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Kiev has accepted technical and financial assistance from the European Union to repair a pipeline delivering Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, EU top officials announced.

German police on Tuesday launched a new wave of raids targeting The Last Wave of Defence, a far-right extremist cell believed to have been plotting attacks against migrants and political opponents.

ROME (AP) — Bodies washing ashore day after day. Phone calls from relatives going unanswered. Migrants’ tents abandoned overnight.

LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in London on Tuesday for talks with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the British government said, as European countries look to keep international attention on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while the unfolding Iran war engages world leaders.

BRUSSELS (AP) — How long will it last? Will it grow? What will it mean to us — and to global security overall? Those questions echoed across the Middle East and the planet Saturday as world leaders reacted warily to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that may have ended the life of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that a decision by the European Union to provisionally implement the Mercosur trade deal with South America was a “bad surprise”. France has led opposition to the deal as farmers fear being undercut by cheaper goods from Brazil and its neighbours.

Poland intends to further increase its defence spending this year amid growing concerns over Russia, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said in a policy address to parliament on Thursday.

Germany has deported 20 people to Afghanistan on what was the first flight directly agreed with the Taliban since the militants’ return to power in 2021

Borge Brende, the president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, which organises the annual Davos summit, announced his resignation on Thursday, weeks after the forum launched an independent investigation into his links with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Borge Brende, the president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, which organises the annual Davos summit, announced his resignation on Thursday, weeks after the forum launched an independent investigation into his links with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Speculation is mounting over the European Central Bank’s leadership after a report suggested Christine Lagarde may step down early. The possibility is already stirring debate about politics and central bank independence.

In Brussels, the far right blamed the left for attacking democracy. The Epstein files told a very different story.

German defense giant Rheinmetall has released footage of its new strike drone, the FV-014, Militarnyi reported on February 19.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to visit Greenland in the coming weeks, a spokeswoman said on Thursday, after a dispute with US President Donald Trump over the Arctic island sparked fears of a NATO conflict.

Italy, Spain and Poland are reshaping the bloc’s food export balance

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday enthusiastically endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ‘s bid to serve a fifth straight term after the April elections, emphasizing during a visit to Budapest the strong personal relationship between the nationalist leader and U.S. President Donald Trump.

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X faces a European Union privacy investigation after its Grok AI chatbot started spitting out nonconsensual deepfake images, Ireland’s data privacy regulator said Tuesday.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in India on Tuesday for a three-day visit focused on artificial intelligence cooperation, defence deals and strengthening strategic ties, with discussions expected on a potential multibillion-dollar Rafale fighter jet agreement.