Merz calls for unity as he warns of threats facing Germany
Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for unity in his struggling coalition on Saturday, saying Germany faced growing threats from political extremists and what he described as
October 24, 2026Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for unity in his struggling coalition on Saturday, saying Germany faced growing threats from political extremists and what he described as
October 24, 2026Ukraine and Russia have signaled willingness to resume peace talks and back a humanitarian mission led by U.S. First lady Melania Trump, but deep disagreements over territory and security guarantees underscore obstacles to ending the war
October 24, 2026The NFL has closed its “NFL House” in Paris as the city braces for street protests with a heavy police presence and storefronts boarded up
October 24, 2026In a rare overnight vote, the Czech ruling coalition pushed public media funding changes through a first parliamentary hurdle despite criticism that they could weaken
October 24, 2026Luxury boutiques in France boarded up their normally glitzy shopfronts and hired private security ahead of fresh protests on Saturday, with some planning
October 24, 2026An amateur mixed martial arts fighter was the man killed in Friday’s shooting rampage near Paris, his club said, identifying the victim of what French President Emmanuel Macron called a racist terror attack
October 24, 2026Firefighters battled for hours to contain a blaze that engulfed the former Nazi guest house known as "The Eagle's Nest" in southern Germany, while police investigated the
October 24, 2026France braces for another weekend of protests as authorities launch massive security operation
October 23, 2026Authorities in Jordan say that gunmen have opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan and killed seven people and wounded 40 others
October 23, 2026Ukraine and Russia said on Friday they had agreed on a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky, brokered through US first lady
October 23, 2026Costa Rica will deepen cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration to target what the nation's newly re-elected attorney general calls "
October 23, 2026A gunman killed one person and wounded five others, including a 12-year-old girl, in a shooting in a Paris suburb that French
October 23, 2026A US appeals court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration is not required under the US Constitution to give detained immigrants a chance to
October 23, 2026A gunman firing from a vehicle in the Paris suburbs has killed one person and wounded at least five others in what French authorities describe as a racially motivated attack
October 23, 2026Aung San Suu Kyi's son said that they spoke about health concerns when he spoke with the detained former leader of Myanmar by phone for the first time in five years
October 23, 2026Pennsylvania boy with autism found in creek after going missing during recess
October 23, 2026Norway has reached an agreement with Hungary allowing the restart of a grants scheme halted over disagreements with the previous Hungarian government, Norwegian
October 23, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump says the NFL “could have probably postponed” the upcoming game in Paris between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints because of street protests in the city
October 23, 2026Italy has called for the immediate release of five Italian activists, all women, held by Israeli forces in the West Bank, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday.
October 23, 2026Emails from a trove of hacked Alternative for Germany (AfD) accounts appear to contradict the far-right party leader Alice Weidel's previous statements about an illegal
October 23, 2026US President Donald Trump said on Friday that if there was still a problem with access to Starlink communication systems in Ukraine, he would get it straightened out.
October 23, 2026The Kremlin on Friday confirmed that a US-brokered local ceasefire agreement had been struck regarding the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky and said that the Russian and
October 23, 2026Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan cautioned on Friday against any renewed attack on Iran, saying such a move would exacerbate tensions and further expand the conflict
October 23, 2026Parisians are buying tear-gas cannisters and pepper sprays to defend themselves and their property during protests, which are
October 23, 2026US first lady Melania Trump has secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky, which
October 23, 2026From death row to a botched execution and back: A timeline of Christa Pike’s case
October 23, 2026Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has expressed confidence in the NFL to make security decisions around staging a game in Paris amid recent civil unrest in the city
October 23, 2026Meta Platforms will delay the implementation of updated commercial terms, so it can address concerns from publishers and digital advertisers, the US tech
October 23, 2026Storm Austen cut power to nearly 300,000 French homes and disrupted train and plane services with heavy winds and rain on Friday, while also knocking out electricity for some
October 23, 2026Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday before being shot dead by troops in the West Bank, officials said, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin
October 23, 2026French authorities have announced the deployment of 70,000 law enforcement officers nationwide to prevent violence during planned protests on Saturday
October 23, 2026A drone attack has hit and sunk a cargo vessel in the Black Sea, killing one crew member and leaving three missing
October 23, 2026Russia and the US have both denied that Russia had released American national Stephen Hubbard from prison in exchange for the recent release of a Russian war
October 23, 2026US-based Lyft unit Freenow and Baidu's Apollo Go unveiled the Chinese company's RT6 autonomous vehicle in London on Thursday and said they hope to launch
October 23, 2026The Czech ruling coalition moved on Friday to fast-track legislation that would move public media financing into the state budget and cut funding, a plan
October 23, 2026Volkswagen workers on Friday threatened strikes from January unless Europe's top automaker reverses a recent cancellation of wage deals by the end of
October 23, 2026Romanian President Nicusor Dan accused Russia of escalating its attacks on NATO's eastern flank on Friday, after a drone strike sank a cargo ship off the Romanian Black
October 23, 2026The Venezuelan opposition movement headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado is preparing for eventual elections, including a new effort
October 23, 2026Spanish coaches are all the rage
October 23, 2026What is Shamonda, the livestock virus found for the first time in a person in France?
