track parliamentary approval on Tuesday for a bill raising the retirement age for judges and prosecutors and capping their pensions after
December 02, 2025
President Vladimir Putin warned European powers on Tuesday that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of
December 02, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened on Tuesday to sever Ukraine's access to the sea in response to drone attacks on tankers of Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Black
December 02, 2025
Hermes heir Nicolas Puech has sued Bernard Arnault and his LVMH luxury conglomerate, among other parties, in a civil case related to
December 02, 2025
Police in Britain must act urgently to prevent sexual offences against women and girls and have shown a "troubling lack of momentum and ambition", an inquiry into the case of
December 02, 2025
Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died
December 02, 2025
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor denied six-figure compensation payout for leaving Royal Lodge, crown estate says
December 02, 2025
Slovakia's parliament gave initial approval on Tuesday to dismantle the country's whistleblower protection office and replace it with a new body, a move critics say
December 02, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had some optimism around peace efforts due to the speed of the process and the United States' interest in finding a
December 02, 2025
Pope Leo revealed on Tuesday that at the moment of his election as leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church, he turned to God with
December 02, 2025
Fabergé egg fetches record $30.2 million at rare auction
December 02, 2025
Gunvor's new CEO, Gary Pedersen, said on Tuesday there were no immediate plans to rebrand the Swiss-based commodities trader, a day
December 02, 2025
Ireland's media regulator began investigations into TikTok and LinkedIn on Tuesday over concerns that their illegal content reporting mechanisms are not easy to access or do
December 02, 2025
Police arrested prominent Tunisian opposition figure Ayachi Hammami at his home on Tuesday to enforce a five-year prison term on a conviction for conspiracy
December 02, 2025
Conservative legislators in Germany voted by a large majority in favour of a contested pension reform package in what had been billed as a trial ballot ahead
December 02, 2025
Putin says US plan could be ‘basis’ of a Ukraine deal but threatens to take land by force if Kyiv doesn’t withdraw
November 27, 2025
(Corrects first three paragraphs to clarify that the Barcelona terminal deal is separate from the wider bid by BlackRock and MSC for CK Hutchison's global port assets.
November 27, 2025
European nations agreed on Thursday to increase spending on space over the next three years by about 30% to 22.1 billion euros, part of an effort to try to catch
November 27, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian and U.S. delegations are to meet this week to work out a formula discussed at talks in Geneva to bring peace and
November 27, 2025
Israeli security forces shot two Palestinian men on Thursday who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine TV
November 27, 2025
Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt has started the World Cup super-G season with a Thanksgiving win at Copper Mountain and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde reduced fiancée Mikaela Shiffrin to tears by making his comeback after nearly two years out
November 27, 2025
Moldova's Parliament voted on Thursday to close a Russian cultural centre, a new bid to reduce Moscow's influence in the country a day after Russia's ambassador was
November 27, 2025
Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, whose supply chain was broken up when the Dutch government took over the company in September, urged its Chinese units in an open letter on
November 27, 2025
The European Commission should resist automakers' calls to allow cars to run on biofuels beyond 2035 because they are in short supply and not truly carbon-
November 27, 2025
‘Greatest of them all’: Fabergé’s Winter Egg is poised to smash auction records
November 28, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has marked a significant moment in his first foreign trip to Turkey by visiting the site of the historic Council of Nicaea
November 28, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has joined Orthodox patriarchs and ecumenical leaders in Turkey to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea
November 28, 2025
A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution is going up for auction
November 27, 2025
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has met Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks at the Kremlin
November 28, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, who was also the country’s lead negotiator in talks with the U.S. The resignation on Friday came hours after Yermak’s residence was searched by anti-corruption investigators
November 28, 2025
Zelensky’s top aide and key peace negotiator resigns after anti-corruption raid of his home
November 28, 2025
The Louvre museum has approved a ticket price increase for non-EU visitors, raising it from 22 to 32 euros starting in January
November 28, 2025
EU antitrust regulators will examine whether Apple's Apple Ads and Apple Maps should be subject to the onerous requirements of the bloc's digital
November 28, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's powerful chief of staff Andriy Yermak, a close ally who has headed Ukraine's negotiation team at fraught U.S.-backed peace talks, quit
November 28, 2025
Alphabet's Google on Friday dropped its EU
November 28, 2025
