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French President Emmanuel Macron’s first trip to Greenland, the strategic Arctic island coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump, is aimed at shoring up Europe’s political backing for Denmark and its semiautonomous territory.

King Charles III and other members of the royal family in uniform wore black armbands and held a moment of silence during his annual birthday parade as the monarch commemorated those who died in this week’s Air India plane crash.

A sharp rise in global oil prices following Israeli strikes on Iran will benefit Russia and bolster its military capabilities in the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Finnish authorities have accused senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel of damaging undersea cables last year between Finland and Estonia.

Russian forces have pummeled Ukraine with drones and other weapons, killing three people and injuring scores of others.

Russian forces launched fresh drone assault overnight Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 60 more, Ukrainian officials said.

Austria fell silent on Wednesday in memory of 10 people killed in a school shooting in Graz, which ended with the gunman taking his own life.

The Russian paramilitary group Wagner has left Mali and its units there have been taken over by the Moscow-run Africa Corps, diplomatic and security sources told AFP on Sunday.

Pope Leo XIV criticized the surge of nationalist political movements in the world as he prayed Sunday for reconciliation and dialogue – a message in line with his pledges to make the Catholic Church a symbol of peace.

Russian officials said Sunday that Moscow is still awaiting official confirmation from Kyiv that a planned exchange of 6,000 bodies of soldiers killed in action will take place, reiterating allegations that Ukraine had postponed the swap.

Authorities in the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, Osh, have removed a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin thought to be the tallest of the revolutionary Soviet leader in Central Asia.

Lawyers have cited fake cases generated by artificial intelligence in court proceedings in England, a judge has said – warning that attorneys could be prosecuted if they don’t check the accuracy of their research.

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Greenland next weekend, the Danish prime minister’s office said Saturday – a visit by a high-profile European Union leader in the wake of U.S. expressions of interest in taking over the mineral-rich Arctic island.

A large Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring 21.

France dampened expectations with the foreign minister saying recognition had to be more than “symbolic”.

Russia bombarded six regions of Ukraine in one of its largest aerial attacks of the three-year war, Ukrainian officials said Friday.

The European Union Drugs Agency´s annual report released on Thursday found that in 2023 cocaine seizures in Europe hit a record.

At least five people, including a 1-year-old child, his mother and grandmother, were killed Thursday in a nighttime Russian drone attack.

Convicted jihadist went on trial accused of war crimes for his role in the 2014 killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned alive in Syria.

French police officer will face trial on charges of voluntary homicide over killing of a 17-year-old, a death that triggered nationwide riots.

“The goal is clear…a total disconnection from Israeli technology,” government spokesperson Pilar Alegría told reporters.

A Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy was described by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “brutal.”

A man was fatally shot near Germany’s border with the Czech Republic after a federal police patrol stopped his car for a check and he fired at officers, police said Sunday.

A Ukrainian drone attack reportedly destroyed more than 40 Russian planes deep in Russia’s territory, according to Ukraine officials.

Britain will see the biggest increase in military spending since the end of the Cold War, the UK defense secretary said Sunday.

At least 12 Ukrainian service members were killed and more than 60 were injured in a Russian missile strike on the location of a Ukrainian army training unit Sunday, according to a statement from the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington next week to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with the war in Ukraine and trade tensions among the items on the agenda, the German government said Saturday.

A small plane crashed into the terrace of a residential building in western Germany on Saturday and two people were killed, police said.

Russia’s drone and missile attacks on Ukraine on Saturday killed at least two people, including a 9-year-old girl, officials said, as uncertainty remains whether Kyiv diplomats will attend a new round of peace talks proposed by Moscow for early next week in Istanbul.

The European Union’s diplomatic chief Kaja Kallas said Saturday the continent was beefing up defence spending after “tough love” from the Trump administration, as she called for stronger ties to counter China’s “economic might”.

Man charged with multiple counts of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm by ramming a vehicle into a crowd was ordered held in custody.

Actor and comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty in a London court to rape and sexual assault charges dating back more than 25 years.

Cyprus will offer Syrian families money to help them resettle back in their homeland.

EUs most high-profile political figure was called “embodiment of the European spirit” by King Felipe of Spain during the ceremony.

The Czech government has identified China as being “responsible” for cyberattacks against a a communication network of the Czech Foreign Ministry, officials said on Wednesday.

An apparent shootout among rival migrant groups near an asylum camp in Bosnia has left six people wounded, including five seriously.