US, Russia to discuss Ukraine in Saudi Arabia with Zelensky sidelined
Top US and Russian diplomats will meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting their countries’ fractured relations and making a tentative start on trying to end the…
European leaders race to respond after US policy shift on Ukraine
European leaders Monday sought to overcome differences at emergency Paris talks on responding to a shock policy shift on the war in Ukraine by the new US administration of Donald…
On the ground with Ukraine’s volunteer drone hunters
Located on the banks of the Dnipro river, about 90 kilometres south east of Kyiv, the small town of Pereiaslav is situated squarely in the flight path for Russia’s near-nightly…
Pope’s condition ‘complex’, hospital stay extended
Pope Francis, hospitalised for bronchitis four days ago, faces a “complex clinical picture”, the Vatican said on Monday, indicating that the 88-year-old’s stay will be longer than initially believed. After…
US tensions overshadow final campaign phase in run-up to German election
Germany enters the final week of election campaigning Monday, with the debate more heated than ever amid controversy over alleged US interference in favour of the far right. After weeks…
France tries five for kidnapping journalists in Syria
Five men went on trial in France on Monday charged with holding four French journalists hostage for the Islamic State jihadist group in war-torn Syria more than a decade ago.…
Live: Ahead of Paris talks, Sweden says ‘not ruling out’ peacekeepers in Ukraine
17/02/2025 – 10:11 Paris meeting is the ‘what the hell do we do now summit’, says FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert FRANCE 24 international affairs editor Douglas Herbert said that Monday’s…
UK PM says ready to send troops to Ukraine if needed as part of peace deal
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday he was ready to send British troops to Ukraine as part of any postwar peacekeeping force as talks aimed at ending the…
Rally against Germany’s resurgent far right draws thousands in Berlin
Tens of thousands of people joined a Berlin demonstration against the far right on Sunday, a week before Germany votes in a hotly contested general election. Around 30,000 people took…
Deadly Austria stabbing was ‘Islamist attack’, interior minister says
A stabbing that left a teenager dead and five others injured in southern Austria was an “Islamist attack”, Austria’s Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Sunday. “It is an Islamist attack…