A London police officer is due to appear in court on Monday, charged with rape

At least 18 small ships bearing more than 600 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday.

Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez pledged €200 million for the La Palma recovery effort as the volcano continues to spew lava.

Polls are set to close on Monday afternoon, and almost 1,200 municipalities are involved.

The Swedish artist Lars Vilks, known for his 2007 drawing of the Prophet Muhammad and the subsequent death threats that followed, died in a car crash on Sunday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for an ongoing commitment to democracy as she spoke at the 31st-anniversary ceremony of the reunification of east and west.

The offshore dealings and hidden assets of world leaders, politicians, billionaires, celebrities and drug dealers have been revealed in a huge data leak, which follows 2016’s release of the ‘Panama Papers’.

Despite the impact of Brexit and the pandemic, opinion surveys suggest the UK's ruling Conservatives are polling ahead of the Labour opposition as the party meets in Manchester.

An independent commission has heard evidence from thousands of people since being set up in 2018 in response to a large number of historic sexual abuse claims.

Seven passengers and the pilot are all said to have died when the aircraft crashed into an empty office building early on Sunday afternoon.

The move follows an EU-brokered deal to de-escalate tensions triggered by a dispute over vehicle licence plates.

A Taliban spokesman said at least five civilians were killed in the bombing which targeted a mosque in the Afghan capital on Sunday.

The French president reportedly accused Algeria's ruling elite of perpetuating a discourse based on "untruths" and a "hatred of France".

The 3-day youth event was aimed at putting pressure on COP26 delegates as they met to plan the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference.

Mayoral contests in the four largest cities likely will need runoffs after the vote, overshadowed by the arrest on Friday of exiled former president Mikheil Saakashvili.

The first Women's March of the Biden administration brought nationwide protests to demand continued access to abortion, under threat from conservative lawmakers and judges.

The flamboyant ex-minister and ex-owner of Olympique Marseille built a sporting and media empire but was known for a string of scandals and legal problems.

Delegates from around the world met in Milan on Saturday to identify where progress can be made before the summit starts in Glasgow on October 31.

Military personnel will be deployed next week to distribute petrol, while 300 visas for overseas tanker drivers will be issued 'immediately'.

On Saturday Taiwan reported the largest ever number of Chinese military jets to cross into its defence zone.

The party of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants independence from Britain and, if it is ever secured, it's unclear whether the Queen would remain head of state.

The aircraft uses a sensor called a "sniffer" to detect high levels of sulfur and nitrogen along one of Europe's busiest shipping routes.

Some 12 million people are eligible to vote on Sunday and Monday, in the first electoral test for Prime Minister Mario Draghi since he took office.

The former president's arrest has considerably raised the stakes in Saturday's vote, seen as a test for the increasingly unpopular ruling party Georgian Dream.

The opposition leader tells Euronews Greece that migrants are "hostages of the system" as Belarusian authorities use them to put pressure on European borders.

The authoritarian leader says he is backing out of a plan to run for vice president in next year’s elections and will retire from politics after his term ends.

Tens of millions of Americans have refused to get vaccinated, allowing the highly contagious delta variant to tear through the country.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes around each October to highlight the need to raise funds to battle an illness that kills more than 680,000 people every year.

Some good news for mink, at last.

The man said he had found the shell while hiking in Switzerland and was taking it home as a souvenir.

Kyiv has condemned the Russian gas company Gazprom for halting the transit of natural gas to Hungary via Ukraine.

In the last few years, Italy's organised crime groups have become more business-oriented, helping cash-strapped companies to infiltrate the legal economy and make more money.

Natural gas prices have surged in Europe due to both supply and demand problems.

Slovenia was the sole EU member state that failed to name two prosecutors to join the European Public Prosecutor's Office.

Local residents are advised to say and wear face masks and eye protection to protect themselves from potentially toxic gas and heavy falls of volcanic ash

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A KGB officer and a man, believed to be a supporter of Belarus' opposition movement, died in the gunfight on Tuesday.

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Hungary and other states hostile to migrants and refugees are waiting to see whether the EU will act as Lithuania flaunts European law.

The French government said earlier this week it intends to preserve "the possibility" of using the COVID health pass until summer 2022.

Inflation in the Euro area reached 3.4% in September, its highest level since 2008, boosted by a jolting 17.4% increase in energy prices.

Romania has suffered three deadly hospital fires in less than a year.

The country has struggled to come to terms with the role that Ukrainians played in the murder of Jews during the Nazi occupation.

"North Sea Link is a truly remarkable feat of engineering."

It comes on the back of two other deadly hospital fires within the last year in Romania, raising concerns about the country’s ageing hospital infrastructure.

The Green League, the party of Finland's interior minister, Maria Ohisalo, voted on the issue during a virtual conference earlier this month.

Experts say Ukraine has budget problems, a war with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country and many poor people to take care of. So is now a good time to bid for an Olympics?

European citizens now need a valid passport to enter the UK as post-Brexit rules enter into force on Friday.

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The south Caucasus nation's ex-leader, detained upon his return from exile, has called for people to vote against the ruling party in this weekend's local elections.