Euro zone growth and inflation remain on a benign path, a slew of fresh data suggested on Friday, supporting economists' bets that no further European Central Bank rate cuts are
November 28, 2025
German inflation accelerated more than expected in November, reaching the highest level since February, while the number of people out of work rose and retail sales
November 28, 2025
Italy's economy posted marginal growth of 0.1% in the third quarter from the previous three months thanks mainly to exports, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Friday, revising
November 28, 2025
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said the European Union's plan to use frozen Russian state assets to fund Ukraine could endanger the chances for a
November 28, 2025
Bulgaria's government will resubmit to parliament for approval its 2026 budget plan, the first drafted in euros before the country adopts the currency on January 1, the prime minister
November 28, 2025
Spanish retail sales rose 3.8% in October from a year earlier on a calendar-adjusted basis and excluding the effects of inflation, after falling from a revised 4.1% in September, the
November 28, 2025
Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate fell to 3.1% in November, from 3.2% in the period through October, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute (INE)
November 28, 2025
Sweden's gross domestic product grew 1.1% in the third quarter of 2025 from the previous three month period and grew 2.6% compared to the same quarter a year earlier, final
November 28, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Moscow on Friday on a rare visit by an EU and NATO leader, saying he would still be happy for
November 28, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee On perhaps the slowest trading day of the year, investors are dealing with an outage on CME Group platform affecting
November 28, 2025
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday became the first German head of state to visit Guernica, the Basque town devastated by a Nazi air raid during
November 28, 2025
Ask Ukrainians who the country's most powerful figure was after the president, and many would say Andriy Yermak, his chief of staff and a key negotiator during four
November 28, 2025
China has banned pork imports from Barcelona province after Spain detected its first case of African swine fever in three decades in two wild
November 28, 2025
French telecoms group Orange is right to temporarily close its site in Marseille to protect staff from problems related to drug gangs in the area, the country's
November 28, 2025
Workers went on strike at Amazon warehouses in Germany on Black Friday aiming to disrupt operations on a key sales day as they push for a collective bargaining
November 28, 2025
The International Criminal Court ruled on Friday that the Philippines' 80-year-old former President Rodrigo Duterte must remain detained despite a
November 28, 2025
Romanian Defence Minister Ionut Mosteanu resigned on Friday after admitting he had lied about his studies in his resume, saying he did not want his personal "mistakes" to distract
November 28, 2025
The United Nations said on Friday that the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces the previous day appeared to be a "summary execution."
November 28, 2025
The EU executive will unveil next week measures to cut the bloc's over-reliance on China
November 28, 2025
After losing her son to Russia's war in Ukraine, Olya Kachmaryk hopes a new U.S.-backed peace plan can finally end the fighting - even if it could mean giving
November 28, 2025
Germany's Lufthansa wants to increase profitability at its core brand next year after it is set to return to the black this year, Lufthansa Airlines' CEO Jens Ritter said on
November 28, 2025
Italy’s fashion house Armani has appointed a new board to guide the company following the death of its founder Giorgio Armani earlier this year
November 28, 2025
Louvre museum to hike entrance fee by 45% for non-European visitors
November 28, 2025
The Swedish government has pledged to combat the sale of childlike sex dolls online
November 28, 2025
Britain said on Friday that talks to join the European Union's defence fund SAFE have broken down, in a setback for a much-vaunted post-
November 28, 2025
U.N. agencies on Friday appealed to Washington to continue allowing asylum seekers access to the country and to be given due process after President Donald Trump vowed to freeze
November 28, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Israel on December 6 and 7 for his first official visit since taking office, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.
November 28, 2025
Far-right leader Andre Ventura and a former navy admiral running as an independent are neck-and-neck in voter intentions for Portugal's January presidential
November 28, 2025
Orbán meets Putin in Moscow to shore up Hungary’s energy supplies, making use of Trump exemption
November 28, 2025
Pope Leo denounces misuse of religion for ‘justifying’ war, violence or fanaticism
November 28, 2025
Germany's parliament on Friday passed the budget for 2026 with over 180 billion euros ($208 billion) in new debt, outlining how Berlin will use its financial firepower to revive the
November 28, 2025
French police have arrested a man believed to be the fourth member of the team that stole France’s crown jewels from the Louvre Museum
November 28, 2025
A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday officially dropped the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and others for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, closing the chapter in a legal effort once seen as a grave threat to Trump’s political future.
