Germany on Monday rejected US President Donald Trump's tariff threats over Greenland as unacceptable, warning that a trade conflict would produce no winners.
A spokesman for Chancellor Friedrich Merz said European nations are determined to respond (...)
An intense week of diplomacy kicks off on Monday as European leaders try to find a common position to counter Donald Trump's threat of additional tariffs on countries that do not support the US takeover of Greenland.
Several meetings, including (...)
Russian presidential envoy and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev warned European countries on Saturday not to "provoke their daddy," following US President Donald Trump's announcement of new tariffs linked to the dispute (...)
Thousands of tourists were stranded in northern Finland as a severe cold spell has grounded flights out of one of its airports.
Departures from Lapland's Kittila airport that would have ferried winter travellers back to places like London, Bristol, (...)
Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, after Israel was allowed to compete.
They were among a number of countries who had called for Israel to be excluded over the war in Gaza, as well as (...)
RIYADH — French President Emmanuel Macron affirmed on Friday that France and Saudi Arabia are charting an irreversible path to peace in the Middle East. In a statement on his X account, Macron welcomed the UN General Assembly's adoption of the "New (...)
Poland activated Article 4 of the NATO Treaty on Wednesday to allow for consultations with allies hours after its armed forces downed multiple Russian drones that had entered its airspace.
"The shooting down of drones threatening our security is a (...)
The nationalist Revival party tried to prevent European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen from entering a weapons plant in Bulgaria's city of Sopot on Sunday, attacking a vehicle that those gathered believed she was in. Revival's leader (...)
The head of the European Union's executive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has spoken of her outrage at Russia's deadliest onslaught on Kyiv since July — which also damaged the EU's delegation office in the Ukrainian capital. Seventeen people (...)
South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones and smart devices during class hours in schools — becoming the latest country to restrict phone use among children and teens.
The law, which comes into effect from the next school year (...)
As they emerged from talks in the White House, European leaders expressed guarded optimism that US President Donald Trump could be finding momentum in his quest to fulfil his campaign promise of ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The leaders of (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday in Washington, following the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska that ended without an agreement to halt the war in Ukraine.
The summit produced what Trump and Russian (...)
European leaders appeared cautiously optimistic after holding a virtual meeting with Donald Trump on Wednesday, two days before he meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
Trump reportedly told the (...)
American officials scrambling this weekend to identify and lock down a venue for Friday's summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart quickly discovered a major snag: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options (...)
European leaders will on Wednesday use a virtual meeting with Donald Trump to try to ensure the US president truly understands what is at stake for the continent before he meets Vladimir Putin later this week, but experts are doubtful they will (...)
European leaders have warned against Ukrainian borders being redrawn by force – three days before Russia's Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are due to hold a summit on Ukraine in Alaska.
In a statement, European leaders said "the people (...)
European leaders have reaffirmed that any peace talks with Russia must include Ukraine, issuing a joint statement ahead of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
The statement, (...)
EU diplomats on Monday failed to agree once again on a partial suspension of Israel from the Horizon Europe fund in response to the war in Gaza, several diplomats said.
Gathered online for their regular Mashreq/Maghreb Working Party and despite (...)
Scorching heat swept across parts of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America this week, breaking temperature records and triggering warnings from meteorologists that extreme conditions will persist in the days ahead. Temperatures began (...)
Ukraine's new government has approved plans to expand domestic arms production to meet half the country's weapons needs within six months as it tries to push back Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday.
"We are transforming (...)
Denmark has quit the so-called Frugal Four to embrace instead a "more flexible" attitude towards the European Union's seven-year budget, the country's prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has said, insisting the imperative goal of rearming the bloc (...)
Germany and other Ukrainian allies have lifted restrictions on Kyiv firing long-range missiles into Russia for the first time, the German chancellor said Monday, after days of Russia bombarding the capital and other regions with massive aerial (...)
More than half of all EU countries intend to make use of an exemption allowing them to go over budgetary limits in order to boost military spending, the European Council has said.
The European Commission proposed earlier this year that members could (...)
Finland announced Tuesday that it is preparing to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines, citing changing security dynamics in the region.
President Alexander Stubb said the decision follows a comprehensive assessment (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the conscription of 160,000 men aged 18 to 30 for mandatory military service, marking the country's largest draft since 2011, as Moscow seeks to expand its armed forces amid continued fighting in (...)
