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.
Denmark sends its first conscripts to Greenland
The recruits are the first national service intake to take on operational duties in the Arctic territory.
Belgium searches for owner of gold hoard found by teenage worker
Authorities in East Flanders are investigating the origin of an estimated €9 million in gold bars and coins uncovered in a bricked-up cellar wall during renovation work…
Former US ambassador calls NATO rebrand ‘lipstick on a pig’
Ivo Daalder said Washington no longer treated the security of Europe as bound up with its own.
Spanish NATO jets scramble as drone crashes in eastern Romania
A drone entered Romanian airspace near Galați before coming down in an unpopulated area of Tulcea county, the defence ministry said.
Migrant camps displace Ceuta’s cat colonies as carers search for missing animals
Volunteers say feeding sites beside the desalination plant and in several outlying neighbourhoods have emptied since the July 30 crossing.
German study puts true Covid infections at 14 per cent of PCR positives
The analysis compared nationwide swab results against antibody screening run by the same laboratories, a method other scientists say cannot show the tests were wrong.
Ousted defence minister calls for wartime elections in Ukraine
Mykhailo Fedorov's video address came hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out his return to the defence ministry.
Lagarde says Europe cannot afford to miss AI as its growth model erodes
The European Central Bank chief told business leaders in Geneva that fragmented markets and fragmented finance are stopping European firms from reaching global size.
German ruling parties demand EU sanctions on Israel’s Ben-Gvir
Berlin has been among the capitals blocking EU-level measures against the Israeli national security minister.
Wildfires spread across northern Portugal as prime minister warns of weeks of risk
More than 2,000 emergency personnel and around 20 aircraft remain committed as the Portuguese Government defends its record on burnt land.
US sanctions ICC president as Rubio vows to dismantle The Hague court
The Netherlands has objected to the designations, reviving pressure on Brussels to shield the tribunal with the EU blocking statute.
Phone numbers of UK ministers surface online after Burnham impersonation scam
The details of three cabinet ministers were found listed on the internet days after the Prime Minister exchanged texts with someone posing as a senior White House official.
Britain’s new justice secretary maintains legal fight to block UK conviction data by nationality
Alex Norris has kept in place an appeal launched by his predecessor against an order to publish seven years of figures.
Virgin Trains wins UK approval to challenge Eurostar’s cross-Channel monopoly
The British rail regulator has cleared up to 20 daily return services between London and Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam from 2030.
Colombia earthquake deaths approach 300 as scores remain missing
The official toll from the magnitude 7.4 quake stands below the number of bodies received by Colombia's forensic institute, with damage put at about €8 billion.
US awards Raytheon Tomahawk deal as Iran war drains missile stocks
Europe's own long-range strike programmes remain years from delivery, leaving allies dependent on an American production line that is only now being rebuilt.
Greece rejects Turkey’s new marine parks as ‘illegal’
Athens says presidential decrees signed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reach into international waters and the Greek continental shelf.
Belgium’s record wildfire stops short of German border but is not yet contained
Rain gave some respite to the 500 firefighters and troops in the High Fens on August 17, though officials warned that shifting weather could revive the blaze.
Burnham exchanges messages with impostor posing as Trump’s chief of staff
Britain's embassy in Washington raised the security breach with the White House amid fears that Susie Wiles had been hacked for a second time.
French prosecutors investigate sexual assault after burglary at centenarian’s home
A woman aged 108 was found partially undressed and in shock at her flat near Lyon, with bottles of perfume taken from ransacked rooms.
Etna ash forces fresh limits on landings at Catania airport
Sicily's busiest airport has capped arrivals two days after reopening, as the island's tourism sector counts the cost of a week of cancellations.
Israeli security minister calls for killing ’30 to 40′ in Gaza every night
Itamar Ben-Gvir's remarks have landed as EU capitals remain deadlocked over whether to sanction a minister several of them have already barred from their territories
Belgium calls in EU aircraft as record wildfire burns towards German border
Swedish water bombers and helicopters from the Netherlands and the Czech Republic have been sent to the High Fens, where peat bogs and shifting winds have kept ground crews…
NATO jet shoots down drone over Romania near Moldovan border
A Spanish F-18 destroyed the aircraft in the fourth such interception over Romanian airspace this year, with the alliance saying the drone appeared to be Russian.
Trump scales back South Korea drills as North Korean troops prop up Russia’s war
The US president has invoked his rapport with Kim Jong Un and Seoul's refusal to join the campaign against Iran, hours before the exercises began.