November 26, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine as a starting point for talks
November 27, 2025
A Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in 2022 arrived in Germany on Thursday after Italy's top court approved
November 27, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called the Ukrainian leadership illegitimate and said it was senseless to sign any documents with them.
November 27, 2025
Ukraine still has a critical need for external financing, officials said on Thursday, issuing a fresh appeal for the EU to approve a loan backed by frozen Russian
November 27, 2025
Spain's Supreme Court ordered prison on remand for former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos on Thursday, who is implicated in one of the corruption scandals dogging the leftist
November 27, 2025
Irish novelist Sally Rooney said Britain's decision to ban pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation could stop her receiving royalties and even lead to her
November 27, 2025
Ukraine will need strong armed forces and security guarantees after any peace deal with Russia is agreed and Kyiv should not be forced to surrender territory, German Chancellor
November 27, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that outline draft peace proposals discussed by the United States and Ukraine could become the basis of
November 27, 2025
Adam Nagy, one of Hungary’s most popular podcasters, says building an audience on YouTube gave him the financial independence to speak his mind in a media
November 27, 2025
Ukrainian sports minister rejects idea of Russian athletes returning for Winter Olympics
November 27, 2025
Turkey's defence ministry said on Thursday that a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia must be achieved first before any discussions can take place on possible troop deployment for a
November 27, 2025
In Madrid, specialised tour guides are leading visitors past the customary landmarks to focus on an African heritage that barely appears in Spanish textbooks and
November 27, 2025
European shares ended largely steady on Thursday after three consecutive sessions of gains, driven by rising hopes of a U.S. interest rate cut next
November 27, 2025
Global police agency Interpol elected French police official Lucas Philippe as its president on Thursday.
November 27, 2025
Like many Americans on the annual holiday of Thanksgiving, Pope Leo was travelling on Thursday, flying from Rome to Turkey for his first
November 27, 2025
A maritime demarcation deal signed between Lebanon and Cyprus violates the rights of Turkish Cypriots on the island and is therefore unacceptable, Turkey said on Thursday.
November 27, 2025
French antitrust watchdog on Thursday dismissed a complaint filed against Microsoft by local search engine Qwant which accused the U.S. company of abusing its dominant position.
November 27, 2025
Two Swiss lawmakers asked prosecutors to examine whether gifts by Swiss business leaders to U.S.
November 27, 2025
Bank lending to euro zone firms held steady last month while a key EU economic sentiment indicator edged up in November, adding to evidence that the currency bloc continues to
November 27, 2025
Russia on Thursday ordered Poland to close its consulate in the Siberian city of Irkutsk in retaliation for Warsaw's decision to close the last Russian consulate in Poland
November 27, 2025
It is too early for the European Central Bank to discuss another interest rate cut as inflation in the euro zone might still turn out higher than expected, ECB policymaker Martins
November 27, 2025
A Russian military court on Thursday sentenced eight men to life in prison over their purported role in a deadly Ukrainian truck bomb attack on the
November 27, 2025
Long-term net migration to Britain fell by more than two-thirds in the year to June, official data showed on Thursday, extending a downward trend fuelled by tougher
November 27, 2025
European Central Bank policymakers were in no hurry to cut rates when they met last month as uncertainty remained high and some even thought that no more easing would be needed,
November 27, 2025
JPMorgan Chase & Co will build a tower in London's Canary Wharf financial district, unveiling plans on Thursday to invest billions of pounds on the heels of a budget
November 27, 2025
Spain's lower house rejected the government's proposed 2026 spending plan on Thursday, providing a setback to the government's attempts to restore a normal budget timetable.
November 27, 2025
Air France and Airbus clashed over the role of pilots in a mid-Atlantic crash that killed 228 passengers and crew more than 16 years ago as the two companies fought
November 27, 2025
President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday
November 27, 2025
Portugal's parliament on Thursday gave final approval to the centre-right minority government's 2026 budget, projecting slightly faster growth and a fourth
November 27, 2025
British finance minister Rachel Reeves fought back on Thursday against criticism that she was raising the tax burden to a post-World War Two high to
November 27, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a new military service program for volunteers aged 18 and 19
November 27, 2025
Remy Cointreau's new CEO outlined a series of strategic changes on Thursday, including lowering prices to sell more cognac, and said the
November 27, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook As markets settled in for the U.S.
