Germany Signs Off On ‘Not Conscription’ Conscription Plan
German lawmakers approved plan to attract more military recruits and mandatory fitness for service medical checks for young men.

German lawmakers approved plan to attract more military recruits and mandatory fitness for service medical checks for young men.

Edinburgh Airport says no flights are operating on Friday morning due to computer problems in the air traffic control system.

Russian drones struck a house, killing a 12-year-old boy, while long-range Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted a Russian port.

Britain and Norway will mount joint naval patrols to protect undersea cables from Russia, the U.K. said Thursday.

Police in Moldova deployed bomb disposal experts to a community miles from the Ukrainian border after a resident mistook a drone for “a toy”.

Germany inaugurated the first elements of the sophisticated Arrow 3 missile defense system, which it is buying from Israel.

King Charles III opened his arms wide in welcome as he greeted German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday.

The European Union’s former foreign policy chief faces corruption accusations alongside two other people arrested this week.

Libyan accused of crimes against humanity in a Tripoli prison has been sent by Germany to the International Criminal Court to face justice.

Bulgaria´s government said Tuesday it is withdrawing a controversial budget proposal after an evening demonstration drew tens of thousands.

Tensions escalated after meteorological balloons from Belarus forced Lithuania to repeatedly shut down its main airport.

The world’s biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales according to a report released Monday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday at the Elysée presidential palace.

Swiss voters on Sunday decisively rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams or other forms, as all men must do already.

Pope Leo XIV held prayers at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul on Sunday in a gesture of support for Christian unity and Christian minorities in Turkey.

Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine used domestically produced Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, an official from Ukraine’s security services said.

Georgian authorities detained an opposition party leader Saturday on suspicion of trying to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building, the Interior Ministry said.

Russian drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people in the early hours of Saturday, local officials said.

The Swedish government promised on Friday to fight the sale of childlike sex dolls online.

Man suspected of explosions that destroyed pipelines between Russia and Germany more than three years ago has been placed in custody

Eight people convicted on terrorism charges over an attack on a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea.

Bulgaria´s government announced it is withdrawing its 2026 budget, following street protests over steep tax increases.

French authorities have detained members of a pro-Russia support group and accused them of intelligence-gathering for a foreign power.

France’s top court on Wednesday upheld Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing of his reelection bid in 2012 in another blow to France’s former president’s legacy and reputation.

A driver accused of injuring more than 100 people by ramming his car into a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League championship dramatically changed his plea to guilty as his trial got underway on Wednesday.

European Union lawmakers voted on Tuesday to deepen integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation bloc.

The Paris prosecutor announced four more arrests Tuesday in connection with the stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in October by a gang that made off with $102 million worth of jewels.

Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, overnight, with at least six people killed in strikes that hit city buildings and energy infrastructure. A Ukrainian attack on southern Russia killed three people and damaged homes, authorities said.

The United States on Monday urged the European Union to rethink its approach to digital regulation if it wants a deal to lower painful US tariffs on the bloc’s steel exports.

Traditional Christmas markets are opening across Germany on Monday, drawing revelers to their wooden stands amid
stepped up security.

A man who set fire to a Melbourne synagogue while worshippers were inside was motivated by mental illness rather than antisemitism, an Australian magistrate said on Monday.

A U.K. patrol ship has intercepted a Russian corvette and a tanker after shadowing them through the English Channel, the Defense Ministry said Sunday, adding that Russian naval activity around U.K. waters had increased by 30% over the past two years.

Pressure is increasing for the former Prince Andrew to give evidence to a U.S. congressional committee investigating the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain´s prime minister suggested he should testify.

Nations clinched a deal at the UN’s COP30 climate summit in the Amazon Saturday without a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels as demanded by the European Union and other countries.

The Dutch military opened fire at drones over Volkel Air Base in the east of the country but no wreckage was recovered, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday.

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday accepted the resignation of an ailing Spanish bishop who is under church investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a young seminarian in the 1990s, the first known time the new pontiff removed a bishop accused of abuse.

European leaders are set to meet in South Africa on Saturday to hash out alternatives to a U.S. plan to halt Russia’s war in Ukraine seen as favoring Moscow, while a top Ukrainian delegation prepares for direct talks with Washington.

LONDON (AP) – Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that it was ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of U.K. waters north of Scotland. Defense Secretary John Healey

The head of the Louvre Museum said new cameras and anti-intrusion systems will soon be installed at the Paris landmark.