October 23, 2026Growth across the euro zone's private sector slowed to its weakest pace in four months in October, hurt by an energy-driven rise in costs and a renewed
October 23, 2026European stocks suffered their steepest weekly loss since early September, as tensions in France and higher oil prices dampened the optimism sparked
October 23, 2026Gustavo Raul Perez furrows his brow over a notebook at the hardware shop he has run for six
October 23, 2026French business activity unexpectedly contracted in October, marking a quick reversal from September's growth, a survey by S&P Global showed on Friday.
October 23, 2026Germany's private sector growth softened in October as inflows of new work rose only modestly, a preliminary business survey showed on Friday.
October 23, 2026Ukraine is in talks with EU member states Poland and Slovakia about moving customs checks on lorries carrying grain exports from the border to inside those countries, to halt
October 23, 2026Mississippi has released video showing the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy by a police officer
October 22, 2026New Zealand's military chief, Air Marshal Tony Davies, has resigned after admitting to an inappropriate relationship while in a position of command
October 23, 2026The European Central Bank meets on Thursday against a backdrop of upheaval in France and an Iran war that is keeping energy prices
October 23, 2026More than 50,000 people in Europe died this summer from heat, a record high amount, a new study finds
October 22, 2026‘Worst on record’: Brutal summer heat wave killed more than 50,000 in Europe’s cities
October 22, 2026Bournemouth earned the biggest win of its first European campaign by beating 10-man AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League after goalkeeper Mike Maignan was sent off for shoving an opponent in the face during a corner
October 22, 2026Nothing personal between me and Trump, Zelensky tells CNN
October 22, 2026France reported the first human case of the Shamonda virus usually found in livestock on Thursday in a hospital patient who died,
October 22, 2026Russia pounded Kyiv with ballistic missiles and Ukraine sent hundreds of drones towards Moscow on Thursday, as the warring sides kept up a barrage of attacks
October 21, 2026The University of Arizona has suspended a fraternity after a female student alleged she was raped at its house by two men, the latest action taken by a major US
October 22, 2026Romania will accelerate its development of surveillance capabilities and equipment to counter mines and drones in the Black Sea after a series of drone attacks on
October 22, 2026A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote
October 22, 2026Egypt advocates exploring "every opportunity" to resolve the Yemen conflict diplomatically, its foreign minister said, ahead of a parliamentary vote next week on authorising the
October 22, 2026Aurora firefighters rescue trapped driver after crash
October 22, 2026Women are protesting in Poland for access to free and legal abortion services
October 22, 2026She survived a school shooting. Now her children have, too
October 22, 2026Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least four people in the Gaza Strip in separate incidents on Thursday, health officials in the enclave said.
October 22, 2026Romanian President Nicusor Dan called on the government on Thursday to ensure children's safety in the classroom and online after two violent attacks in schools in less
October 22, 2026Venezuelan authorities are considering seeking a bridge loan from Qatar to clear more than $2 billion in arrears to the Inter-
October 22, 2026The 2027 Tour de France will visit three different nations in the first three days before competitors put in the most time trial kilometers in 15 years
October 22, 2026Nine of the 10 suspects arrested in an investigation into militant settler attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats have been released from custody and placed
October 22, 2026Spotify forecast fourth-quarter profit above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, banking on its AI-powered features to drive user growth ahead of the crucial
October 22, 2026The outlook for European companies has slightly improved, the latest LSEG forecasts showed on Thursday, as energy majors are expected to deliver a big jump in third-quarter profit
October 22, 2026Digital advertisers and publishers lobbied on Thursday for EU and UK regulators to suspend Meta Platforms' new commercial terms due to come into effect on
October 22, 2026France has reported the first known human case of Shamonda virus in a patient who died, raising questions about the risks posed by a livestock virus that has reached Europe
October 22, 2026Truck drivers' protests that have seriously affected fuel and food supplies in southern Italy eased on Thursday, as Prime Minister
October 22, 2026Publishing group Axel Springer would welcome any European initiative to separate TikTok from its Chinese owners along the lines of President Donald Trump's deal to split the US
October 22, 2026French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that "illegitimate" protests would be banned in the coming days and blamed "seditious" ultra-left groups and
October 22, 2026Russia freed Stephen Hubbard, a retired US schoolteacher, from prison on Wednesday, as Moscow and Washington held a new round of talks about settling the war in Ukraine.
