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
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
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
Italy plans to maintain forecasts for GDP growth of 0.6 per cent this year and 0.8 per cent in 2026 in the budget plan to be announced in the coming weeks, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Sunday, despite uncertainties linked to US import tariffs. The government estimates for growth in
The European Commission will bring forward a review of its 2035 CO2 emission targets to the end of this year from 2026, EU sources said on Friday after the bloc's executive chief hosted auto executives to discuss the industry's future. The EU has set a target of a 100 per cent reduction of CO2 emi
Poland flatly rejected on Friday a suggestion by US President Donald Trump that drone incursions into its airspace could have been a mistake, describing them as "a deliberate Russian attack". Poland, backed by aircraft from its NATO allies, shot down drones that had violated its airspace on Wednes
Peter Mandelson, Britain's urbane ambassador to the US, was sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday after a trove of emails revealed the depth of his ties with the late convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Known for his behind-the-scenes manoeuvring during a career lasting over thr
The Dutch government has summoned Russia's ambassador to the Netherlands over the violation of Poland's airspace by Russian drones earlier this week, Foreign Minister David van Weel said on X, confirming an earlier report by Dutch news agency ANP. "Russia's reckless violation of Polish airspace th
The criminal trial of the man accused of trying to assassinate US President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course begins with opening statements on Thursday, with defendant Ryan Routh representing himself in a proceeding set to showcase the increasing prominence of political violence in the US.
Peter Mandelson, Britain's smooth-talking ambassador to the US, was sacked on Thursday after his long-term association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became a further distraction for under pressure Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Mandelson, dubbed the 'Prince of Darkness" for his behind-
Poland will completely close its border with Belarus starting at midnight on Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said. "For national security reasons, we will close the border with Belarus, including railway crossings ... on Thursday at midnight, from Thursday to Friday," Tusk said ahe
Pope Leo, who typically refrains from speaking off the cuff, expressed unusually forceful concern on Tuesday about the consequences of Israel's strike in Qatar. "There's some really serious news right now: Israel's attack on some Hamas leaders in Qatar," the pontiff told journalists outside his su
Benoit Vasselin has no problem saying he will take part in France's "Block Everything" protests this week. But he won't specify what he and fellow protesters will do when they pitch up outside a trade union HQ in the northern town of Lille early on Wednesday morning. The mystery over what proteste
