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Tractors block major roads in Europe as farmers begin ‘siege of Paris’ French farmers are strategically deploying hundreds of tractors…

Istanbul church attack: Gunmen kill one person during Sunday morning mass A Catholic church in Istanbul was targeted by two…

Finns headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, an office whose importance has grown as tensions increased with neighbouring Russia since the invasion of Ukraine. 

Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, Ukraine’s security service reported.  Yet, the current investigation dates back to August 2022, and “anti-corruption activists do say that things have improved in terms of defence procurement”, said FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Kyiv-Ukraine, Gulliver Cragg. 

UN agency condemns aid halt over alleged help for Hamas attacks The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees,…

A late painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has resurfaced in a private collection and will be sold in April, Viennese auction house Kinsky said Thursday. 

EXCLUSIVE: Russian opposition leader Ilya Ponomarev criticises Western allies for their cautious stance on the Ukraine conflict, singling out the United States and Germany, while Hungary’s delayed approval of Sweden’s NATO membership raises concerns among alliance partners.

UN judges on Friday will rule on South Africa’s request for emergency measures against Israel, which is accused at the World Court of state-led genocide for its military operation in Gaza.

A young Russian woman was jailed for 27 years on Thursday for delivering a bomb that exploded in the hands of a pro-war military blogger last year and killed him on the spot.

France’s Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected several measures in a divisive new immigration law that critics call inhumane, in a new blow to President Emmanuel Macron and his government.