Europe

Russia on Friday sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.…

Barely two weeks ahead of Trump’s inauguration, Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Facebook parent company Meta, threw down the gauntlet. “We’re seeing an ever-increasing number of laws institutionalising censorship,” he railed…

France‘s President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beirut on Friday for a visit that will see him meet his counterpart and offer support as Lebanon‘s leaders seek to open a new…

Starmer’s unannounced visit is his first trip to Ukraine since he took office in July. It comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a flurry of meetings with his country’s…

When Ukraine launched a massive drone attack this week, deep into Russian territory, Moscow’s response was predictably swift and devastating.  In the early hours of Wednesday, the Russian military launched…

A record 94 million foreign tourists craving for sun, sand and culture flocked to Spain in 2024 as the sector drives the country’s bullish economy, the tourism minister said on…

Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones at the Ukrainian energy sector, Kyiv said Wednesday, ramping up a months-long bombing campaign at a precarious moment of the war for Ukraine.…

Catherine, Princess of Wales, said on Tuesday she was “in remission” from cancer after she and husband Prince William visited the specialist London hospital where she was treated.  “It is…

“In less than 90 minutes, I have to marry nine couples. It’s really quick,” jokes Anders Johnson, a wedding officiant at Copenhagen City Hall. “For regular weddings, we organise about…

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament on Friday and confirmed the expected February date for an early general election after the collapse of Olaf Scholz‘s government last month. Scholz’s coalition…