
Speaking to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square in Rome, Pope Leo XIV stressed that Jesus cannot be used to justify …

France’s municipal elections have shed new light on the political landscape ahead of the 2027 presidential race, with the old mast…

An arson attack on LPP Holding’s premises caused damage worth hundreds of millions of Czech crowns. The company told Statement tha…

While equities remain calm, the bond market is already signalling rising concerns over US debt.

The AI company’s technology is transforming warfare, policing and public services across the West. As its reach expands, so does t…

The new authorities in Kabul have appointed a bona fide Taliban figure as ambassador in Berlin. For Afghans in exile, it is both a…

As Donald Trump’s attention centres on foreign policy and the war in the Middle East, a different conflict is taking shape at home…

Donald Trump appears to be using his rhetoric to influence public expectations in an effort to prevent rising oil prices, higher a…

For years, proceedings in Finland targeted former interior minister Päivi Räsänen over her Christian views on marriage and homosex…

A 25-year-old in Spain seeks euthanasia and wins approval from the courts. In Germany, meanwhile, similar crimes are alleged to ha…

A possible rise in value-added tax is unsettling consumers in Germany. It would hit low and middle incomes – the very groups the g…

Germany’s SPD, once a pillar of the labour movement, is losing support. Workers are drifting to the AfD, younger voters to the Gre…

High oil prices are set to add around $150 million a day to Moscow’s coffers. But oil and gas are only part of the story – Russia …

The Volkswagen plant in Osnabrück, threatened with closure, could soon produce components for Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’. The crisis in …

Russian oil has not flowed through the Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia and Hungary for almost two months. Kyiv cites damage from a Ru…

Iran’s military has dismissed President Donald Trump’s claim that the US is negotiating an end to the war roiling energy and finan…

The Polish president visited Budapest shortly after the Hungarian Kremlin whistleblowing scandal, stirring up the waters not only …

An arson attack in Golders Green is not an isolated incident. As antisemitism rises across Britain, deeper questions about safety …

The internet in Russia is being reshaped into a government-controlled network. The country thus joins the ranks of authoritarian s…

The more the state takes from citizens in taxes and levies, the larger its share of the economy becomes. New figures from Eurostat…

The Hungarian foreign minister was responding to a report by the Washington Post that the two politicians had spoken by phone duri…

When tolerance turns into retreat, freedom erodes. Developments in Vienna’s schools show how pressure to conform to religious norm…

Age verification databases carry serious risks, from far-reaching state surveillance to the exposure of citizens’ personal data to…

The war is escalating, central banks are holding back and equity markets are pricing in peace. Yet gold is falling against expecta…

The director of the office that co-ordinates US intelligence has long denied that the Shia government in Tehran poses the most pre…

An AI error cost an innocent woman nearly six months in jail for a crime she did not commit. Facial recognition identified her as …