Turkey holds funeral ceremony for 20 military personnel killed in Georgia plane crash

The C-130 military cargo was flying from Azerbaijan back to Turkey when it crashed in Georgia's Sighnaghi municipality close to the Azerbaijani border on Tuesday....

Hungary to mount court challenge to EU's planned phase-out of Russian energy, Orbán says

Hungary is heavily dependent on Russian fossil fuels and has sought exemptions and pledged to veto EU sanctions since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in e...

Clashes erupt between Druze and Syrian government forces in Suwayda

Violent clashes erupted in Suwayda between the Druze National Guard and Syrian government forces, involving heavy weapons and drones, in the latest major escalati...

Central Asia leaders to meet in Tashkent for regional consultative summit

Leaders from Central Asia will meet in Tashkent to discuss regional cooperation. Uzbekistan's President Mirziyoyev calls it a key step in building trust and stabi...

Why AI must be grounded, not hyped, to serve Europe’s SMEs

We’re not chasing hype. We’re building AI that works for real businesses, real supply chains, and real growth, the president of Alibaba.com Kuo Zhang writes in hi...

US designates four European anti-fascist groups as terrorist organisations

The US State Department labelled four European far-left groups as terrorist organisations, including Germany's Antifa Ost and Italy's International Revolutionary ...

German companies defenceless against cyberattacks, study shows

Germany faces a severe shortage of cybersecurity specialists, with record damages of €202.4 billion in 2024 due to cyberattacks, a study by Strategy& reveals.

Ge...

BBC apologises to Trump for edited speech, but rejects defamation claim

The BBC said Chair Samir Shah sent a personal letter to the White House saying that he and the corporation were sorry for the edit of the speech Trump gave before...

Massive Russian drone and missile attack injures 16 and causes fires across Ukrainian capital Kyiv

Kyiv was hit by a wave of overnight Russian drones and missiles that continued into early Friday, damaging buildings and causing fires across the city, and injuri...

A decade on, Paris still carries the memory of the night of the 13 November terrorist attacks

Survivors, families and first responders returned to the attack sites as France paid tribute to the lives lost and the wounds that remain.

Hundreds of Parisians ...

Afghan nationals carried out two suicide attacks in Pakistan, interior minister says

Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have spiked recently after Kabul accused Islamabad of launching drone strikes on 9 October that killed several people.

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UK commits to ensuring 'poignant' COVID memorial wall in London will be preserved

The National COVID Memorial Wall was established without official authorisation on a half-kilometre stretch of the Albert Embankment in March 2021.

The British g...

Zelenskyy meets soldiers on Zaporizhzhia frontline as fighting with Russia intensifies

Zelenskyy received a report from a Brigade Commander on the operational situation in the region, as well as enemy activity and losses among Russian forces.

Ukrai...

Ukraine’s frontline cities: Rebuilding the shield of Europe

Europe lives in peace. Ukraine fights for it. And when Ukrainian cities withstand daily attacks, they are shaping the future of a free and secure Europe, Kharkiv ...

Ukraine anti-corruption investigation: Kyiv to audit all state-owned companies

Kyiv has launched an audit of all state-owned companies amid the anti-corruption investigation around the energy company Energoatom. "Eradicating corruption is a ...

Germany inches closer to bringing back mandatory military service

The newly negotiated compromise, released on Thursday, makes the registration and medical screening of all males over 18 mandatory. A questionnaire will also beco...

Nordic and Baltic allies to fund joint €430mn PURL military package for Ukraine, NATO says

The PURL initiative was launched in July and came following criticism from the White House that Europe needed to shoulder more of the responsibility for Ukraine's...

Nordic and Baltic allies to fund joint €430mn PURL military package for Ukraine, NATO says

The PURL initiative was launched in July and came following criticism from the White House that Europe needed to shoulder more of the responsibility for Ukraine's...

Nordic and Baltic allies to fund joint €430mn PURL military package for Ukraine, NATO says

The PURL initiative was launched in July and came following criticism from the White House that Europe needed to shoulder more of the responsibility for Ukraine's...

In the Taliban's shadow: Why Germany failed to help all local hires

Halima worked for the German Air Force in Afghanistan. Today, she lives in fear of the Taliban and has received no response from Berlin.

For five years, Halima* ...

Turkey temporarily grounds C-130 planes after crash kills 20 military personnel

US-made C-130 Hercules military cargo planes are widely used by Turkey's armed forces for transporting personnel and handling logistical operations.

Turkey has t...