Putin warns European superpowers that their defeat will be swift if they start a war

Russian authorities have outlawed Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable organisation”, a label that, under a 2015 law, makes involvement with it a criminal offence.

France will introduce a voluntary military service of 10 months beginning next summer, President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday, in the face of what he called a growing threat posed by Russia.

The pair 'seem to have sawn through bars' and 'fled using bed sheets'

French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday that France must not be “weak” faced with the threat from Russia, while emphasising it had no intention of “sending our young people” to fight in the Ukraine war.

The COP30 climate summit has drawn to a close after two weeks in the Amazonian city of Belem where protests, street marches and even a fire caused unexpected moments of drama.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sent a personal apology to US President Donald Trump on Thursday but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his lawyers called defamatory.

Groups ascribe to anti-Americanism, 'anti-capitalism,' and anti-Christian ideologies, says Rubio

David Szalay won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel 'Flesh' on Monday, becoming the first Hungarian-British author to win one of top awards in the English-speaking world.

A Belgian jihadist accused of acts of genocide against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq and Syria -- and presumed killed in conflict -- went on trial in absentia yesterday in Brussels.

Thirteen suspected drug cartel members died Monday in a shootout with authorities in the troubled Mexican state of Sinaloa, officials said.

A woman arrested this week, along with four other suspects over the unprecedented jewel heist at the Louvre, was charged and remanded in custody yesterday.

As of last year, undocumented migrants are unable to apply for work in Finland

Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, seeking to distance the royals from him over his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia had tested a Poseidon nuclear-capable super torpedo and that it had been a great success.

Earlier, Brigiite and Emmanuel Macron filed defamation lawsuit for online rumours

Independent candidate set for landslide win as critics say presidential race offered little real choice amid record spoiled ballots and low turnout

The mistakes included confusing news with parody, getting dates wrong or simply inventing events

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year sentence yesterday for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya, arriving at La Sante prison in Paris in a stunning downfall for a man who led the country between 2007 and 2012.

Begins 5-year sentence at La Santé prison after conviction for criminal conspiracy