The Euro 2020 tournament has been characterised by unusually explicit conversations on politics, race and LGBTQ+ rights.

The ruling party won 410 seats out of 436 contested in the federal parliament, which will see dozens of other seats remain vacant after one-fifth of constituencies didn't vote due to unrest or logistical reasons.

Forest fires have broken out in Russia's Chelyabinsk region near Kazakhstan and in north-eastern Siberia.

Saturday’s removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee and another of Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson will come nearly four years after violence erupted at the infamous “Unite the Right” rally.

A wide security boundary complete with razor wire had turned the Capitol into a fortress for months.

Finance Ministers meet central bankers at the G20 in Venice with a view to stopping multinational companies from shifting profits into low-tax havens.

“We definitely need assistance and we’ve asked our international partners for help,” Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said late Friday. “We believe our partners can assist the national police in resolving the situation."

Lula, 75, led the Latin American country between 2003 and 2010 and is now considering mounting a challenge to Bolsonaro for a third and final term after his corruption convictions were overturned.

Biden told Putin during a phone call on Friday that the US reserves the right to "defend its people and its critical infrastructure," the White House said.

Video posted online by the Tour de France shows the British rider, 36, celebrating his win by hugging his teammates.

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's office said she had been a role model for Egyptian women and granted her a national award posthumously.

The installation of some 1200 smart surveillance cameras on the streets of Belgrade has raised concerns both in Serbia's capital and among some European Union institutions. What are they being used for and why are they upsetting digital rights activi...

Lithuania has begun constructing a fence along its border with Belarus to deter third-country migrants from entering the country.

Pfizer has said that a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine could boost immunity.

A train carrying dozens of schoolchildren derailed in the Austrian Alps, causing one carriage to fall on its side into a river.

A skydiving plane crashed outside the Swedish city of Orebro, killing all nine people on board. The dead included the pilot and eight passengers, police said.

Strong thunderstorms accompanied by high winds and torrential rains hit the southern Czech Republic on Thursday, leading to two deaths.

In a speech at the White House, Biden listed his reasons for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, and confirmed the US military mission will conclude on August 31.

Paralympian Aki Taguchi and former tennis player Shuzo Matsuoka handed the Olympic flame over to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.

R. Kelly will be on trial for sex trafficking charges in New York City from August. The singer denies ever abusing anyone.

British lawmakers called for a United Nations inquiry into "serious human rights abuses" against ethnic minorities including Uyghur Muslims in north-western China.

The move paves the way for some four million young people to vote in elections for the parliament's upper chamber.

More than 1,000 trucks of humanitarian aid a month - including all donated COVID-19 vaccines - cross from Turkey into northern Syria each month through Bab al-Hawa, where a UN mandate is set to expire on Saturday.

The small-scale study found one dose of Covid-19 vaccine had a negligible effect but two protected people in 95 percent of cases.

Authorities in Sweden and Estonia will begin re-inspecting the wreck of the MS Estonia ferry, which sank in 1994 killing 852 people.

The draft proposals would bar non-European ownership of Polish media and have been read by critics as deliberately targeting TVN, a government-critical broadcaster that is American-owned.

In a resolution passed on Thursday, MEPs overwhelmingly called on the Commission to demand the intensification of bilateral and multilateral efforts in order to reach an agreement over the creation of two so-called Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

Due to concerns about rising cases of the Delta COVID variant, France says avoid travel to Portugal and Spain.

Civil organisations say Hungarian anti-paedophilia bill is homophobic.

The applicants, all Polish women, say the law change that came into effect in January 2021 breached their human rights.

Belarusian authorities have blocked the website of a leading online media outlet and detained several of its journalists.

England also faces disciplinary action over fans booing the Danish national anthem and letting off flares inside Wembley Stadium.

The criminal network used the so-called 'lover boy' technique to lure victims into being sexually exploited in Spanish nightclubs.

Tareq Alaows was hoping to become the first Syrian refugee elected to Germany’s parliament, but he ended his campaign amid a torrent of racist abuse and threats.

Spain’s COVID vaccination programme has been a relative success in Europe up to now - but the reopening of nightlife has led to a huge surge in cases amongst unprotected young people, who haven’t yet been able to get the jab.

An outspoken critic of Turkish President Erdogan was assaulted by several people outside his home in Berlin, German police have said.

The law was amended to prohibit portraying homosexuality to underage people. MEPs are calling for the bill’s withdrawal.

To prevent pandemics and fight the rise of drug-resistant "superbugs", scientists are pleading for more integrated health policies that protect the fragile balance between humans, animals and the environment.

The death toll stood at 54 late Wednesday. Officials said 86 people were unaccounted for.

A total 17 people have so far been detained over the assassination, while three have been killed. Police say they are still searching for eight others.

Japan is to place its capital Tokyo under a state of emergency, which will last through the upcoming Olympic games.

Hubert Caouissin, 50, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the quadruple murder of the Troadec family in 2017.

It will be England's first final in an international tournament since 1966.

The former president of South Africa faces 15 months behind bars for defying a court order for him to testify before a judicial commission investigating corruption allegations.

Lawrence Schimel's books “Early One Morning” and “Bedtime, Not Playtime!" depict the daily routines of a child, one with two mothers and one with two fathers.

Former US President Donald Trump has filed suit against three of the country's biggest tech companies, claiming he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored.

The World Health Organization urged governments to use extreme caution when lifting COVID-19 curbs amid a sharp rise in new cases and hospitalisations.

German police have raided the home of two men who are relatives of the perpetrator of the November 2020 attack in Vienna.

Billionaire and philanthropist, Jim Mellon, discusses his new book, the prospect of an agrarian revolution and how we can be healthier in old age.

Four people were hurt in a knife attack in Athens and a suspect has been arrested after he called the police.