Central Asia is in a boom phase — with some caveats

Headline GDP is strong, but per-capita gaps, inflation and borrowing costs complicate the picture.

According to the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), Central Asia...

Justice Department releasing three million more pages from Epstein files, Blanche says

The material was released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted after months of public and political pressure that requires the government to ...

Denmark to expel non-Danish citizens if jailed for at least one year for serious crimes

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen acknowledged the government was acting "unconventionally" by not waiting for court decisions in deportation cases.

Denmark will ...

US journalist Don Lemon arrested after covering anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church

Lemon, who was fired from CNN in 2023, has said he has no affiliation to the organisation that went into the church and that he was there as a journalist chronicl...

Trump's Greenland takeover ambitions a 'wake-up call' for Europe, Dutch PM-elect says

Centrist D66 leader Rob Jetten emphasised the need for stronger European cooperation to ensure security and prosperity, rather than focusing on the United States....

Race against time: How the French army prepares in the case of an air strike

Euronews followed a surprise military exercise that tested the French Air and Space Force’s ability to evacuate bases and remain combat-ready in case of an attack...

Gaza's border with Egypt to open on Sunday after almost two-year closure, Israel says

Although Gaza has four other border crossings, the rest are shared with Israel and only Rafah links the territory with another country.

Israel said on Friday tha...

US student jailed for life for killing Chinese girlfriend in UK stabbing and strangling

Joshua Michals was sentenced at London's Old Bailey criminal court for stabbing and killing Zhe Wang a fellow student at Goldsmiths, University of London in March...

Moving on from Holocaust remembrance an affront, Yad Vashem chair tells Euronews

In November, Yad Vashem announced that the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre had established the identites of five of the six million Jews murdered in the Holoca...

UN calls for 52-day pause in global wars ahead of Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

UN truce resolutions typically pass with broad majorities and received all 193 votes for the London Games in 2012. Yet signatories have repeatedly broken their ow...

Kurdish-led SDF and Syrian government reach new agreement to stabilise ceasefire

Syria's new leaders, since toppling former President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, have struggled to assert full authority over a country devastated by nearly...

Man impersonating FBI agent tries to break Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say

Mangione is being held at the Brooklyn jail while awaiting state and federal murder trials in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A man claiming ...

Trump says 'very dangerous' for UK to deal with China as Starmer arrives in Shanghai

Downing Street said that the White House had been aware of Starmer's trip and its objectives in advance and pointed out that Trump himself is due to visit China i...

Trump says Russia agreed to pause Kyiv strikes during extreme winter temperatures

Hundreds of residential buildings in Kyiv remain without heating as Russia repeatedly targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure at the peak of winter.

US Presiden...

Democrats and White House reach spending deal to avoid government shutdown

The move follows the fatal shooting of two US citizens, 37-year-old Alex Pretti and 37-year-old Renee Good, at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.

US Pre...

'Rutte is right': Europe can't win without the US, says former US NATO official

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte drew stinging rebukes from across the continent over remarks alleging Europe can't defend itself without the aid of the US. Whil...

Nicki Minaj calls herself Donald Trump's 'No. 1 fan', furthering fan dismay

From Barbz to MAGA princess. Rap star Nicki Minaj is making headlines following her appearance at the Trump Accounts Summit, where she proudly declared herself Do...

Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called 'W'?

Viral posts claiming the EU is launching its own social media platform to counter X, in the wake of various scandals, are misleading.

Claims are spreading online...

Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot ranks worst in countering antisemitic content, ADL study finds

Grok received an overall score of just 21 out of 100, with particularly low marks in detecting anti-Jewish bias, anti-Zionist bias, and extremist biases

Elon Mus...

These are all the European airlines offering Starlink – and the ones that aren’t

While Lufthansa Group is the latest to announce a collaboration with Elon Musk’s company, Europe’s biggest airline has said no to adding free WiFi on board.

The ...

These are all the European airlines offering Starlink – and the ones that aren’t

While Lufthansa Group is the latest to announce a collaboration with Elon Musk’s company, Europe’s biggest airline has said no to adding free WiFi on board.

The ...