EU policy-making is requires all 27 member states to agree on every name, every person who's going to be sanctioned. 'That's where you run into trouble,' says Magnitsky campaigner Bill Browder.

Tokyo was quick to deny a US warning for Americans to avoid travelling to Japan would have an impact on Olympians.

The US secretary of state will seek to bolster the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and push for humanitarian aid for Gaza. But he says the time is not right for an immediate resumption of peace talks.

Mutinous soldiers arrested Mali's leaders on Monday, sparking fears of another coup just nine months after a military junta seized power.

Frontier Myanmar says its managing editor Danny Fenster was detained at Yangon International Airport on Monday.

A civil war "could happen", Chrisrine Schraner Burgener told a virtual UN news conference.

Italian rock band Maneskin had strongly refuted allegations of drug use after a moment caught on camera raised eyebrows.

Lead prosecutor Olimpia Bossi said 'hypothetical charges' could include 'multiple manslaughter'.

The B.1.617 variant was first detected in India in October 2020 and has multiple concerning mutations that affect how it binds to proteins. It is thought to spread more rapidly than other COVID-19 strains.

Katalin was recruited in 1978 but she says that she never filed a report for Hungary's feared State Security Service. She has been tipped as a potential Nobel Prize winner.

At least 115,000 health and care workers are estimated to have lost their lives to COVID-19, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

Suu Kyi's only previous court appearances have been by video link and she had not been allowed to meet in person with any of her lawyers.

A German couple was attacked on board the MS Viking Sally. Three decades on, nobody has ever been convicted of the crime.

Dr. Nigel Gould-Davies in London. He's a Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and also the former British Ambassador to Belarus. He told Euronews that he's "shocked and surprised" by Sunday's incid...

A vigil for Sasha Johnson will be held in Britain's capital on Monday.

A wave of protests hit Europe following the murder of George Floyd in the US - but one year on, has anything changed?

It comes amid concern the agreement could undermine the UK's farming industry.

The author of the Divine Comedy left Florence in 1302 never to return.

The homeless have been one of the groups most exposed to the virus in Spain, with limited access to face masks and hygiene. Vaccinating them has posed many challenges for health authorities. The Janssen vaccine which requires only one shot has made t...

Many families with young children are sleeping out in the open and face violence from border guards. 'People are getting sick', one warned.

On Monday morning, Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and her supporters showed up at parliament to form a new government, but were not allowed inside.

Hundreds of people gathered for the rally in front of the courthouse in downtown Minneapolis where the Chauvin trial concluded a month ago, many carrying signs with pictures of Floyd, Philando Castile and other Black men killed by police.

The health ministry Monday reported 4,454 new death in the last 24 hours, bringing India’s total fatalities to 303,720.

More than 170 children were still feared missing Sunday after the chaos of the Mount Nyiragongo eruption Saturday night

After the Czech government won a case at the European Court of Justice to close a Polish lignite mine, people living nearby fear losing their jobs.

British billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson said the successful tests bring it closer to commercial flights for tourists, which could begin next year.

Duke of Cambridge's speech is thought to be part of plans, backed by Downing Street, to persuade Scotland to resist a vote on Scottish independence.

EU leaders have agreed on a set of sanctions against Belarus, including banning its airlines from using the airspace and airports of the 27-nation bloc.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi sends his condolences after 14 people including a child die in a cable car accident in northern Italy

Both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were found to be about as effective against the Indian variant than against the British one after two doses.

The comments by Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, aired by state TV, further underscored the narrowing window for the U.S. and others to reach terms with Iran.

Freezing rain and gale winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported Sunday.

An eruption in 2002 left hundreds dead and 100,000 homeless.

The UN Refugee Agency says three former refugees were participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and two of them were in Saturday's final

After an exciting night, Italy won out over France and Switzerland, with their infectious brand of stonking rock

Dubai Princess Latifa released video saying she was being imprisoned in a heavily guarded villa in February 2021

Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip beginning to assess the damage from 11 days of intense Israeli bombardment.

Residents of Ceuta confront the sudden arrival of thousands of African migrants with sympathy, and concern, others with hostility.

Lukas Furtenbach of Austria is the only prominent outfitter to halt Everest expeditions due to virus fears

The international architecture show addresses political and religious polarization, the quest for space and human collaboration.

A second powerful earthquake shook parts of central China on Friday night causing significant damage to buildings and infrastructure

The key stories of the week, captured by photographers around the world.

Attahiru had been appointed to the position earlier this year by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The letter from 1946 sold for more than $1.2 million (€1 million) — three times its estimated price.

In doubt as to whether COVID-19 can be transmitted from mink to humans, various countries across Europe have culled their mink farm populations. But Greece is taking a different direction to protect its economy and its farmers.

The pass will contain information about an individual's COVID vaccination, test record and/or recovery status.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced 1.3 billion doses of vaccine will be delivered by Europe alone to low-income countries

A man was arrested near Lyon on suspicion of harassing members of the police and making around 27,000 phone calls to the authorities between April and May.

The court's ruling on Friday is a temporary measure pending its final decision on the Czech complaint.

At least 10 people have died while cleaning sewers near the Russian city of Taganrog after inhaling toxic fumes, local authorities said.