November 27, 2025
Moldova summoned Russia's ambassador on Wednesday to complain about the latest intrusion of drones into its airspace and urged Moscow to take measures to prevent further instances.
November 26, 2025
It was a wild Champions League night with stellar teenage scorers
November 26, 2025
Turkey's central bank will adjust policy to hit its targets despite a recent slowdown in the disinflation process, Governor Fatih Karahan said on Wednesday.
November 26, 2025
French authorities have arrested members of a pro-Russia group over alleged links to espionage-related activities
November 26, 2025
An American football league in Europe and the teams that recently broke away from it demanding structural reforms have reached a deal to reunite and play next season
November 26, 2025
U.S.
November 26, 2025
Italy's Senate has postponed debate on a landmark bill that would stipulate for the first time that sex without consent constitutes rape, exposing tensions within Prime Minister
November 26, 2025
Germany must redefine its geopolitical role to adapt to a situation in which it is unclear what alliances can be relied on and will persist in future, Defence Minister Boris
November 26, 2025
By Anastasiia Kozlova, Purvi Agarwal and Tharuniyaa .
November 26, 2025
The European Central Bank must not try to micromanage monetary policy and should only cut interest rates again if price growth is heading below target without rebounding,
November 26, 2025
The Czech Republic's populist ANO party on Wednesday proposed appointing to cabinet a right-wing eurosceptic who has been criticised for performing a Nazi salute, complicating
November 26, 2025
Russia will make no big concessions on a peace plan for Ukraine, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday, after a leaked recording of
November 26, 2025
Hungarian oil and gas company MOL will increase crude oil and fuel deliveries to Serbia after supplies to its Russia-owned NIS refinery were cut due to U.S. sanctions, Hungary's
November 26, 2025
Senior Ukrainian security official Rustem Umerov, a key figure in peace negotiations with Moscow and Washington, was questioned as a witness by anti-corruption investigators probing
November 26, 2025
President Donald Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war mirrors his tactics in the Israel-Hamas conflict
November 26, 2025
Euro zone lenders with big dollar businesses should bulk up their liquidity and capital cushions to withstand any squeeze in a U.S. currency made more volatile by President Donald
November 26, 2025
The European Union has accelerated efforts to agree on a scheme to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine after a U.S.-backed peace plan last week set out
November 26, 2025
German power utility RWE and U.S. investor Apollo Global Management said on Wednesday that they successfully closed their partnership transaction for a joint venture to fund power grid
November 26, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin must accept he has no option to leave the war in Ukraine successfully, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday.
November 26, 2025
European shares will repeat this year's strong gains in 2026, a Reuters poll indicated, with investors hopeful that an improving economic environment combined with
November 26, 2025
Poland will receive 44 billion euros ($50.91 billion) from the European Union's SAFE programme to boost its armed forces, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.
November 26, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday said there were signs the economy is turning a corner following his landmark reform of fiscal rules earlier this year,
November 26, 2025
Europe's embattled carmakers are hoping for a reprieve when Brussels unveils an auto sector package next month, which could water down an effective ban on new combustion engines initially
November 26, 2025
The European Parliament called on Wednesday for the European Union to set minimum ages for children to access social media, to combat a rise in mental health
November 26, 2025
Karl Bushby, a British ex-paratrooper who set out in 1998 to walk around the world, is on the final stretch of his 27-year-long trek
November 26, 2025
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that Moscow's proposals regarding the New START nuclear arms control treaty are designed to prevent negative global
November 26, 2025
The Trump administration and Belarus are discussing the possible release of at least 100 political prisoners by Minsk soon, three sources familiar with the
November 26, 2025
The third and final day of a national strike in Belgium on Wednesday grounded most flights at Brussels Airport and disrupted public transport.
