Europe

On Monday, the French government survived two votes of no-confidence triggered by President Emmanuel Macron's decision to use special constitutional powers to force through a controversial pensions reform bill last week. The first vote, which was brought about by centrist...

Arrest warrants have been issued for war crimes by judges at the International Criminal Court for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Commissioner for Children's Rights. In a statement, the ICC says they are suspected of the war crime of...

China's leader Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a statement from the Chinese foreign ministry. It will be Xi's first visit to Russia since Moscow's forces invaded Ukraine last...

A proposal to establish the world's first octopus farm that would raise one million octopuses every year for human consumption has triggered concern among scientists. The proposed site, located in the Canary Islands of Spain, aims to raise octopuses intensively...

The US Air Force has released a video claiming to show a Russian jet intercepting a US drone and dumping fuel in its path over the Black Sea. The American military said two Russian Su-27 jets intercepted the unmanned MQ-9...

Banking giant Credit Suisse secured a deal on Wednesday to borrow up to $54bn from the Swiss Central Bank to shore up its finances as authorities try to avert a global financial meltdown. Shares in Credit Suisse fell 24 percent...

Stock markets are in turmoil with banking shares falling sharply on Wednesday as investors remain nervous following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the US last week. The failure of SVB has raised fears that other banks could...

A Russian fighter jet brought down a US drone, causing it to crash into the Black Sea, the American military said on Tuesday. It says the drone was on a routine mission in international airspace when two Russian jets tried...

Berlin is set to become the latest German city to allow women go topless at public swimming pools.

At least seven people were killed and several were injured in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in Hamburg, Germany. The shooting took place in the Gross Borstel district, a few kilometers north of the downtown area of Germany's...

A 205-year-old mansion in London’s Regent’s Park has recently been crowned as the most expensive home in the UK and the world. The lavish estate, dubbed the Holme, is up for sale for a staggering $300 million. Until recently, the...

On Thursday, the UN issued an urgent warning after the power supply to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine was disrupted following a barrage of Russian missile strikes. Nuclear power is a crucial component of Ukraine's energy grid. Four...

Anastasios Pagonidis, a Greek pianist originally from Athens, did not let blindness or homelessness stop him from pursuing his dream to play the piano. The Greek musician, who moved from Athens to London, was left almost blind by a brain...

A European Parliament Committee that visited Greece this week warned that the rule of law in the country is facing very serious threats. The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) said that this worrying development is due to poor...

An ancient Roman shrine, possibly of the Greek god Dionysus, was discovered buried beneath the graveyard of Leicester Cathedral in the United Kingdom. The find, along with thousands of others, was identified by archaeologists during preparatory excavations for the construction ...