Netanyahu rules out deal with Iran’s ‘savages’ as US sanctions target Tehran’s helpers
The Israeli prime minister has welcomed Washington's decision to squeeze third countries and firms still trading with Tehran.
Armenian court orders two months in custody for Kocharyan’s son
Sedrak Kocharyan may receive visits only from his wife and children while prosecutors widen a case that now reaches a second former president.
FC Barcelona angers Greek Cypriots by advertising youth camp in Turkish-occupied north
The Spanish club's academy has listed two September sessions under a place name that neither the Republic of Cyprus nor the United Nations recognises.
Undercover reporter films Channel people smugglers at work
Christian Drogan paid €1,400 for a place on a dinghy and says four traffickers stepped off mid-crossing onto a French patrol boat
The CIA director visits Moscow amid warnings of Russian escalation
The Kremlin has ruled out a meeting with Putin and placed John Ratcliffe's unannounced trip in the narrow channel between the two countries' security services.
Syria’s Kurdish-led force dissolves itself as Damascus takes control of the northeast
The end of the Syrian Democratic Forces removes the last territorial challenge to President Ahmed al-Sharaa and hands Turkey a long-sought prize.
Trump sends Saudi nuclear deal to Congress and keeps Israel condition
The US President has submitted the civil nuclear pact for review while insisting Riyadh must first normalise relations with Israel.
Armenia detains former president Kocharyan a day after Pashinyan sets out EU bid
The leader of Armenia's main pro-Moscow opposition bloc faces charges of abuse of office, bribery and money laundering dating from his 1998-2008 presidency.
German investigators find third drone and suspected explosive near Leipzig airport
The device was recovered in a field west of the runways 10 days after a failed attack on Germany's main military cargo hub.
French financial prosecutors investigate LFI mayor of Saint-Denis over RATP job
The inquiry covers years in which Bally Bagayoko held a management post at the state-owned Paris transport operator while serving as a local elected official.
More than four in five North African asylum seekers in Switzerland face crime accusations
Justice Minister Beat Jans has promised faster detention and shorter removal deadlines after the internal figures reached the public.
Brussels city records 57 shootings in seven months, outpacing record year
Federal police have logged two deaths and 21 injuries in the Belgian capital since January, with most of the gunfire tied to the drug trade.
Greece moves Patriot battery to Crete as Iran threatens US bases in Europe
Athens has shifted the missile system from Karpathos to guard the Souda Bay complex used by Greek, US and NATO forces.
US drops Syria from terror sponsor list after 47 years
Washington has cleared the last major legal obstacle to American investment in Syria while Brussels keeps more than 350 names on its own sanctions list.
Bessent targets French, Swiss and British firms in sweeping Iran sanctions
Nearly 60 entities, individuals and vessels have been designated as Washington opens what it calls Operation Economic Outcast.
Rescuers find two missing alive after tornado injures 39 in southern France
The tornado tore through Pomas in the Aude, damaging 300 homes and forcing more than half the village to evacuate.
Pashinyan says Armenia could lodge EU membership bid in the near future
The Armenian Prime Minister told parliament a referendum on accession would follow only once a formal application had been submitted.
Xi urges diplomacy on Middle East as China and Jordan back Hormuz reopening
Beijing has cast itself as a broker in a conflict that has kept Europe's main energy artery shut since February.
Hungarian Gripen fighter jet crashes near Szolnok as pilot ejects safely
Defence minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi said the pilot escaped injury after doing everything possible to bring the aircraft down on military land.
Brussels approves €6.1 billion for Ukrainian air defence on Independence Day
The EU executive signed off the envelope as leaders gathered in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine's shortage of interceptor missiles.
German justice minister pushes for sexual identity clause in Basic Law
Stefanie Hubig has revived a proposal her coalition partner has blocked for years, arguing the constitution should say explicitly what its defenders insist it already means.
Coalition of the Willing meets in Kyiv as Ukraine asks for 300 interceptors
Air defence, €30 billion in blocked EU funding and Russia's shadow fleet are on the agenda at the third such gathering in the Ukrainian capital.
Russia withdraws ambassador from London and names no replacement
Moscow has left its British embassy in the hands of a chargé d'affaires as the row over UK drone supplies to Ukraine deepens.
Iceland’s EU accession referendum splits voters 46-46 as Brussels hopes for enlargement boost
Icelanders decide on August 29 whether to restart accession talks frozen in 2013, in a ballot the European Commission hopes will revive its stalled enlargement drive.
Driver ploughs into shoppers in Hofgeismar pedestrian zone
The 68-year-old was in a critical condition after his car struck passers-by and a department store window in the centre of the German city.
ICC president warns of ‘demise of international rule of law’ after US sanctions
Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa have backed Tomoko Akane, though the European Commission has still not moved to shield the court.
EU deplores ‘deterioration’ of Hong Kong freedoms after vigil convictions
Judges found the organisers of Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen vigil guilty of inciting subversion and both face up to 10 years in prison.
Vučić points to October for Serbian snap election
The Serbian President has said the ballot will pit his ruling party against a single bloc of everyone else, though he has still not set a date for his own resignation.
German trauma surgeons record sharp rise in life-threatening stab injuries
A 12-year analysis of Germany's national trauma registry has found the number of patients admitted with severe stab wounds up by almost 60 per cent, with the increase concentrated…
North Korea fires missile salvo as Trump scales back South Korea drills
Pyongyang launched about 10 short-range weapons hours after the US President said he expected to meet Kim Jong Un this year.