November 26, 2025
Two European governments have agreed to buy underwater drones for military use, their German manufacturer told Reuters,
November 26, 2025
European Union member states have agreed a common position on draft online child protection legislation without forcing global tech companies to identify and remove online child
November 26, 2025
Meta Platforms on Wednesday hit out at EU antitrust regulators for what it said were "aberrant" requests for information during two investigations four years ago,
November 26, 2025
Ireland introduced measures to tighten its immigration rules on Wednesday that the justice minister said were aimed at slowing a "worryingly" high rate of population growth amid
November 26, 2025
Alibaba's AliExpress said it has banned a China-based seller of childlike sex dolls from its marketplace after a Reuters examination of
November 26, 2025
The world economy is undergoing transformative changes beyond U.S. tariffs and Europe needs to start finding growth at home because its traditional sources of
November 26, 2025
France's highest court on Wednesday upheld former President Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid, his
November 26, 2025
A senior Kremlin official confirms that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit Moscow next week
November 26, 2025
A leader of one of Georgia's main opposition groups was sentenced to an additional 1-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of contempt of court for throwing
November 26, 2025
Trump brushes off concerns about Witkoff’s interactions with Russians as leaked transcript roils Washington
November 26, 2025
A driver accused of injuring over 100 people by ramming his car into a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League championship has changed his plea to guilty
November 26, 2025
The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games after bad weather forced officials to move the traditional lighting from ancient Olympia to a nearby museum
November 26, 2025
Pope Leo takes message of peace to Middle East on first foreign visit. Here’s what to know
November 26, 2025
Could the latest Ukraine talks actually end the war? Here’s what to know
November 25, 2025
Germany remained the European Union's largest net contributor in 2024 despite its ongoing economic crisis, though its payments have fallen sharply
November 26, 2025
After 26 years in a Turkish prison, Abdullah Ocalan is carving out a key role for himself as Ankara tries to end his outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party's four-decade insurgency.
November 26, 2025
Italy’s antitrust watchdog said it may impose interim measures on Meta as it widened a probe into whether the U.S. tech giant abused its dominance by blocking rival
November 26, 2025
Russian forces staged a mass drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia late on Tuesday, triggering fires, injuring 19 people and badly damaging buildings and vehicles,
November 25, 2025
China's Great Wall Motor is targeting annual production of 300,000 vehicles by 2029 in Europe where it is scouting locations for its first car
November 26, 2025
The British government's ban on pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation amounted to an authoritarian restriction on protest, lawyers
November 26, 2025
U.S.
November 26, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has spent much of this year focused on the carmaker’s robotics pursuits and winning shareholder approval for his freshly minted $1 trillion
November 26, 2025
INEOS plans to transform the Nini oil field in the North Sea into a carbon storage site
November 26, 2025
U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has become a key negotiator in the Trump administration’s push to end the Russia-Ukraine war
November 26, 2025
President Donald Trump says his plan to end the war in Ukraine has been "fine-tuned."
November 25, 2025
Russian authorities must increase the number of people who identify as Russian and speak Russian in the parts of Ukraine incorporated into the country since Moscow's 2022 invasion,
November 26, 2025
Belarusian politician Mikola Statkevich, who was freed from prison in a U.S.-brokered deal but refused to leave his native country, has been returned to prison
November 25, 2025
Stellantis Chairman John Elkann on Tuesday warned that the European auto industry risks an "irreversible decline".
November 25, 2025
France and Germany are ratcheting up pressure on their industrial champions to rescue Europe's next-generation fighter
November 25, 2025
Stellantis Chairman John Elkann on Tuesday warned the European auto industry risks an "irreversible decline" if the European Union does not soften its stance on cuts in carbon
November 25, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday told a Coalition of the Willing meeting that London was "ready to move" with the European Union on providing financial support to
November 25, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Kyiv was ready to move forward with a U.S.-backed peace deal, and that he was prepared to discuss its sensitive points with U.S.
November 25, 2025
A rarely seen painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, depicting his son and his nursemaid, was sold for 1.45 million euros ($1.68 million) at an
November 25, 2025
The leaders of the European countries supporting Ukraine, the so-called coalition of the willing, on Tuesday insisted to keep pressuring Russia with sanctions in a video call with
November 25, 2025
Britain's main minimum wage rate will rise by 4.1% to 12.71 pounds ($16.67) an hour next April to keep up with average pay, the government said on Tuesday, despite
November 25, 2025
Leaders of Britain, France and Germany, following their Coalition of the Willing meeting on Tuesday, expressed support for U.S.
November 25, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he was ready to advance a U.S.-backed framework for ending the war with Russia and
November 25, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said on Tuesday he spoke to U.S.
