Vice-admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach said Ukraine would never regain Crimea from Russia, and described as 'absurd' Western views that Putin may invade Ukraine.

The UK government says it has intelligence information that Moscow is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv, a claim Russia has dismissed as nonsense.

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A Taliban delegation is due to meet with Norwegian and international authorities in the first such visit to the West since the Afghan takeover last August.

Thousands of people demonstrated in European capitals on Saturday against vaccine passports and other measures imposed to tackle the pandemic.

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Some 95% of party delegates voted for Merz, already assured of leading the CDU after being backed by party members in December.

Hundreds of swimmers braved the elements to swim through an underground corridor at the Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Gory, on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Tackling a lack of clean water is a priority because supplies have been disrupted by layers of volcanic ash and salt water.

An Italian initiative that started 20 years ago continues to provide women, mainly of African origin, the opportunity to escape the legacy of human trafficking and start a new life.

Blizzards have paralysed traffic on the main road between Poland and the Baltic States while gale force winds and snow have battered highways in Lithuania.

William Wragg claims some MPs in Boris Johnson's party have faced intimidation from government representatives over their calls for the prime minister's resignation.

The Right to Energy Forum, Europe's biggest summit on energy poverty, begins next week and could not be more urgent. Kieran Pradeep of Friends of the Earth Europe explains what's at stake.

The Saudi-led airstrike on Friday was part of an intense air and ground offensive that marked an escalation in Yemen’s years-long civil war.

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Kyiv has criticised Berlin after Germany's defence minister ruled out sending weapons and its navy chief — who has since resigned — said Ukraine would never regain Crimea.

Washington says it has sent "close to 200,000 pounds of lethal aid" to Kyiv to bolster Ukraine's defences, and has praised the Baltic states for pledging missiles.

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The 78-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate said on Facebook that he tested positive for COVID-19 despite being triple-vaccinated.

The attacks on Friday are the biggest and deadliest since the fall of the IS “caliphate” three years ago.

Former interior minister Claude Guéant was handed a one-year prison sentence.

The embassies of Germany, the UK, and the US issued a joint statement rejecting PM Ana Brnabić's claims that the environmental protests against Rio Tinto's now-cancelled lithium mine in western Serbia had "Western backers".

Friday's daily tally 49,513 new infections -- the highest in the pandemic -- was higher by more than 49,513 new infections compared the previous day.

Three studies released on Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the Omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots.

As authorities shift blame, the lack of a clear strategy to handle the most recent spike of the Omicron variant has Bosnians unsure of how to act.

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Roberta Metsola's appointment to President of the European Parliament is the latest in a long-observed pattern. From Marine le Pen to Angela Merkel, why, asks College of Europe professor Costanza Hermanin, are female holders of real executive power a...

Italy has seen an increase in migrant arrivals across the Mediterranean Sea in recent months.

A psychiatrist who has observed him since 2012 testified Wednesday that Breivik can't be trusted and a prison official told the judges hearing the parole request “there is an imminent danger” that, if released, Breivik would again commit serious ...

Airbus has cancelled a multi-billion euro order from Qatar Airways, escalating the dispute between the aircraft giant and one of its biggest customers.

In a speech to Russia's State Duma, Raisi said Iran was serious about reaching an agreement to limit its nuclear programme, but would not agree to anything less than its "rights".

An airstrike on the port city of Hodeida has wiped out internet services across Yemen.

Poland is one of the most polluted countries in Europe, breaching EU norms by hundreds of percentage points at the worst times of year.

The two suspects are accused of hacking into a nurse's record to create the fake COVID-19 certificates.

A lawyers' report found that Benedict XVI had mishandled four cases of sexual abuse in the clergy while archbishop of Munich.

Total and Chevron said that the abuses had worsened since the military overthrew the civilian government in a coup last February.

Hundreds protest outside the migration office in the southern city of Tapachula, saying they're vulnerable to criminal extortion and kidnapping.

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“An attack on the data of people who are missing makes the anguish and suffering for families even more difficult to endure,” Robert Mardini, the ICRC's director-general, said in a statement.

Restaurants and bars will close early in Tokyo and a dozen other areas across Japan as the country widens COVID-19 restrictions.

The Islamic State group was largely defeated in the country in 2017, although it remains active through sleeper cells in many areas.

These new talks, which seek to de-escalate the crisis at the Ukrainian border, come 11 days after a first round of discussions in the Swiss city yielded little result.

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Raman Pratasevich was arrested after his Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius was diverted to Minsk with Belarusian authorities claiming it was over a bomb threat.

Serbian PM Ana Brnabić said on Thursday that the government has cancelled all prior licences for Rio Tinto's planned mine in the west of the country.

New legislation coming into force next Friday will help European livestock farmers stay ahead of the game and help with future outbreaks, Federation of Veterinarians of Europe executive director Nancy De Briyne explains.

The not-legally binding resolution does reflect global opinion, and it underlines that remembrance “is a key component to the prevention of further acts of genocide”.

Senior Tory William Wragg disclosed the alleged intimidation campaign as Downing Street battles to shore up PM Boris Johnson against calls from within the party for his resignation.

An additional one million ducks, chickens, and turkeys will have to be killed within the next three weeks.

"The world – every country in it – must demand the rich pay their fair share," millionaires from the US, UK, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, and Iran wrote in an open letter.