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UK says it will hand over a rapidly and secretly developed launcher which repurposes stocks of surplus air-to-air missiles to a ground role.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Wednesday that his government is meeting to prepare a response to the “hostile posture” adopted by Algeria.

Left-wing-led govt responds to weeks of fury with promises of new inquiries, but critics say the moves amount to little more than a cover up.

The conservative government of Sweden announced plans to further tighten citizenship requirements this year as the Nordic nation continues to reverse course on the previous open borders policies that radically transformed the country.

Panel of linguists select ‘Unword of the Year’, decrying it for supporting “racist, biological form of nationality”.

Bulgaria’s parliament approved a coalition which pledged to restore financial stability and maintain a pro-European Union and pro-NATO track.

A plurality of Britons, including Labour voters, believe that there was a cover-up of the grooming gang scandal.

The Vatican City State has enacted stiffer penalties on anyone entering its territory or violating its airspace without permission, threatening offenders with fines and jail time.

Transgender “Emilia Perez” star Karla Sofía Gascón has scored a BAFTA nomination for lead actress — another bellwether of an increasingly likely Academy Award nomination for the  breakout star who is a man who identifies as a woman.

Winston Marshall, the former banjoist for the band Mumford and Sons, has called out his native Great Britain for creating a two-tier justice system that holds conservatives, populists, and other anti-establishment thinkers to a different standard than the rest of the population — one of the many unfortunate consequences of the country’s far-left swerve in recent years.

A plurality of Britons think that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer should resign as over six and ten say that he is performing poorly in his job, surveys from YouGov found.

The Dutchman must be the first priority for the Dutch government, says populist leader Geert Wilders.

Polish leader Tusk vowed to use country´s EU presidency to push Ukraine´s membership quest as the two sides reported progress.

“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling compared “Sandman” author Neil Gaiman to disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein after multiple women accused him of sexual assault.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Best-selling British author Neil Gaiman released a statement Wednesday denying he had ever engaged in non-consensual sex after a magazine this week published allegations from several women, accusing him of sexual assault.

Christian persecution spiked around the globe in 2024, with more than 380 million Christians suffering high levels of persecution and discrimination, according to a report released Wednesday.

The UK government’s chief legal advisor warns populism is one of the “most profound challenges of our age” and must be confronted.

The German Defence Ministry announced that it will no longer actively post on Elon Musk’s X social media site amid growing calls to censor the platform in Europe.

Princess said her cancer is in remission after she spent day supporting other cancer patients at the hospital where she received treatment.

Ukraine says it launched its “most massive” attack of the war yet, launching over a dozen Western cruise missiles deep inside Russia.

The birth rate in France fell to its lowest level last year since the end of the First World War, according to official figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE).

In an apparent attempt to fend off a re-run of the quick collapse of his predecessor, French Prime Minister François Bayrou attempted to throw out some red meat to the right in his maiden speech to the National Assembly, backing proportional representation, increased deportations, and avoiding heavy tax hikes on businesses. However, it remains to be seen how long Bayrou can keep the knives at bay in Paris.

Britain’s anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, whose aunt is the ousted PM of Bangladesh, has resigned while protesting her innocence. 

British pubs could soon be forced to police the speech of customers on contentious issues such as transgenderism and religion in the latest crackdown on the institution by the leftist Labour government.

Ukrainian President says he again discussed deploying Western troops to face down future Russian aggression in a call with Macron

PARIS — A French woman who revealed on TV how she had lost her life savings to scammers posing as Brad Pitt has faced a wave of online harassment and mockery, leading the interview to be withdrawn on Tuesday.

Defense ministers of Europe’s five top military spenders described meeting President-elect Donald Trump’s challenge as complicated.

Two Labour MPs who represent the child rape grooming gang hotspots of Rochdale and Rotherham have come out in favour of a national public inquiry as pressure continues to mount for Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer.

Queen wasn´t told details of her long-time art adviser because palace officials didn´t want to add to her worries.

More polling shows Farage’s Reform is leaving the disgraced Conservative Party in its wake, coming just one point behind governing Labour.

Downing Street insisted Monday that Britain’s embattled Treasury chief will remain in office for the remainder of the left-wing Labour government’s term as Westminster speculation swirled about a potential change given the faltering UK economy.

Most violent and sex offences reported go unsolved, with some neighbourhoods seeing no serious crimes solved whatsoever.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Monday that his government understands America’s legitimate security interests in the Arctic region but is still not interested in handing over Greenland as President-elect Donald Trump has demanded.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday ordered Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko to prepare a plan for assisting the hapless governments of California and Los Angeles with controlling deadly wildfires.

The European Commission deniedit had tried to cover up the state of health of its president, Ursula von der Leyen.

A whistleblower has claimed that an inquiry into the Rotherham child rape grooming gang scandal intentionally avoided implicating senior police officers in a report on local failures to protect young girls in the English town.