October 22, 2026The International Criminal Court and its officials won the EU's 2026 Sakharov human rights prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said on Thursday, less than
October 22, 2026Two women from Austria and Switzerland have been freed in Niger after spending more than a year and half in captivity, officials and local media reported Thursday
October 22, 2026A new report shows President Donald Trump's administration has sharply increased deportations over the past year
October 22, 2026The pound edged up on Thursday, as outflows from euro zone assets saw UK stocks, bonds and the currency outperform other markets in the region.
October 22, 2026Europe's STOXX 600 posted its steepest decline in three weeks on Thursday, dragged lower by weakness in bank shares, while higher oil prices and
October 22, 2026Nestle reported better-than-expected organic sales growth for the third quarter on Thursday, pushing the Swiss packaged food maker's shares around 1.5%
October 22, 2026Britain's FTSE 100 fell on Thursday, pressured by banks and mining stocks as investors weighed more corporate results against a backdrop of elevated oil prices and persistent
October 22, 2026Several government, school and hospital websites across Europe and beyond were taken offline on Wednesday as organizations rushed to protect themselves from two critical security
October 21, 2026Closing arguments are expected in the trial of a man accused of killing a North Carolina college student 14 years ago
October 22, 2026US orders departure of some embassy staff and families from Saudi Arabia amid Houthi threat
October 21, 2026Essity is seeing greater weakness among the US restaurants it supplies than the European ones, the CEO of the Swedish hygiene products maker said
October 22, 2026Italy and Spain have agreed to lift border controls on each other's citizens, the interior ministry in Rome said on Thursday, ending
October 22, 2026Brought to tears as he recalled Israeli settlers hitting his cherished olive trees with sticks and taking off with the
October 22, 2026Russia has deepened a crackdown on European companies in response to Europe's support for Ukraine, while largely sparing US firms as Moscow courts business
October 21, 2026Springtime in a park. Grey sky. A young man in a blue knitted hat and Adidas backpack walks down a path.
October 22, 2026Serbian activist Marko Marjanovic was on his way back from the supermarket in Belgrade when masked officers bundled him into a car and took him to a
October 22, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Jiaxing Li. French bonds remain in hot water.
October 22, 2026Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said on Thursday that four vessels involved in illegal oil transfers in the northern Persian Gulf were simultaneously hit and
October 22, 2026Emmanuel Macron, a centrist, is in the final stretch of his presidency as France faces intense protests
October 22, 2026The younger sister of Stephen Hubbard, the American who was freed after spending more than four years in a Russian prison, says he was in disbelief about his release
October 21, 2026Massachusetts man attacked on rail trail offers teens chance to make amends
October 21, 2026New Mexico’s attorney general is suing Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant
October 21, 2026Texas deputy killed, police officer injured during exchange of gunfire with assault suspect, officials say
October 21, 2026Russia has agreed to resume three-way negotiations next month with Washington and Kyiv aimed at ending the war in Ukraine
October 21, 2026Chevron is exploring the sale of some of its older oil and gas assets in the US Gulf, the company confirmed to Reuters, part of an
October 21, 2026French President Emmanuel Macron has criticized foreign leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, saying they exploit unrest in France for political gain
October 21, 2026Goodell says NFL is comfortable with security around Sunday’s Paris game amid protests
October 21, 2026Regulatory hurdles, funding shortages and gaps in workforce skillsets are prompting European startups to consider relocating, risking a mass
October 21, 2026Two police officers and two members of the public were injured in an explosion at a building in central Athens, Greek police said on Wednesday.
