The rhetoric of the West's War on Terror has blindsided nations into ignoring terror threats from non-Islamic sources, say Bjørn Ihler and Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa.

Hugo Carvajal "lived totally enclosed, never going outside or getting close to the window, always protected by people he trusted."

Hungary and Poland, accused of disrespecting EU values, are both waiting for Brussels to approve their COVID recovery cash.

Police also closed down a museum dedicated to the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing on June 4, 1989.

It warned that severe economic hardship could kick in during 2021.

France says it will not tolerate any flouting of international law, following reports that UK Border Force staff are to receive training on how to turn back migrant boats before they reach the English coast.

It follows a vote by the Scottish parliament in favour of vaccination certificates for entry to nightclubs, music festivals and some football matches.

Social media influencers who receive money from companies to promote products must clearly label such posts as adverts, Germany's federal court has ruled.

Investigators have searched the German ministries of finance and justice on suspicion of withholding evidence on money laundering cases.

Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of Northern Ireland's largest British unionist party, is threatening to collapse the power-sharing administration unless post-Brexit trade rules are rewritten within "weeks".

French police clashed with rioters for five consecutive nights near Paris after two men were arrested and their mother was hit by tear gas.

At least 250 firefighters were battling the blaze near the popular resort town of Estepona.

The flight, whose passengers include Americans, Britons, Germans, Hungarians and Canadians, followed intensified efforts by Qatar and Turkey to get the Afghan capital's airport up and running again.

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Lithuania not to push back five Afghan refugees stranded on the border with Belarus.

Cyprus said that the contents of the English textbook were "completely inappropriate and unacceptable".

They used to play in a football team in Herat but when the regime swept to power, the girls decided to escape, fearing for their lives.

A town in eastern Greenland town has issued a two-week ban on all sales of alcohol after 'several spooky incidents'.

Italian police have raided the homes of several anti-vaccine activists ahead of demonstrations against the COVID-19 health pass.

France to offer free contraception benefits to women aged under 26, says Health Minister Olivier Veran.

The spark was the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) installing a new leader at a ceremony in Montenegro.

"The procedure is not only outrageous but also completely unacceptable... with this scandalous and arrogant step, the Commission crossed a border that we previously thought was unimaginable."

The number of migrants successfully reaching the UK after crossing the Channel has soared in recent years.

The crew reported noticing smoke and the smell of burnt plastic.

Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko is meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow today to discuss integrating the two countries and upcoming joint military exercises.

Our special correspondent Anelise Borges gives us the latest from the Afghan capital.

"Evacuees ran the gamut of human experience—from a two-month-old baby to a septuagenarian using a wheelchair."

Protesters were voicing anger at the absence of women in the new Taliban cabinet and the closure of the ministry of women's affairs.

There were marches of troops wearing gas masks and bright red suits.

The fire occurred in a city that had a large COVID-19 outbreak in recent weeks.

UK denies dropping Paris climate goals from text to secure Australia trade deal

The chief US and German diplomats urged the Taliban to respect Afghans' basic rights -- but Heiko Maas said the new government's make-up "is not the signal for more international cooperation".

World-renowned Professor of European Studies, Timothy Garton Ash, gives his insight into the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the EU's core values and the politics of Angela Merkel.

Belarusian President Lukashenko has proposed suspending an EU accord to accept refugees that violate their conditions in the bloc.

It comes amid warnings that the EU must not turn a blind eye to the situation in Afghanistan.

The Danish government is proposing that foreigners and people with immigrant backgrounds work 37 hours a week in exchange for welfare benefits.

Will the real Boris Vishnevsky please stand up?

Donated COVID vaccines and diplomatic strife with China have made Lithuania a hot new destination for Taiwanese shoppers.

A gas explosion in an apartment building outside Moscow on Wednesday killed at least seven people and injured at least seventeen others.

"Your independence is everything. I lost it so I'm not afraid anymore. My life won't have any value if I'm just stuck in my home. Stuck in your home is worse than being killed."

The pandemic has created geographical and generational divides across the European Union which have the potential to change politics in a significant way.

Russian authorities said the minister died "while saving a person’s life", in a statement sent to national media.

Salah Abdeslam, the main accused in the trial of 20 men, remained defiant as proceedings opened but a lawyer for the plaintiffs said he was 'not the main event' and the first day had gone well.

Losses incurred by a historic bout of frost in early spring were compounded by the emergence of diseases blamed on the wet summer.

A union for doctors in private practice has called on French authorities to take action against the insults and threats.

The Taliban announced a new caretaker government on Tuesday evening, stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s.

The error was only realised after a DNA test revealed that one of the women was not the daughter of her presumed parents.

"The nation and the world are in peril, that’s not hyperbole. That is a fact. They've been warning us the extreme weather would get more extreme over the decade and we're living it in real-time now."

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has repeatedly faced off angry protesters on the campaign trail while seeking a third term in office in snap elections due to take place on September 20.

"A better option is a solution that allows people to stay in Afghanistan," he said.

Since the start of the pandemic, more than 19,000 people in Bulgaria have died of COVID-19.