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
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
Poland has urged European Union member states that are still buying Russian energy to end those imports by the end of 2026 and will offer them help towards that effort, Energy Minister Milosz Motyka said on Wednesday. The Druzhba oil pipeline delivers Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, which con
Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said two foreign laboratories had carried out tests on biological samples obtained from her husband that showed he was poisoned. Navalny died suddenly at the age of 47 on February 16, 2024, in a Russian prison in the Arcti
Russia on Monday warned it would go after any European state that sought to take its assets after reports that the European Union is looking for new ways to leverage hundreds of billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. The US and its allies prohibited transactions with the Rus
