Polls will show if Norway will continue to be a social welfare state or not?

The ruling centre-left bloc wants to keep it to fight inequality, while the right-wing opposition wants it scrapped. General elections will define the new system....

Trump says Israel accepted his terms to end the war and Hamas should follow

US President Donald Trump gives his “last warning” to Hamas as Israel accepted his terms. The message is sent in a Truth Social post that doesn’t specify what tho...

Thousands pay their last respects to Giorgio Armani, private funeral on Monday

Thousands of people and then fashion designers, politicians, entrepreneurs and VIPs paid their last respects to Giorgio Armani in the funeral chamber set up in Mi...

Tens of thousands of protesters draw the Red Line for Gaza in Brussels

It comes days after Belgium announced it would impose sanctions against Israel and recognise Palestine at the UN General Assembly later this month, protest organi...

Vote of confidence and calls for blockades: a turbulent week ahead in France

Barring a major surprise, François Bayrou’s government is expected to fall this week, with calls for a nationwide blockade on Wednesday also underway.

The future...

South Korean workers detained in a US immigration raid in Georgia will be released

South Korea announced the deal on Sunday. The raid is part of a criminal investigation targeting a major economic project of a key US ally.

The 475 detained Sout...

'The Eastern Shield': How Poland wants to defend its borders from invasion

"The Eastern Shield", a 700 km defense project near Poland's eastern border, aims to boost state resilience and protect against armed invasion. Experts, however, ...

Pope Leo XIV declares first two saints of his pontificate

The canonisation of the first saint millennial Carlo Acutis and the son of the founder of the newspaper la Stampa Pier Giorgio Frassati was celebrated on Sunday m...

Governor slams Trump over ‘Department of War’ post amid Chicago federal crackdown protests

Illinois Governor slams Trump over social media post as demonstrations erupt in Chicago and Washington DC over federal crackdown.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker c...

Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba steps down after a defeat in July’s parliamentary vote

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday he will step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in Ju...

Zelensky: Putin may come to Kiev

Before that, the Kremlin said it had called Zelensky to Moscow "to talk, not to capitulate."

Volodymyr Zelensky has once again rejected Vladimir Putin's proposal...

Two French journalists suspended amid accusation of collusion with Socialist party members

Journalists Thomas Legrand and Patrick Cohen are suspended amid a controversial video with leaders of the Socialist Party against the far-right.

"We're doing the...

EU distances itself from Commissioner's claims Israel committing genocide in Gaza

Teresa Ribera has been one of the most vocal critics in Brussels of Israel's military operation in Gaza, but Thursday’s speech was the first time she has used the...

Social media rife with conspiracy theories after 16 candidates die ahead of German local elections

State police looking into the initial four deaths, which were announced on 1 September, told the German Press Agency (dpa) that there was no evidence of any third...

Majority of deaths in Lisbon streetcar crash were foreigners, Portuguese police say

Multiple agencies are investigating what Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has described as "one of the biggest tragedies of our recent past."

Portuguese police hav...

Angela Rayner resigns as UK deputy prime minister over stamp duty underpayment

In the UK, levies are charged on property purchases, with higher charges due on more expensive homes and second homes.

The UK's deputy prime minister, Angela Ray...

What's in a name? US lawyer Mark Zuckerberg sues Facebook over account shutdowns for 'impersonation'

Indiana bankruptcy lawyer Mark S Zuckerberg says his official presence on Facebook has been disabled five times in eight years, costing him thousands of dollars i...

Why has Trump renamed the US Department of Defense to Department of War?

Although the US President’s decision to rename the Department of Defense is a highly controversial one, the government arm was actually called the Department of W...

Foreign troops in Ukraine would be 'legitimate targets for destruction,’ Putin says

The Russian president said on Friday it is "practically impossible" to reach an agreement with Ukraine on key issues, and also reiterated Moscow’s resolute reject...

Israelis across the country to gather and mark 700 days since Hamas' 7 October attacks

Families of the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon plans to expand Israel's offensive and bring c...

Russian spy drones over Germany: Why Bundeswehr can not shoot them down

Russia uses surveillance drones over eastern Germany to monitor Western arms deliveries to Ukraine. German authorities are struggling to counter these espionage a...