October 21, 2026A Tunisian military court sentenced opposition politician Olfa Hamdi to four years in prison on charges of plotting against state security and inciting the
October 21, 2026President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Wednesday to prevent a repeat of last weekend's violence at protests planned in the coming days,
October 21, 2026Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged six people with participating in a long-running scheme to allegedly arrange hundreds of sham marriages in
October 21, 2026European leaders will seek to agree on how to finance Ukraine's €70 billion unmet needs in 2027 at a special summit on November 26 and 27 where they will also discuss the
October 21, 2026Financial regulators in Europe are questioning Google after a cloud computing outage on Tuesday left millions of bank customers
October 21, 2026NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he has a high comfort level in the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers playing the league's first game in France in light of the civil unrest that could include more protests this weekend in Paris and elsewhere around the country
October 21, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin told US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday that Moscow is willing in principle to resume talks next month with Ukraine and the US on
October 21, 2026A court in Georgia opened hearings on Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by the government seeking outright bans on the five main opposition parties, in a
October 21, 2026A protest by Italian truck drivers over fuel prices and the cost of living is causing food shortages in shops, with deliveries disrupted and fresh produce rotting, retailers
October 21, 2026Hungary is considering replacing Russia's Rosatom as the main contractor in the expansion of its Paks nuclear power plant
October 21, 2026Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt's military support for Saudi Arabia would be limited to defending the kingdom's territory and borders and would not include
October 21, 2026Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets across Greece on Wednesday, demanding higher state funding for education, better facilities and less-crowded
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October 21, 2026Germany's armed forces classified the threat of Russian sabotage against their own troops and facilities as "significant" for the first time, the second-highest level on
October 21, 2026Macron slams ‘stupid comments’ from world leaders after Trump blames France unrest on migrants
October 21, 2026Developers of the PHP programming language said a set of new updates fixing two previously identified critical vulnerabilities was now live, and acknowledged a delay in
October 21, 2026American national Stephen Hubbard has arrived back in the United States, following his release from detention in Russia by President Vladimir Putin at the start
October 21, 2026Aleksa Simic, a political science student at Belgrade University, did not hesitate when he learned that the collapse of a railway station canopy in the
October 21, 2026It was hard to keep track of global markets from hour to hour on Tuesday, with Brent crude hitting fresh five-month highs before plunging, which rippled through tech-
October 21, 2026Euro zone bond yields rose on Wednesday, led by another increase in French borrowing costs to their highest since mid-2002, as widespread
October 21, 2026Dutch beer company Heineken said on Wednesday a Dutch court had awarded Macedonian Thrace Brewery €111 million ($125 million) in damages and interest in a case it brought
October 21, 2026Tucked away in the green foothills of the Austrian Alps, the last fully integrated European penicillin plant faces an
October 21, 2026Families have started rationing water in and around Yemen's Taiz city, where renewed fighting has disrupted fuel supplies and access to
October 21, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to resume US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine as soon as next month, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, after Putin
October 21, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump and leading Republicans are trying to leverage widespread riots in France ahead of midterm congressional elections by making unsubstantiated claims that the social unrest in Europe is caused by Muslim migrants
October 20, 2026Choosing a full-size pickup truck is harder in 2027
October 21, 2026France's 10-year government bond yield hit the 5% mark on Wednesday, a new 24-year high, the latest sign of growing concern among investors over France's
October 21, 2026Hungary's government hopes a front-loaded budget adjustment geared towards spending cuts will pave the way for a sustainable reduction in the deficit
October 21, 2026Two Ukrainians over 80 years old were among four killed in overnight Russian attacks that also targeted energy facilities across four regions, officials said, hours after US
October 21, 2026The euro zone economy has weathered this year's energy shock better than expected, with lower dependence on fossil fuels, stronger fiscal support and an AI investment
October 21, 2026European shares rose on Wednesday, recouping nearly all of their losses since the weekend turmoil in France as strong earnings encouraged investors to
October 21, 2026President Donald Trump's deal with Russia to supply diesel to US and global markets is unlikely to meaningfully lower
October 21, 2026EU tech regulators will investigate whether online hotel reservation website Booking.com is doing enough to weed out fraudulent listings and phishing scams
October 21, 2026Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar is actively pursuing former officials accused of corruption and power abuses
October 21, 2026Turkey will submit to parliament a mandate allowing for military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia under its joint defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a
October 21, 2026Nicolas Maduro is one of just a handful of people to be charged in the US with violating a federal law criminalizing torture committed overseas, a Reuters
October 21, 2026OPmobility reported higher third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, even as the French car parts supplier restructures its business amid broader
October 21, 2026At a former flight-test base south of Paris, drones swoop over fields and woodland as teams on the ground test
October 21, 2026US federal agents are investigating reports that an incendiary device was thrown at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday
October 21, 2026Soaring euro zone government borrowing costs are reviving fears of a replay of the debt crisis that 15 years ago rocked the bloc.
October 21, 2026Israel has become a Pacific Islands Forum partner, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said on X, describing the move as part of the country's broader effort to strengthen
October 21, 2026France is known for its vibrant protest culture, where activism is seen as a social duty and part of the national identity
October 21, 2026The Glacier Garden in Lucerne is showcasing artifacts from Switzerland's glaciers in an exhibit called "Treasury of Ice."
October 21, 2026Iran has not received a response from Saudi Arabia or Yemen's Houthis to its offer to help broker talks to end the fighting between them, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas
October 20, 2026The NFL says security will be heightened for the game in Paris between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints on Sunday after protests engulfed the French capital last weekend
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