Buses, trams and trains across Germany ground to a halt early Friday as local transport workers heeded a call by the Verdi public sector union to stage a strike on Feb 27 and 28. The union is aiming to gain leverage in negotiations that cover working conditions, specifically working hours and shif
The Kremlin said on Thursday that the situation in Cuba was heating up and called for restraint after a deadly incident with a Florida-registered speedboat off the coast of the Caribbean island. Cuban forces killed four exiles and wounded six others who sailed into Cuban waters aboard a speedboat
Starting on Wednesday, visitors to Britain from 85 countries must obtain an electronic permit in advance of their trip or they will be barred from travelling, the UK interior ministry said. The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme requires all visitors who do not need a visa to enter Brita
Ukraine's economy is enduring its toughest period since the early months of Russia's invasion after sustained air strikes left its power system in tatters as the war enters a fifth year, forcing firms to cut output and shrinking state revenues. From steel mills to miners, cement makers and food pr
Spain's Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal by the father of a 25‑year‑old paraplegic woman who opposes her access to euthanasia, the court said in a statement on Friday. In 2021, Spain became the fourth European Union country to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide for people with inc
Hungary is considering cutting off power and gas exports to Ukraine unless Kyiv resumes Russian oil shipments to the country via the Druzhba pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff told a briefing on Thursday. Hungary and Slovakia, which have the only remaining refineries in the Eur
The Spanish government approved financial aid worth around 7 billion euros ($8 billion) on Tuesday for people affected by the storms that battered the Extremadura and Andalusia regions in the past weeks. Spain and Portugal have been hit by several storms since the start of the year that have cause
Kyiv's foreign minister has said the Ukrainian and Russian leaders need to meet in person to hash out the hardest remaining issues in peace talks, and that only US President Donald Trump has the power to bring about an agreement. Ukraine wants to accelerate the efforts to end the four-year-old war
A senior minister faced questions about British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's future on Sunday and the deputy prime minister appeared to break ranks with his boss over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States. Starmer is facing what is widely seen as the biggest c
A Russian stand-up comedian was convicted of inciting hatred and jailed for nearly six years on Wednesday over a joke he made about a legless war veteran, which triggered outrage among nationalists and military bloggers. A Reuters reporter in court said that the comedian, , had been handed a sente
China is set to lift restrictions which it had imposed on a group of British lawmakers, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday, meaning that they will now be free to travel to China. Starmer made the announcement during his four-day visit to China, the first by a UK leader in eight years, aime
European Union countries on Monday gave their final approval to ban Russian gas imports by late 2027, making their vow to cut ties with their former top supplier legally binding, nearly four years after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ministers from EU countries approved the law at a meet
At least 15 bodies were recovered, and 28 people remained missing after an inter-island ferry carrying at least 350 people sank early Monday morning in waters off Basilan province in the southern Philippines, authorities said. Romel Dua, a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commander, said at least 316
