Downtown Geneva boards up as drastic security tightens ahead of anti-G7 protests
GENEVA (AP):- Scores of shops and businesses in downtown Geneva boarded up their storefronts with wooden panels ahead of planned…
Europe
Europe is a continent situated entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and predominantly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Through this column, we provide continuous updates on European geopolitics, political economy, the evolving landscape of Europe, and daily developments across the continent.
NATO weighs options to defend Europe as the US plans for conflict elsewhere
BRUSSELS (AP):- NATO’s top military officer is weighing alternative plans to defend Europe should it come under attack from Russia,…
Stabbing suspect appears in court after anti-immigrant protests in Northern Ireland
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP):-Â A 30-year-old man from Sudan appeared in a Belfast court Wednesday charged with attempted murder over…
Pope’s historic speech to Spain’s parliament demands respect for migrants and gets 7-minute ovation
MADRID (AP):- Spanish lawmakers gave Pope Leo XIV a standing ovation on Monday after he called for respect for migrants’ rights and…
European and Canadian Jewish communities looking to immigrate to the US due to rising anti-Semitic violence
WASHINGTON:-Â British, French, Spanish and Canadian Jewish communities have contacted State Department officials seeking the possibility of immigrating to the United…
British deputy prime minister tells JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for teen’s murder
LONDON (AP):- Britain’s deputy prime minister said Sunday that he told U.S. Vice President JD Vance he was wrong to…
Ahead of papal visit, Spain pushes forward with reparations for church sex abuse victims
MADRID (AP):- In the 1970s, in a devoutly Catholic Spain still ruled by dictator Francisco Franco, Paula Alonso-Pimentel was sent…
EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
BRUSSELS (AP):- The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations…
France detains hundreds after violent clashes following Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League win
PARIS (AP):- French police detained 780 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted Saturday…
Heat wave kills, shatters records in Europe
LONDON, (AP):- Temperature records have toppled as a spring heatwave continued to scorch parts of Western Europe on Tuesday, triggering…
Parts of Europe swelter in record May heat as deaths at amateur sports events spur warnings
PARIS (AP):- Europe is baking under unseasonal heat that is shattering temperature records, including in the United Kingdom on Monday,…
Ukrainian drone attack triggers fire at a Russian oil terminal
MOSCOW, (AP):- A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at another Russian oil terminal overnight, local officials in Russia’s Krasnodar…
United Nations’ top court says right to strike is protected by a key labor treaty
By MOLLY QUELL,  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP):- The United Nations’ top court issued a landmark advisory opinion on the right to…
‘Minotaur,’ about murder and corruption in Putin’s Russia, jolts the Cannes Film Festival
By JAKE COYLE,  CANNES, France (AP):- Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev sent shock waves through the Cannes Film Festival with a soberly damning crime…
Hungary’s Magyar kicks off his first foreign trip as prime minister to ally Poland
KRAKOW, Poland (AP):- Hungary’s new prime minister arrived on Tuesday in Poland, a longtime ally whose recent political transformation has…