Poland has reinstated border controls with neighboring Germany and Lithuania in response to similar measures imposed by Berlin.
The changes, which Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced last week, came into effect on Monday.
"We remain (...)
A revised version of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) – the primary trade framework between the EU and Ukraine – was agreed in principle on Monday, following intensive weekend talks with Ukrainian counterparts, the European (...)
The world's oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the time.
The tool, which was found in a cave in Poland in 1985, is now thought to be 40,000 years old.
Archaeologists say it was (...)
The Iranian capital Tehran, home to around 10 million people and one of the biggest cities in the Middle East, has seen a mass exodus as the conflict with Israel intensifies.
Early on Tuesday, the city's bustling downtown began to empty, with many (...)
Czech Defence Minister Jana Cernochova has confirmed a Czech government plane landed in Prague on Tuesday morning carrying 66 people who had been evacuated from Israel.
Most were Czech citizens, accompanied by some relatives of other (...)
Authorities in Poland say around 30,000 people were left with no electricity on Friday after strong winds broke trees and tore down power lines.
It follows extreme weather events across the country, particularly in the southern region, where heavy (...)
Russia launched drones and ballistic missiles at multiple targets across Ukraine, Kyiv authorities said on Friday, in a deadly air assault that left at least four people dead and 20 wounded in the capital.
Ukraine is hit by nightly barrages of (...)
The Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), set to take off from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida next week, will be piloted by an Indian as it soars towards the International Space Station (ISS).
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian air force is (...)
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said he would ask parliament to hold a vote of confidence in his coalition government after his ally, the liberal Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, lost Sunday's presidential runoff.
Conservative Karol Nawrocki (...)
Conservative Karol Nawrocki has won Poland's weekend presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count.
Nawrocki won 50.89% of votes in a very tight race against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who received 49.11%.
The close (...)
Israel has said it rejects a decision by the European Union to review the bloc's wide-ranging trade and cooperation pact with the country over its intensified offensive in Gaza.
The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stated on Tuesday that the (...)
Russia battered Ukraine overnight with its largest drone attack since the war began, Ukraine's military said Sunday, ahead of an expected phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending hostilities.
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Svitlana says her daughter loved her school in Poland.
"Even when we moved to another area, she didn't want to change schools," says the 31-year-old Ukrainian mother. "She liked it so much. There was no bullying."
Now she says the atmosphere at the (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday welcomed Russia's offer to resume direct peace talks, but said a full and temporary ceasefire must be in place before any negotiations can begin.
In a post on X, Zelenskyy described Russian President (...)
Ukraine and its allies said Saturday they are ready for a "full, unconditional ceasefire" with Russia starting Monday, calling on Moscow to accept a 30-day truce aimed at launching peace negotiations to end the nearly three-year war.
Ukrainian (...)
The leaders of France, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine issued a joint statement on Saturday calling for a full and unconditional ceasefire in the war in Ukraine, beginning Monday, May 12, and lasting for at least 30 days.
Meeting in (...)
The German government has denied a media report claiming that the newly elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz had declared a state of national emergency in a bid to ramp up border controls.
A spokesperson for the government cleared the rumours on (...)
A woman has been killed in an ax attack at the University of Warsaw in Poland, police say.
A man was severely injured in Wednesday's attack, they said.
A 22-year-old Polish man has been arrested. His motives remain unclear.
The university described (...)
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 (...)
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned and his Social Democrat party is to leave the government after a right-wing nationalist candidate won the first round of the presidential election.
George Simion, a eurosceptic who has promised to (...)
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 (...)
The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold War, according to a new report, as major wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza and military tensions spike from Europe to Asia.
The 9.4% year-on-year rise to $2.718 trillion in (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports recorded a high performance in 2024 with a total value of SR515 billion, the highest in its history.
Exports grew by 13% compared to the previous year, in addition to an increase of more than 113% since the (...)
Tens of thousands of mourners have lined up for a chance to pay their respects to Pope Francis, whose body has been displayed in an open coffin in St Peter's Basilica.
On Wednesday morning, as many as 20,000 people gathered to witness red-robed (...)
