A slew of flight delays and diversions at Moscow airports affected thousands of travelers yet again on Wednesday following another Ukrainian drone attack.
Days before the Victory Day parade in the Russian capital — one of the largest public holidays (...)
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 (...)
The external borders of the European Union registered more than 120,000 cases of pushback by national authorities against irregular migrants in 2024, according to a new report by a group of nine human rights organizations.
The report, released on (...)
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia officially disconnected from a shared energy system with Russia and Belarus on Saturday.
The BRELL (Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) system was established after the Soviet Union's dissolution to ensure a (...)
Nearly three and a half decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to neighboring Russia and Belarus — and lean in more with their (...)
Swedish authorities have seized a ship suspected of damaging a data cable running under the Baltic Sea to Latvia.
Prosecutors said an initial investigation pointed to sabotage, and an inquiry has been launched involving Sweden's police, military, (...)
US actors Demi Moore and Sebastian Stan are among the big winners at the Golden Globe Awards, which are taking place in Los Angeles.
Moore was named best actress in a musical or comedy for her performance in body horror The Substance, which has (...)
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk inspected military fortifications along the country's eastern border with Russia's Kaliningrad region on Saturday, describing the initiative as "an investment in peace."
The visit comes ahead of Poland assuming (...)
Israel's attacks on UN peacekeeping troops in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are "completely unacceptable," Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy, has said, echoing the strong condemnation voiced across the bloc in reaction to the latest developments (...)
Voters in most EU countries began casting their ballots Sunday to elect their representatives in the European Parliament (EP) for a five-year term.
On the final stretch of four days of voting that began this week, EU voters in Austria, Belgium, (...)
BRUSSELS — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan called for the lifting of the seizure of Palestinian funds and refraining from any measures that hinder the work of the Palestinian government.
While reiterating Saudi Arabia's support (...)
Israeli singer Eden Golan has qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest after a public vote.
Her victory came hours after thousands of pro-Palestinian protestors gathered in the streets of Malmö, Sweden, where the contest is being held, (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not "ruled out" in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russia's full-scale invasion grinds into a (...)
Donald Trump's suggestion the US would not protect NATO allies failing to spend enough on defense "undermines all of our security", the Western military alliance's chief has said.
Jens Stoltenberg also suggested it put US and European troops at (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh Tuesday, approved the regulation of the Supreme Space Council.
The Supreme Space Council, headed by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman, was established (...)
Ukraine's parliament has refused to consider a conscription bill that proposes a crackdown on draft dodgers.
MPs have criticized certain punishment measures included in the bill as unconstitutional.
Some have also suggested reducing the length of (...)
Two Russian missiles have struck a hotel in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, injuring 11 people, the Kharkiv governor says.
Photos from Ukraine's State Emergency Service showed the hotel heavily damaged and firefighters at the scene.
Governor (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an unannounced visit to Lithuania, a key ally of Kyiv as it battles Russia's invasion.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said in a statement he was welcoming Zelensky to his country, where the two (...)
Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia.
Meanwhile, strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and at least one (...)
Some of the world's richest countries experienced sharp rises in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, according to new data published by UNICEF.
The Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth report card showed shocking results, with some of the richest (...)
A judge in Madrid has opened an investigation into two agents of Spain's National Intelligence Centre for allegedly passing secret information to the United States, the country's defence minister said on Monday.
They were arrested last September and (...)
Ten northern European states that form the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) decided on Tuesday to activate a "defence clause" enabling the deployment of additional military assets to protect infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.
The move comes after (...)
BARCELONA — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan discussed developments in Gaza and its surrounding during meetings with his counterparts from Latvia, Cyprus, Germany, Spain, Italy, France and Ireland on the sidelines of the (...)
RIGA — Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Finland Nisreen Al-Shibel has presented her credentials as non-resident ambassador to Latvia to the Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs.
During the meeting, which took place at the Presidential Palace in the (...)
