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Estonia has temporarily closed access for its citizens to a road they normally use that passes through a stretch of Russian territory, after the interior minister reported on a group of Russian soldiers standing there, Estonia’s public broadcaster said Sunday.

Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight into Sunday, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter.

A man has sparked outrage after climbing onto an altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, dropping his trousers and urinating in front of stunned onlookers. 

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is rushing to join Monday’s international peace summit in Egypt as initiated and co-chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Longtime Moody Blues bassist, singer and songwriter John Lodge died suddenly and unexpectedly at age 82 on Friday while surrounded by his family.

Geert Wilders has suspended public campaign events ahead of this month’s elections following reports he was a target of Islamist terrorists.

The Church of England has drawn international backlash over an “ugly” graffiti art installation at Canterbury Cathedral, one of the oldest Christian structures in England.

Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that caused blackouts across much of the country, and European leaders agreed to proceed toward using hundreds of billions of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine’s war effort.

It will be ‘part deux’ for Sébastien Lecornu as President Emmanuel Macron reappointed him as prime minister on Friday evening just days after he sensationally resigned and declared that his mission was “over” after less than a month in office.

Afghan migrant who threatened to kill Nigel Farage already has an extensive criminal record and a pending case for child pornography. 

WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump announced the reunification of eight Ukrainian children with their families after they had been taken and held in Russia, stating that the progress has come as a result of months of direct communication with President Vladimir Putin starting with a letter she wrote him in August.

Google has become the first company to be designated with “strategic market status” by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, exposing its online search and advertising business to closer scrutiny.

Lord Young hailed a “huge victory” after conviction of man for burning a Koran was overturned by a superior court on Friday.

If Israel is banned from competing at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest then host Austria will simply drop the event and walk away.

A judge has tossed Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group, filed after it released Kendrick Lamar’s track “Not Like Us.”

Trump-brokered Gaza ceasefire is now in effect, the IDF announced, confirming they’d withdrawn their troops to the initial agreed line.

The Nobel Committee announced Friday morning that Venezuelan Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado is this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner.

UK energy networks say margins should be sufficient but note “tight days” possible, with a reliance on imports as North Sea gas dwindles.

European Parliament lawmakers voted on Wednesday to prohibit the use of meat terms like burger or sausage to market so-called veggie alternatives.

Finnish President Alex Stubb heaped praise on President Donald Trump Thursday for brokering the first stage of a historic peace deal between Hamas and Israel.

A man formerly employed by Warsaw city council in its registry of births, marriages and deaths was charged with espionage.

Italy will work to fight “Islamic separatism” and “counter-societies where Sharia law” reigns with a proposed new law.

A list actor George Clooney is bashing Los Angeles and praising France as the better place to raise children.

Pope Leo XIV is being lobbied by Catholic bishops and nuns to endorse more migration flows, regardless of the vast civic and economic damage inflicted on citizens, Western societies, and the migrants’ home countries.

HarperCollins UK apologized to First Lady Melania Trump on Tuesday after it published “unverified claims” about her in a book including the fake assertion she was introduced to President Donald Trump through convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Strikes on Russian oil facilities by Ukraine´s newly developed long-range missiles are causing gas shortages in Russia, Zelenskyy says.

“Powerful momentum” from the Trump-Putin talks has gone, Russia said as it warned of the “consequences” of giving Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv.

French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen has vowed to censure any government put forward by President Emmanuel Macron, arguing that the only way out of the ongoing political crisis would be to hold elections.

WASHINGTON — European Union Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšienė told Breitbart News exclusively in a lengthy interview last week that relations between Europe and the United States are going in the “right direction” under the leadership of U.S. President Donald Trump and E.U. Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen.

Jihad al-Shamie pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in a phone call to police during the course of last week’s Synagogue attack.

In the UK’s largest ever police operation targeting phone thefts, 18 suspects have been arrested and over 2,000 stolen mobile devices recovered, with police believing the gang could be responsible for exporting up to half of all phones stolen in London. The massive bust was made possible by one iPhone owner stubbornly tracking their device with the “Find My iPhone” app.

The British government is facing accusations of sabotaging the prosecution of two alleged spies for China for fear of angering the communist regime in Beijing.

Moscow pursuing its campaign to deny Ukrainians heat, light and running water as winter approaches, Kyiv said.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage told Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday that he was “genuinely worried” about threats allegedly made by an Afghan illegal migrant on social media.

Three quarters of Britons agree the country is “broken”, a key Reform UK talking point, including the voters of every major political party.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has attempted to push blame onto Poland and the Baltic states for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine as she attempts to salvage what remains of her political legacy and promote her book.