Moldovans are facing a flood of disinformation driven by artificial intelligence ahead of a critical parliamentary election, which will determine whether the small country can stay on its path toward the European Union or is pulled back into Moscow’s orbit. Ahead of Sunday's vote to choose a
Disruption to airports caused by drones is an irritant but is unlikely to affect profitability, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said on Thursday. "Really, I don't think it's going to affect profitability," he said. "It disrupts our operations. We recover pretty quickly. You know, the airlines are us
Russia's finance ministry proposed raising the rate of value-added tax on Wednesday to 22 per cent from 20 per cent in 2026 to fund military spending in what would be the fifth year of the war in Ukraine. The proposal comes as US President Donald Trump called Russia a "paper tiger" for "fighting a
The judge in the trial of the sole British soldier charged with murder over the 1972 "Bloody Sunday" killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers ruled on Wednesday that key military statements could be entered as evidence by prosecutors. Judge Patrick Lynch said the hearsay statements th
Russia is reviving Soviet-era tactics such as forced psychiatric treatment to silence dissenters and anti-war voices in an increasingly repressive environment, a UN expert said on Monday. Rights groups say President Vladimir Putin's government has lurched further into authoritarianism since the fu
Russia on Monday accused NATO member state Estonia of falsely claiming that Russian military jets had violated its airspace last week, saying Tallinn had no evidence to back up its claim and was seeking to ratchet up East-West tensions. Estonia said on Friday that three Russian MiG-31 fighte
NATO member Poland will not hesitate to shoot down objects that violate its airspace and pose a threat, but will take a more cautious approach to situations that are less clear-cut, the prime minister said on Monday. Estonia said three Russian fighter jets violated its airspace on Friday, adding t
Moldovan authorities carried out scores of raids on Monday over alleged Russian-backed efforts to destabilise the country, police said, ahead of a parliamentary election which officials believe the Kremlin is trying to influence through meddling. The high-stakes September 28 vote could have sweepi
A cyberattack on a provider of check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several major European airports including London's Heathrow, the continent's busiest, causing flight delays and cancellations on Saturday. Collins Aerospace, which provides systems for several airlines a
France’s top military space official has warned of intensifying "hostile or unfriendly" activity in space, particularly by Russia, joining a growing chorus of Western powers publicly warning about a rapidly growing security threat. There has been a significant spike in hostile activity since
Hundreds of thousands took part in anti-austerity protests across France on Thursday, urging President Emmanuel Macron and his new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to acknowledge their anger and scrap looming budget cuts. Teachers, train drivers, pharmacists and hospital staff were among those who
Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a Yale's School of Public Health report about the forced re-education of deported Ukrainian children as anti-scientific propaganda that was full of fabrications and based on questionable data. Yale's School of Public Health said in report it ha
Journalists in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of the Maldives will appeal to the country's Supreme Court to repeal a new law that they say seeks to stifle the media and impose steep fines on violators, a journalists' association said on Thursday. The legislation, called the Mald