November 25, 2025
Kirill Dmitriev has emerged as a key player in drafting a new proposal to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine
November 25, 2025
The 2026 World Cup draw next week will reward the four highest-ranked teams who are Spain, Argentina, France and England with being placed in separate sections of a new tennis-style seeded tournament bracket
November 25, 2025
Brussels Airport will cancel 110 of the 203 incoming flights on Wednesday, in addition to the departing flights already scrapped due to a nationwide strike, a spokesperson said,
November 25, 2025
Key wins for Italy's opposition in southern regional elections show cracks in the ruling conservative bloc's dominance, raising doubts over Prime
November 25, 2025
The aggregated fiscal stance of euro zone countries should stay neutral next year, the European Commission said on Tuesday in a recommendation that is to help coordinate fiscal
November 25, 2025
‘We trained for this’: Recent drill helped Louisville airport crews rapidly respond to plane crash
November 25, 2025
‘A miracle and a warning’: Ancient tower collapse reveals a crisis facing modern Rome
November 25, 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo will likely avoid missing any Portugal games at the World Cup despite his red card in a qualifying game last week for elbowing an Ireland opponent
November 25, 2025
Idrissa Gueye’s sending-off for Everton for slapping his teammate in the face during the Premier League match at Manchester United joins the list of soccer’s most bizarre red cards
November 25, 2025
The Paris prosecutor has announced four more arrests in connection with the $102 million jewel heist at the Louvre Museum
November 25, 2025
Italian man accused of dressing up as his dead mom to claim her pension
November 25, 2025
The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games will be lit at Ancient Olympia, continuing a tradition that uses the sun’s rays to symbolize continuity with the original Greek competitions
November 25, 2025
Four more suspects detained over Louvre jewel heist
November 25, 2025
Romanian and German NATO fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday near Romania's border with Ukraine to respond to a drone incursion that penetrated deeper than ever into Romanian
November 25, 2025
The French prosecutor's office on Tuesday said it had opened an investigation on U.S.
November 25, 2025
Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's anti-immigration Reform UK party, has said he has "never directly racially abused anybody", after a report alleging he made antisemitic remarks
November 25, 2025
Vatican warns against rise in polyamory, saying ‘succession of faces’ does not rival exclusive union
November 25, 2025
Britain is still making plans for a multinational force in Ukraine after a ceasefire is agreed, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesperson said on Tuesday.
November 25, 2025
Sweden's military wants long-range cruise missiles able to strike targets deep inside other countries, a deterrent which the defence minister said on Tuesday was
November 25, 2025
A person suspected of being the fourth member of the main gang that robbed the Louvre last month has been arrested, reported Le Parisien paper on Tuesday.
November 25, 2025
British finance minister Rachel Reeves is expected to raise tens of billions of pounds in taxes in her budget on Wednesday to stay on track for her self-imposed fiscal rules, a key
October 30, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that an amended peace plan for Ukraine must reflect the "spirit and letter" of understandings reached between President
November 25, 2025
NATO must speed up work on strengthening the protection of its eastern flank from drones, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said after Romania scrambled fighter jets
November 25, 2025
The French government will ask a Paris judge on Wednesday to order the suspension of Chinese online platform Shein in the country for three months
November 25, 2025
British retailers have reported the sharpest drop in confidence in 17 years and their sales fell again ahead of Wednesday's budget which is likely to include tax increases, according
November 25, 2025
Several European companies have frozen hiring or cut jobs this year, citing difficult economic conditions exacerbated by U.S. tariffs.
October 28, 2025
Russia launches deadly strikes in Kyiv as peace talks continue in Abu Dhabi
November 25, 2025
European Union lawmakers have voted to deepen integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation bloc
November 25, 2025
Harsh economic headwinds are sending
November 25, 2025
Russia launched a new barrage of drones and missiles at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Tuesday, officials said, killing seven people, wounding 21,
November 25, 2025
The European Union needs to revamp how it spends money to revive growth, curbing state aid and redirecting funds towards "public goods" that will be critical for future growth, Dutch
November 25, 2025
European shares extended gains on Tuesday, led by materials and financial stocks, as investors continued to draw optimism from prospects of a
November 25, 2025
European Central Bank policy is in a "good place" the Dutch and Irish central bank governors said on Tuesday, repeating the bank's long-standing mantra that has kept expectations for
November 25, 2025
Countries must act now to keep slowing population growth from wreaking havoc on their long-term economic prospects, the European Bank for Reconstruction and
November 25, 2025
The EU's highest court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens
November 25, 2025
Britain's Domino's Pizza said on Tuesday that CEO Andrew Rennie has stepped down, marking another senior departure as the company shifts strategy to tackle weak sales and rising costs.
