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A 15-year-old former pupil killed one person and injured two others at a Polish primary school on Thursday, police said, just a day after a 19-year-old wounded 10 people including himself ...

French teenagers blockaded some high schools and prepared to rally again on Thursday after the government promised to address their grievances about teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings but gave ...

Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old Spanish woman whose dramatic eviction last month sparked mass housing protests that led to an early election, has died, the Madrid tenants’ union said on Wednesday, ...

The French government said on Wednesday it was pausing the use of stun grenades in its policing of student protests, after a 15-year-old boy’s hand was blown off during ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that “strong and model NATO ally” Greece and the United States are launching new counterterrorism information sharing between their law enforcement ...

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that France’s test launch of a nuclear-capable missile showed that Europe was building its defence identity around confrontation with Russia, describing the strategy as ...

Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone on Tuesday about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast, Vice-Admiral ...

More than two-thirds of refugee and migrant children who reached Europe via Mediterranean and Balkan routes last year were unaccompanied, and many experienced exploitation, a report by UN agencies showed ...

Brussels is considering taxing big US tech companies through a broad levy on large corporations in an effort to raise revenues for the EU while avoiding a backlash from the ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Athens at a time of heightened geopolitical challenges, instability and shifting regional dynamics. The agenda for his meetings is broad and includes ...

Former German foreign intelligence chief August Hanning was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason for allegedly paying to access secret documents and using them to prepare an analysis ...

The crew of a merchant ship was missing on Tuesday after the vessel sank in the Black Sea off NATO member Bulgaria following a drone strike that Prime Minister Rumen ...

France’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it had conducted the first test launch of its latest-generation M51.3 submarine-launched ballistic missile, underscoring its nuclear deterrent amid heightened tensions with Russia. ...

France braced on Tuesday for a day of nationwide high-school blockades and trade union-led street protests in support of students demanding that President Emmanuel Macron’s cash-strapped government tackle understaffed ...

A teenager’s hand was blown off as high-school protesters clashed with riot police in northern France on Monday, a local official said, on the eve of a national demonstration ...

France has “fallen into the hands of the far left and illegal immigrants”, Elam member of the European Parliament Geadis Geadi said on Monday, as the day’s plenary session ...

Two people died and others were rescued after a fire on a ship in the Black Sea outside Romania’s territorial waters, Romanian authorities said on Monday, as Ukraine blamed ...

Greece expects its economy to grow faster in 2027, outperforming Europe’s major economies, thanks to higher investment and robust consumer spending, the government’s 2027 draft budget showed on Monday. It ...

Hundreds of French high schools will begin a second week of closures on Monday as protests over dilapidated schools and classrooms, overcrowding and teacher shortages precede a nationwide day of ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called an early election for November 29 on Monday, in a bid to strengthen his mandate after a fragmented parliament rejected the government’s key housing ...

By Andreas Rinke and Felix Hoske The sound of air raid sirens and explosions rang out in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Sunday as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited President ...

Spanish police on Sunday cleared a migrant camp on a beach in the North African enclave of Ceuta, where tens of thousands crossed the border from Morocco over two months ...

Two people have died and another was missing after heavy rains and flooding in Spain’s Catalonia region, authorities said on Sunday. Catalan leader Salvador Illa confirmed the death of ...

By Andrius Sytas and Terje Solsvik Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’ centrist, pro-Ukraine United List party won Saturday’s parliamentary election by an unexpectedly wide margin, partial results showed, with ...