France apologises for human rights criticism that sparked US walkout
The Geneva mission now says the July message “called into question the U.S. commitment to human rights”.
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Canada seeks ‘unique alliance’ with EU, rules out membership
Speaking to reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, Carney rejected the idea of full membership.
Saudi Arabia turns to stored oil as pipeline shutdown threatens European supplies
Riyadh has set no restart date for the East-West line, leaving deliveries to Europe and Asia dependent on how long the stoppage lasts.
Trump pledges to remove US tariff on Irish whiskey at end of Ireland visit
The US President made the promise at a golf prize-giving on a course he owns, giving no date for carving one member state's flagship export out of an EU-wide duty.
BRICS leaders converge on New Delhi as Iran and Ukraine wars loom over summit
Putin, Xi and Pezeshkian are among those expected at the two-day gathering, with divisions over the war in Iran set to test the expanded bloc.
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.
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.
Ukraine’s prosecutor general resigns after office raid in call-centre protection racket case
Kravchenko, appointed in June 2025, said the step was a "political decision" taken so that the post would not become "a tool for political confrontation".
Norway lays King Harald V to rest as European royals gather in Oslo
Seven reigning houses, Volodymyr Zelensky and the largest security operation in Norwegian history have converged on a capital brought to a standstill.
Trump hails AfD landslide and blames Germany’s immigration rules
The US President called the winners "the Populist Party" and signed off with MGGA, a German version of his own campaign slogan.
Iceland summons US ambassador over Trump map showing island under American flag
Reykjavík called in Billy Long hours after the European Commission unveiled a new investment package for Greenland.
Moscow accuses EU of weaponising human rights against Russia
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Brussels was in no position to lecture, pointing to statelessness in the Baltic states and what she called…
Witkoff and Kushner carry Trump’s peace push from the Kremlin to Kiev
Putin conceded only a three-day pause on strikes against the Ukrainian capital, while Zelensky came away with a winter energy package and a promise of further talks.
UN wants different maps so Africa wouldn’t look small
The United States cast the only vote against. Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine abstained.
Farage would ‘crush’ Argentina over the Falklands, Reform UK says
Robert Jenrick said a government led by the party leader would use every lever of the British state after Javier Milei revived Argentina's claim to the islands.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General implicated in scam call centre protection racket
Recordings released by NABU point to a "boss" above the ring whose patronymic and career match those of Ruslan Kravchenko.
Meta disables Albanian protest accounts as MEPs demand answers
Opposition figures, activists and journalists covering the anti-government "Flamingo Revolution" lost access to Instagram as Albania negotiates European Union membership.
Ben-Gvir unveils plan to move most of Gaza’s Palestinians abroad
The Israeli national security minister has made his Disengagement 710 scheme a condition for joining the next government, though no country has yet agreed to receive…
UN Refugee Agency faces 3,500 job cuts and severe budget shrinkage
The sharp descent in resources is largely driven by a cumulative decline in foreign aid contributions, most notably steep reductions from the United States.
Shootout between Ukraine’s Security Service and military intelligence in streets of Kyiv
The Russian volunteer corps said their deputy combat commander, had been seized outside his home on August 23. His lawyer, Taras Borovskyi, called it an abduction.
EU faces new Trump tariffs over Big Tech fines, Britain is spared
The procedure lets Washington impose duties if it finds foreign practices "unreasonable or discriminatory".
Turkey plans to expand nuclear co-operation with Russia
Erdoğan said Ankara would consider raising its relationship with the organisation to a higher level.
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Von der Leyen and Rutte meet in Brussels over ‘Russian hybrid attacks’
Talks at the Berlaymont come a day after Berlin said Moscow was behind the explosive-laden drone found at Leipzig/Halle airport.
Trump shrugs off Iran deal and claims ‘almost total control’ of Hormuz
The US President spoke as Brent crude climbed towards $97 a barrel and eurozone inflation hit a near three-year high.
Iran fires missiles at US bases in four countries after deadly strike on wedding party
The Revolutionary Guard said the barrage was retaliation for a US strike on a house in southern Iran where at least four people died, as hostilities resume after…
Nepal flood toll passes 1,000 as EU citizens remain among the missing
The European Union has released €2 million and activated its Copernicus satellite service as rescue teams search hydropower tunnels buried along Nepal's Trishuli…
Europe refuses G20 photo with Russia after US invites Moscow back
Anton Siluanov's first in-person G20 appearance since 2022 has drawn a coordinated European snub, with Berlin calling the US decision 'quite troubling'.
Lithuania’s president says CIA chief’s Moscow visit was aimed at easing tensions
Gitanas Nausėda has played down the significance of John Ratcliffe's unannounced trip, saying it changed nothing in the Baltic state's security picture.
Putin meets Xi and Modi in Kyrgyzstan, first country hit by EU anti-circumvention sanctions
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has marked 25 years in a capital Brussels accuses of funnelling restricted European technology on to Russia.
Turkish comic who mocked Erdoğan rearrested on separate charges just after being released
Deniz Göktaş was detained at Istanbul Airport on July 2 after returning from a trip abroad and jailed the following day.