Europe

Swedish prosecutors say they have dropped a rape investigation that was launched in connection with soccer star Kylian Mbappé‘s visit to Stockholm in October. In a statement, lead investigator Marina…

Her husband orchestrating her sexual abuse by strangers could have broken her. But by standing up to her abusers in court and demanding they be ashamed, France‘s Gisele Pelicot has…

Russia on Wednesday vowed retribution against Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of firing Western-supplied missiles on a military airfield in its southern Rostov region. President Vladimir Putin has previously threatened to launch…

More than 40 migrants are feared dead off Italy’s Lampedusa after a lone 11-year-old survivor said the boat she was on capsized, a rescue group said Wednesday. “We assume that…

The trial opened Wednesday of five suspects facing charges including one of attempted manslaughter after last month’s hit-and-run attacks in Amsterdam on Israeli football supporters that shocked the world. The…

A French prosecutor Tuesday demanded two years of house arrest for a filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child, after an outburst from the plaintiff…

French President Emmanuel Macron aims to name a new Prime Minister “within 48 hours”, party chiefs who met him on Tuesday told AFP, after premier Michel Barnier was toppled last…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he was grateful for Donald Trump‘s “strong resolve” to end the war in Ukraine, after meeting the US president-elect in Paris last week. French…

European countries put asylum applications from Syrians on hold until further notice on Monday after rebels seized the Syrian capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia following 13 years…

British oil giant BP announced Monday it will “significantly reduce” investment in renewable energy through to 2030, as it combines its offshore wind business with that of Japanese power company…