Christmas Tragedy: Woman Killed, Others Injured By Storm-Fallen City Square Tree
A Belgian city cancelled its Christmas market after a local nurse was killed by a falling 20-foot Christmas tree.

A Belgian city cancelled its Christmas market after a local nurse was killed by a falling 20-foot Christmas tree.

The gunman who killed 14 in Prague may have been behind two other fatal shootings in the Czech Republic in the past week, police say.

Zelensky says Ukraine will build one million ‘suicide drones’ in 2024, and the country says it is churning out tens of thousands a month.

At least 15 were shot dead by a gunman at the University of Prague, with the gunman reported by local media to have fallen from the roof.

Until the waterway is proven safe trade will avoid the area or risk it at a premium, forcing up the cost of imports on which the West relies.

National Broadcasting Council boss criticises Communist-era style practices as Eurocrat Donald Tusk purges national media landscape.

14 spies including alleged ‘Ukrainian refugees’ have been sentenced in Poland over a plot to sabotage a train carrying weapons to Ukraine.

Ukraine has blamed a “shortfall in foreign assistance” as it suffers a shortage of munitions, forcing it to make operations “smaller”.

Nightclub fined $150,000 after four women were hospitalised by ingesting sodium hydroxide instead of salt with their tequila shots.

The night sky was filled with a spectacular red flash in south western Iceland as a volcano erupted, prompting a further evacuation.

Ukraine can decentralise its power supply network by building a series of “mini nuclear power plants”, Rolls Royce believes.

A country house hotel due to be handed over to new migrant arrivals in Ireland burnt down just hours after a protest by concerned locals.

The British Army is now the smallest it has been in 200 years while in Germany the defence minister speaks of bringing back conscription.

Comfortable era of prosperity and welfare under the protective American umbrella is ending European security forum director warns.

Destroyer downs suspected Houthi drone over Red Sea, as repeated attempts to attack merchant shipping, the lifeblood of the West, continue.

Hanukkah in London saw a series of antisemitic incidents, including members of the Jewish community abused and public menorahs vandalised.

Anti-Islamification populist won a ‘mega victory’ in national elections but there will be no news on him leading a govt until early February.

A local govt deputy set off a series of grenades at a council meeting in western Ukraine, killing at least one and injuring 26.

A large container ship was struck by a projectile fired from Yemen, causing some cargo to fall overboard and setting a fire on the ship.

If Putin isn’t stopped from occupying Ukraine he may just keep going and invade other countries, NATO warns.

Arrests over plot to unearth a buried Hamas weapons cache in Germany and launch terror attacks against the European Jewish community.

Hungary PM Viktor Orban restated position that Ukraine is not, by the EU’s own rules, ready to join and no exception should be granted.

A report highlights the danger migrants are put in by callous people smugglers, who grow rich on human suffering.

His Serene Highness Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein died “unexpectedly” aged 51 this week, the Princely Family of the European nation said.

Police say they have arrested a “16-year-old boy” in relation to the death of a mother in Hackney this week.

A German research body that tracks donations to Ukraine says the value of pledges fell almost 90 per cent between Autumn 2022 and 2023.

Russian hackers are “selectively” leaking material obtained by hackingto “undermine trust in politics”, the UK government has asserted.

The fertility rate in the Netherlands continues its long-term downward trend as more couples decide to have no children at all.

Ilya Kiva, a Member of Parliament until the crackdown on opposition parties, was shot in the head in an assassination claimed by Kyiv.

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman warned the Tories are facing “electoral oblivion” and warned Prime Minister’s Sunak Rwanda plans are doomed to fail.

Israel shot down a ballistic missile in outer space with its Arrow defence system, which is being called the first space battle.

NATO has chance to discourage Russia from attacking a member state if it can show it is ready to fight back within a three years, says Poland.

“Polarization” caused by the Israel-Hamas war is leading to a “huge risk of terrorist attacks”, an EU commissioner has warned.

Security threats “more complex… evolving” and people accustomed to a digital world should be prepared to survive in analogue one, UK warns.

Tories have decided it is now time to act, prompting Labour to quip: “who do [they] think has been in charge for the past 13 years?”.

Turkish President Erdogan doubled down accusing Israel of war crimes, saying Netanyahu should be tried as a war criminal.

Islamist propaganda is working to juice every advantage out of the Israel-Hamas conflict, with calls for attacks against Jews and the West.

Volodymyr Zelensky has again expressed his displeasure with the volume of Western weapons flowing into his country.

London council has cancelled its annual Hanukkah candles this year as doing so could “risk further inflaming tensions within our communities”.

Riots that followed a mass stabbing of children should be met with a “good, honest, decent beating”, senator storms in “frank” remarks.
