Pope Leo XIV tells Macron right to life is foundation of all other rights
In his first speech on French soil, the Pontiff condemned surrogacy and assisted death in the palace where France's end-of-life law was signed in August.
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Socialist-run Lleida bans burqa and niqab in public with Junts and Vox votes
The Spanish city has returned to a veto on full-face veils that Supreme Court struck down in 2013, this time framed as a matter of women's rights rather than security.
Peter Thiel calls much of the media a ‘left-wing hate factory’ as Axel Springer honours him in Berlin
The media landscape, he said, was “very, very one-sided” and “nowhere near as free as we would like it to be.”
Netanyahu accuses Britain and France of colonial hypocrisy at the UN
Israel, he said, occupied "a tiny sliver of land" equal to about a third of one per cent of the Arab world's landmass.
Meloni government bans burqa and niqab in schools and caps foreign pupils per class
Parents whose children struggle with Italian will also be ordered to attend free language courses, with fines of up to €1,000 for those who refuse.
Mitsotakis rules out British Museum ‘loan’ as Parthenon Marbles talks stall
Athens has refused any deal that would recognise the London museum’s ownership of the sculptures after reports that five years of negotiations had broken down.
German NGO asks European Parliament to seek probe of Greens over anti-Semitism
A citizens' dossier of 41 cases from Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands accuses the European Green Party of failing to act against anti-Jewish rhetoric in its ranks.
Milei tells UN it has become a ‘useless organisation’ feeding ‘fatally arrogant parasites’
He added the “gender agenda, environmental extremism and unchecked immigration”, along with Agenda 2030.
Croatia’s wartime grievances threaten Montenegro’s EU accession timetable
Zagreb has kept blocking key negotiating chapters as Podgorica races to wrap up membership talks with Brussels by the end of the year.
MCC Brussels team launches new think tank after Hungarian funding cut
The group says it is building its own funding and partnerships and is already fundraising. Donations are solicited on the site.
White House launches Trump TV as networks boycott pool coverage over press ban
The round-the-clock stream went live hours after the main US television networks stopped supplying shared footage of the President in protest at the exclusion of…
Dutch teenagers’ acceptance of homosexuality drops sharply
Among boys aged 12 to 16, the share with a positive view dropped from 40 per cent in 2021 to 22 per cent in 2025.
Dutch police to stop hosting iftars as neutrality rules tighten
Officers may still attend events run by others, such as Christmas, Easter, Ramadan, Hanukkah, Diwali, Purim or Holi, provided they do not take part in religious…
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Meloni announces foreign student cap and burqa ban in Italian schools
Rome says newcomers must learn the national language, understand local culture and follow its rules, as demographic shifts reshape classrooms and the wider population.
Labour MP apologises after calling for ‘military action’ against Israel
Tahir Ali also wanted the Israeli ambassador barred from the Commons, matching the Speaker’s response when China banned British MPs.
Two thirds of French voters back Le Pen’s ‘national priority’
A large majority of those questioned by Ipsos said the National Rally is right to want certain benefits reserved for French citizens.
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Polish right-wing MPs call for Independence Day march in Ukraine’s Lviv
The idea has been slammed by members of Prime Minister Donald Tusk's ruling coalition and called "madness" and "gross stupidity".
Ghent students walk out after honorary vice-rector condemns Cofnas ‘lynching’
Professor Freddy Mortier, a honorary vice-rector and professor in ethics , used the platform to call out colleagues who had ganged up on Cofnas.
Netanyahu’s Likud Party calls Kickl’s FPÖ ‘friend of Israel’
The conference, titled “Islamism and Antisemitism: Threats to Europe’s Freedom”, was staged in Strasbourg on Wednesday by Harald Vilimsky, the FPÖ’s delegation…
Union Saint-Gilloise shops for a Dutch or German pitch after cities refuse to host Israeli team
Celtic, Real Sociedad and Lech Poznań, Union's three other home opponents in the league phase, may still play there.
Israel and Morocco agree to open embassies with the Ceuta invasion still under way
The US-hosted declaration also restates American and Israeli recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
French freemasons target Catholic schools before 2027 presidential race
The Grand Orient de France has said schools outside State contract have no place in the Republic, a category that takes in almost all traditional Catholic education.
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Poland’s Braun hammers monument to Ukrainian partisans
Braun claims local residents are "afraid they would be set on fire" if they attempted to remove the memorial themselves.
Celtic nationalist leaders tie the break-up of the UK
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Turkish authorities launch crackdown on LGBTQ+ support groups
Justice minister Akın Gürlek said prosecutors in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Aydın and Mersin were conducting investigations against 162 suspects, nine associations…
Olympic athletes turn on Sydney Sweeney over nude betting advert
A campaign for an American betting platform has reopened the argument over how women's sport is sold, two months after European broadcasters agreed rules on the…
AfD lodges defamation complaint against Merz over ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusations
Members of the Bundestag are normally shielded from prosecution for what they say in the chamber under Article 46 of the Basic Law, Germany’s constitution.
Rubio vows to hold ‘enemies of civilization’ to account on Kirk anniversary
The US Secretary of State has marked a year since the conservative activist was shot dead at a Utah university, as the man accused of his murder faces trial.
Dutch Volt branch skips memorial for 105 murdered Jews after organisers refuse Gaza link
Group leader Anna Kaal, Volt's sole councillor on the 39-seat municipal council since the March 18 local elections, wrote that the ceremony needed "broadening" to…
US steps up pressure on NATO allies over International Criminal Court
Every member of the alliance except the US and Turkey is party to the Hague-based court Washington has vowed to dismantle.