Europe
Russia says Ukraine talks hit ‘dead end’, Poland warns of risk of war
Poland’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Europe was at risk of plunging into war as Russia said it was not yet ...Ex-officer jailed for Syrian war crimes after landmark German trial
A German court on Thursday jailed a Syrian ex-intelligence officer for life for murder, rape and crimes against humanity, handing down the ...Italy marks 10 years since deadly Costa Concordia shipwreck
Italy on Thursday is marking the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster with a daylong commemoration that will end ...Russia holds tank drills near Ukraine, sounds downbeat on talks
Russia staged live-fire exercises with troops and tanks near the Ukrainian border on Tuesday while sounding a downbeat note over the prospects ...Russian-led troops to start leaving Kazakhstan in 2 days -president
A Russian-led military bloc will begin withdrawing its troops from Kazakhstan in two days’ time after fulfilling its main mission of stabilising ...European Parliament President Sassoli dies aged 65
European Parliament President David Sassoli, an Italian socialist and former journalist, died on Tuesday in hospital in Italy, his spokesperson and office ...No concessions, no breakthroughs: Russia, U.S. cast pall on Ukraine talks
Russia said on Sunday it would not make concessions under U.S. pressure and warned that this week’s talks on the Ukraine crisis ...Russia sends troops to put down deadly Kazakh uprising
Russia sent paratroopers into Kazakhstan on Thursday to quell a countrywide uprising after deadly violence spread across the tightly controlled former Soviet ...Macron’s blunt language on France’s unvaccinated causes furore
The government on Wednesday defended President Emmanuel Macron’s use of coarse language in a stepped-up campaign against France’s unvaccinated, after his words ...French far-right wants EU flag off Arc de Triomphe
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen protested on Saturday against the placing of a European Union flag on the Arc de Triomphe for ...














