Protest creativity: Iranian women light cigarettes on burning portrait of the ayatollah

The methods used by Iran's women to push back against the country's authoritarian system have gone beyond cutting their hair and burning headscarves and in a more...

US to provide $45 million in aid to Thailand and Cambodia in a bid to ensure regional stability

The fighting in July and December displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Thailand and Cambodia and killed about 100 soldiers and civilians.

The United Stat...

Beyond 'food riots': Iran's protesters and the difficult path to compromise ahead

Contrary to the headlines in many media outlets calling Iran's protests merely "food riots," what is going on in the country is actually a deeper, more structured...

Communication blackout in Iran: How the Islamic Republic controls the flow of information

In June 1989 following the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the government cut telephone connections to foreign countries, an action aimed at limiting the ability of ...

Berlin mayor Kai Wegner under fire for playing tennis during major blackout caused by attack

He was seen as a beacon of hope in Berlin city politics and wanted to bring law and order to the German capital, but after the scandal over his playing tennis whi...

Demonstrations in Iran: What are the possible scenarios?

Protests in Tehran have entered their 13th day, with severe internet shutdowns limiting communication amid what have become the biggest anti-government demonstrat...

US seizes another tanker trying to break Venezuela naval blockade

The Olina seized Friday is "another 'ghost fleet' tanker ship suspected of carrying embargoed oil," US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

Washington s...

UK, Germany and France call Russia’s Oreshnik attack on Ukraine ‘unacceptable’

Ukraine is investigating Russia’s use of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile against civilian infrastructure as a war crime, as the UK, Germany and France called the ...

Storm Goretti continues to cause travel mayhem and power outages in northern Europe

More than 10 people have died in weather-related accidents across Europe this week with the latest deaths reported in Turkey where local media said five people ha...

German court begins trial of 'White Tiger' online predator

A trial for a 21-year-old German-Iranian known as "White Tiger" started in Hamburg on Friday and will last until December. Accused of 204 offences, including murd...

Switzerland holds minute's silence for ski resort town bar fire victims

Investigators have said they believe sparkling candles atop champagne bottles started the fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana when they came too close t...

Europe will do 'everything it can' to support Syria, von der Leyen says

The chief of the EU executive pledged Europe's full support for Syria's recovery after meeting interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Friday.

European ...

Russian naval vessel joins Chinese and Iranian warships for drills off South Africa

The joint drills were initially scheduled for November 2025 but were postponed due to a clash with the G20 summit in Johannesburg.

A Russian warship arrived at a...

Trump says US to 'start now hitting land' in Mexico targeting drug cartels

President Donald Trump said US forces will "start now hitting land" in Mexico targeting drug cartels, following months of naval strikes against narcoboats. Mexica...

Iran's Khamenei accuses protesters of pleasing Trump amid ongoing unrest

Ayatollah Khamenei laid the blame on the US president for fomenting unrest as protests across Iran continued despite the internet blackout after exiled Crown Prin...

'It may be a choice' between NATO and Greenland, Trump says

In an interview published on Thursday, Trump also suggested that NATO is toothless without the US, claiming his own morality guided his decisions on US military a...

EU troops might be needed to stop a US showdown in Greenland

If cooperation or Greenlandic independence fails, a preventive EU troop deployment could avert a US confrontation on the island, German Green MEP Sergey Lagodinsk...

'A big storm is coming' triggering major upheaval, Iranian analyst tells Euronews

In March 2025, Ahmad Naghibzadeh told Euronews that much of what he foresaw for 2025 would come to pass. Now, he predicts a "big storm coming" Tehran's way.

The ...

Macron accuses US of 'gradually turning away' from allies in speech to French ambassadors

Trump took a potshot at the French leader in an address on Wednesday in which he recounted how he had coerced France into agreeing to triple its drug prices.

Fre...

Danish soldiers would shoot back if invaded, government confirms

Danish soldiers must open fire even without orders if US troops were to try and capture Greenland by force, according to a 1952 directive that Denmark's Defence M...

Kazakhstan bans LGBTQ+ 'propaganda' amid local support and activist concerns

Kazakhstan's President Tokayev signed a law banning LGBTQ+ propaganda, amid local support, but also sparking activists' criticism for its vague language and poten...