November 25, 2025
German home prices will rise around 3% annually over the coming years, according to property analysts polled by Reuters, outstripping overall inflation and further
November 25, 2025
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul plans to visit China before the end of this year, he said at a policy forum in Berlin on Tuesday, after postponing a planned October trip at
November 25, 2025
British carrier easyJet reported better-than-expected full-year operating profit on Tuesday and lifted its medium-term target for its holidays
November 25, 2025
Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy on Thursday, travelling to Turkey and Lebanon.
November 25, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan needs improvement to make it acceptable for Ukraine and Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron told RTL radio on Tuesday.
November 25, 2025
New car sales in Europe rose 4.9% in October as electric cars outpaced petrol and diesel registrations, European Automobile Manufacturers' Association data showed on
November 25, 2025
The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office says a court order forbids the coroner from releasing details of the investigation into the death of a teen girl whose body was found in the trunk of a car registered to the singer d4vd
November 24, 2025
A German actor known for his icy gaze and unique screen presence, Udo Kier has died at 81
November 24, 2025
Germany’s association of family-owned companies has lifted its ban on contacts with AfD lawmakers, signalling the far-right party’s growing acceptability in parts of the business
November 24, 2025
U.S. and Ukrainian officials sought to narrow the gaps between them on Monday over a plan to end the war in Ukraine, after
November 24, 2025
Traditional Christmas markets are opening across Germany, drawing revelers to enjoy mulled wine, grilled sausages, and festive attractions
November 24, 2025
Officials say progress was made in urgent weekend talks on amending the U.S. peace proposal for Ukraine that many saw as favoring Russia
November 24, 2025
A French union filed a legal challenge on Monday against a decision by the country's telecoms regulator to grant radio spectrum to Amazon's
November 24, 2025
A heating and power plant in Russia's Moscow region has resumed operations after shutting down due to a fire caused by a Ukrainian drone strike, regional governor Andrei Vorobyov
November 24, 2025
Italy's leftist opposition and ruling parties held their ground in regional votes, provisional results showed on Monday, wrapping up a round of races in 2025 that saw
November 24, 2025
Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski has summoned the Israeli ambassador over a post by Yad Vashem
November 24, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces a crucial week of diplomacy, testing his ability to stand his ground while demonstrating to the United States that he is willing to compromise
November 24, 2025
Europe is jeopardising its own future by missing the boat on artificial intelligence and must quickly remove obstacles that prevent the diffusion of this new technology, European
November 24, 2025
U.S. defence company Northrop Grumman expects continued growth in Europe even if the Russian war in Ukraine is halted, as nations aim to replenish weapons
November 24, 2025
The United States on Monday demanded that the European Union make its regulation of the tech sector more "balanced" in exchange for a reduction of U.S. tariffs
November 24, 2025
Novo Nordisk's closely watched Alzheimer's trials of an older oral version of its semaglutide drug failed to help slow
November 24, 2025
Trafigura's former head nickel trader denied allegations by Indian businessman Prateek Gupta on Monday in a London trial that he helped devise a $600 million fraud to
November 24, 2025
Unilever's ice cream business is gearing up for its multi-billion-dollar spin-off next month, ready to tackle challenges from logistics to the rising
November 24, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday there was more work to do to establish a "just and lasting peace" in Ukraine, but progress was being made.
November 24, 2025
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot will hold talks with his Iranian counterpart in Paris on November 26 to discuss bilateral and regional issues as well as Iran's contested
November 24, 2025
Organizers in Ancient Olympia conducted an emergency lighting of the Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, taking advantage of a brief spell of sunshine amid Greece’s stormy weather
November 24, 2025
Olivia Miles part of another transfer-replenished roster for undefeated No. 9 TCU
Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts like 'baubles' gets 8-year prison term
Trump administration moves to dissolve national climate research lab in Colorado
Stumbles in the search for a Brown University shooter led to the wrong man
$1 billion in de minimis tariff revenue has been collected since loophole closed
Unclaimed packages booth brings surprise shopping to Philly's Christmas Village
Energy Department watchdog will audit Trump's cuts of nearly $8B in clean energy grants
California threatens Tesla with 30-day suspension of sales license for deceptive self-driving claims
Colorado Springs veterans receive fully refurbished vehicles