The "Abomey Treasures," were stolen by the French army in 1892.

Only strict medically-approved assisted suicide is legal in the Netherlands.

An online report has said the more than "three-quarters" of Bettel's postgraduate dissertation was written without proper citation.

Josh Cavallo has received global support after becoming the only active male top-flight footballer to come out as gay.

Italy’s senate moved to block a divisive bill that aimed to fight homophobia.

"The right to blaspheme is part of our tradition" - Author, journalist, film director and columnist of the November 2015 attacks in Paris, Emmanuel Carrère, defends his preference for freedom of expression.

A draft bill to construct the new border wall was approved by the lower house of the Polish parliament on October 14. The bill is now heading to the opposition-dominated Senate for a second vote.

Health Minister Janez Poklukar said hospital beds have been filling up as the country logged the highest number of daily cases since January.

The annual rally on November 11 has recently been overshadowed by violent clashes and anti-Semitism.

Several posters featuring a local election candidate next to the Tibetan flag were placed outside the Chinese embassy in Denmark before being removed.

France will impose more customs checks on products coming across the English Channel from November 2 if the UK doesn't issue more fishing licenses.

Campaigners have called for a one-night boycott of bars and nightclubs on Wednesday in protest at rising cases of young women being drugged via drinks or needles, often a prelude to sexual assault.

Morgenshtern said in an interview that he "doesn't understand" why Russia still celebrates its victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.

The inquiry will look into whether some children adopted from China and Chile since the 1950s were legally taken from their parents.

Romania has the second-lowest vaccination rate in the European Union after Bulgaria with just 37% of adults now fully vaccinated. The EU's average is 75%.

Incumbent Emmanuel Macron has not yet officially declared he is running, Nevertheless, polls put him in the lead.

The delivery came four days after the eastern European country declared a one-month state of emergency to secure gas supplies amid a crisis over rising prices.

A pretrial hearing pertaining to the lawsuit is scheduled for next week.

A Senate committee formally approved a report calling for prosecutors to try Bolsonaro on charges ranging from charlatanism and inciting crime to misuse of public funds and crimes against humanity.

"The situation in Catania and its province is very critical," Regional President Nello Musumeci said.

Washington's lawyers are hoping to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to face 18 charges relating to the release of 500,000 secret files from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Russia reported a record daily number of deaths due to COVID-19 on Tuesday as the virus continues to surge in Eastern Europe where low vaccination rates have allowed it to spread quickly.

European nations need to lead the way in fairer, more just and ambitious climate negotiations in Glasgow next week, says Climate Action Network Europe's new director Chiara Martinelli.

Angela Merkel received her formal dismissal certificate from the post of chancellor after 16 years in office.

Portuguese MPs have rejected the proposed 2022 state budget, leading to the likelihood of an early election.

Belgian PM Alexander De Croo told Euronews that they would only give booster jabs to those who are vulnerable to COVID-19 as healthcare workers in some countries are not yet vaccinated.

The two far-right politicians played down their differences and found common ground in virulent attacks against the European Union's "hegemony."

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Britain’s parliamentary standards watchdog said that the Tory MP Owen Paterson should be suspended from the House of Commons.

Early indicators suggest that the upcoming flu season could be severe for the elderly, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said.

ILGA Europe ranked Georgia 32 out of 49 countries in the region over progress around LGBT issues.

Human Rights Watch says gag orders have been imposed on the deposed leader's lawyers and information on her trial is hard to come by.

An organisation representing relatives of the victims has called for the man's name to be added to a memorial to the attack.

Several of those arrested were "high-value targets", Europol said.

Charities are calling for governments to increase social aid and issue bans on disconnections so those who can't afford their bills aren't left in the dark.

YouTube said it had suspended the Brazilian President for one week, while Facebook and Instagram have removed his live broadcast from last week.

At least three migrant children have died after a dinghy capsized near the coast of Turkey, according to Greek authorities.

In what Kyiv hailed as a "victory", a Dutch court ruled a trove of cultural treasures from Crimea should be handed to the Ukrainian government.

The German parliament is expected to elect Baerbel Bas of the centre-left Social Democrats as its new speaker.

Orban and Le Pen will hold a joint press conference from Budapest at 15:00 CEST.

"We cannot have the courts of one side settling disputes between us," UK Brexit Secretary David Frost said on Monday.

The Imperial House Law allows only male succession. Female members of the royal family must renounce their royal status when they marry a commoner.

Sudan’s military seized power Monday, arresting Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other officials of the transitional government.

Production of the movie that Alec Baldwin was making when he shot and killed a cinematographer last week has been officially halted.

The European medicines regulator said data showed a third dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine led to a rise in antibody levels.

Slovakia extended tight coronavirus restrictions to more parts of the country on Monday as the latest surge of infections intensified.

The blast destroyed several apartments on the upper floors of a five-story building in Naberezhnye Chelny.

Archaeologists and historians estimate that as many as 150 people could have been buried in the mass graves after their execution.

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An Israeli court has ordered 6-year-old Eitan Biran to be returned to his relatives in Italy amid a bitter custody battle.