Beyond issuing statements urging calm, can European diplomacy have an actual impact in defusing the recent surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence?

Azerbaijan denies the accusation from Armenia. France, Russia and the US have urged the two countries, which fought a deadly war last year, to de-escalate.

Fully vaccinated people in the US can stop wearing masks, authorities announced on Thursday. The guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters.

This week's violence between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers has killed at least 103 Palestinians, including 27 children, and wounded 530 others.

Protesters in Glasgow cheered as two men detained by immigration officials were released on Thursday after an hours-long standoff between demonstrations and police officers.

The move comes days after Viktor Medvedchuk was charged with treason, with the Opposition Platform - For Life party chairman denying the allegations against him.

Synagogues have been attacked and Israeli flags burned in protests in Germany.

Pharmaceutical companies received millions from European taxpayers to help them develop vaccines. Now they must turn that knowledge over to the developing world.

Andrii Derkach was one of several Ukrainian politicians promoted by a network of fake Facebook accounts booted off the social media platform last month.

A 40-page study alleges that climate change misinformation is being systemically spread by Facebook. The social media giant denies the claims.

Greek politicians have been asked whether they are opening too early. They argue that 2020 is not 2021.

According to Viasna, the musician had blocked traffic by waving a red and white flag and encouraged demonstrators to clap their hands.

Civilian casualties continued to rise Thursday after a night of violence and air strikes in the worst violence between Israel and the Palestinian Territories since 2014.

Nepal has granted a record 408 permits to climbers who want to scale the 8,849-metre mountain this spring.

The German government has adopted a new ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 'net zero' by 2045, five years earlier than initially planned.

Chelsea and City fans will able to buy tickets to attend the final in person as UEFA releases 6,000 seats to each club.

Several German states are already preparing to reopen to domestic tourists. Four trial projects in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein have already been welcoming them back.

The holy day marking the end of Ramadan began in muted fashion on Thursday against the backdrop of COVID-19 and the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Both Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna used mRNA technology for their COVID-19 jabs.

Most countries were "too slow" in their response to COVID-19, an independent panel commissioned reviewing the handling of the pandemic has found.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to serve as the WTO Director-General, gives her insight into multilateralism, global order and how sectors have been impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Danish lawmakers have agreed to set up a task force to look into a 1990 ferry fire that killed 159 people, one of Scandinavia's worst peacetime maritime disasters.

A jury convicted Derek Chauvin, 45, of second and third degree murder and manslaughter on 20 April in George Floyd's death.

Official statistics show that foreign-born citizens elderly citizens in Sweden and Norway are much less likely to have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Bosnian Serb leader was convicted of war crimes over the Srebrenica genocide and the siege of Sarajevo.

Egyptian authorities have impounded a massive cargo vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month amid a financial dispute with its owner, the canal chief said.

Both the aircraft manufacturer and the airline have stated that they will appeal the decision.

The head of La République En Marche! has criticised one of its own candidates, Sara Zemmahi, after she was pictured wearing a headscarf in a campaign poster.

Many local residents have left candles, flowers and toys at a makeshift memorial set up outside the school gates after Tuesday's horrific incident.

India confirmed 4,205 more coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, a daily record for the country.

Scores of dead bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India amid a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections in the country.

Ten people, including a priest and a mother of eight children, were killed at the height of 'the Troubles' in 1971.

China's ruling Communist Party (CPC) has been using fake fans to boost profiles on Twitter, a study has found.

Klubrádió's owner omitted a few important facts, writes Zoltán Kovács, Hungary's Secretary of State for International Communication and Relations.

The Italian navy has accused Turkish fishing boats of throwing stones and smoke bombs at two Italian vessels north of Cyprus.

The man had tried to infect his former partner while they shared a home as their divorce proceedings were being completed.

Rockets fired at Jerusalem, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, tensions are running high in the holy land.

Slovakia suspends use of the AstraZeneca jab for first-time vaccinations

Italian police are searching for eleven suspects who posted threatening messages towards President Sergio Mattarella on social media. The offence carries a punishment of between one and five years in prison.

His temporary appointment brings an end to the tenure of Boyko Borisov, who had dominated Bulgarian politics since 2009.

Czech MPs have passed the first reading of a legal amendment that would criminalise social media firms if they ban content that is deemed to be in the public interest. It's being seen as an attempt by the Czech right-wing to fight back against the...

Following success in the recent parliamentary elections, a Finnish MP said he would push to make Scotland an observing member of the Nordic Council, but is there any substance to the initiative?

A woman stabbed a police officer at her home in Bordeaux on Monday and then was shot and injured by another official.

The Colonial Pipeline will not be able to resume full operations for several days due to the ransomware attack.

Queen Elizabeth II has formally opened the UK parliament but without the usual pomp and ceremony

“The terrorist has been arrested, (he is) 19 years old. A firearm is registered in his name. Other accomplices haven’t been established, an investigation is underway,” Rustam Minnikhanov said after visiting the school, adding that security had ...

China's population is growing at such a slow rate that it is prompting fears of an increasingly dependent population with fewer people available to work.

Following controversy over lack of diversity the Golden Globe Awards won't be aired by major TV network NBC in 2022

Melia was arrested in February after police stormed the headquarters of the main opposition party, sparking international criticism and aggravating the political situation within the country.

A safari park in eastern China has faced strong public criticism for concealing the escape of three leopards.