Category: Europe

LONDON — A senior Home Office official has warned that the British government’s decision to ban Palestine Action is causing widespread confusion within counterterrorism systems and could lead to innocent people being wrongly labeled as extremists. The official, who works closely with the Prevent program, told The Guardian that the proscription has blurred the lines […]

PARIS — Braving biting cold, thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Paris and cities across France on Saturday, demanding urgent action and greater public funding to confront the country’s persistent epidemic of violence against women. In the capital, an enormous crowd estimated at 50,000 by organizers and 17,000 by police; marched through the city […]

The G20 summit in Johannesburg opened under the shadow of rising urgency over the war in Ukraine, as Kyiv signaled readiness to engage with a U.S.-backed peace framework while navigating some of the most challenging days in its recent history, according to “The News”. President Volodymyr Zelensky, fresh from warning that Ukraine is enduring an […]

European Union member states would be required to open their borders to each other’s troops and military equipment within three days in peacetime and within just six hours during a crisis under a sweeping new proposal from the European Commission aimed at transforming the bloc’s ability to move forces rapidly across Europe, according to Euro […]

Nine people were killed and dozens more wounded after Russian forces unleashed a sweeping overnight assault across Ukraine, striking deep into the country’s west in one of the deadliest attacks there since the full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago, according to BBC News. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said multiple nine-storey apartment blocks in the […]

BRUSSELS — The European Union on Monday trimmed its growth outlook for the eurozone in 2026, warning that rising global trade tensions and geopolitical uncertainty continue to cast a long shadow over Europe’s economic prospects, according to Hurriyet Daily News. In its latest forecast, the European Commission projects the 20-nation currency bloc will expand by […]

A ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before the spring and European allies need to keep up support despite a corruption scandal which has engulfed Kiev, President Alexander Stubb of Finland told The Associated Press. Europe, meanwhile, will require ‘’sisu,’’ a Finnish word meaning endurance, resilience and grit, to get through the winter months, he said, […]

Kyiv — Russia unleashed a new wave of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine from Friday into Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring 53 over the past 24 hours, according to Ukrainian regional authorities,according Euro News. Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported that Russia launched three Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles overnight, accompanied by a […]

Italy’s defense minister sharpened Rome’s stance on the war in Ukraine on Friday, declaring that it would be “absurd” for the country to scale back or hesitate in providing support to Kyiv, according to Reuters. Speaking in Berlin at a gathering of European defense chiefs, Guido Crosetto said Italy was preparing to send its 12th […]

AMSTERDAM — A Dutch court has cleared the way for the extradition of Palestinian journalist Mustafa Ayyash to Austria, where he faces charges of financing Hamas, authorities said Tuesday, according to Al Jazeera News. Ayyash, the founder of the news site Gaza Now, has denied the allegations and has been imprisoned in the Netherlands since […]