The European Agency for Fundamental Rights says the biggest increases have been seen in France and Germany but cautions that most other nations aren't accurately recording antisemitic incidents.

It wasn't the most comfortable ride back because the toilet was broken so the astronauts needed to rely on nappies for the eight-hour trip home.

Almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, or 60% of the population, suffer from acute hunger and 8.7 million face famine, says the World Food Programme.

Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer accused the British PM of 'running scared' following last week's failed attempt by the government to overhaul the policing system for parliamentary ethics.

Ten people were arrested after a series of raids across Portugal on Monday as part of the investigation.

An American man wanted over his role in the storming of the US Capitol has crossed the Belarusian border illegally and is reportedly seeking asylum.

Tensions had been raised after Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik announced plans for a separate army, judiciary, and tax administration.

Security forces used tear gas to disperse the protesters and arrested at least 113 people.

Georgia's jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili has been moved to a prison hospital weeks after he began a hunger strike.

The court called on Warsaw to take "rapid action" to resolve the lack of independence in its National Council.

A damming report last month estimated that around 330,000 children were sexually abused over 70 years by priests or other church-related figures.

About 15,500 migrants had either attempted or successfully crossed in the first eight months of this year, according to the French Maritime Prefecture.

On Saturday, Austria registered a record high of 10,000 new infections. The country has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Western Europe, with only 63% of people vaccinated.

The agreement to form an 18-member government was signed by two party alliances in Prague on Monday.

Poland, the EU and the US have accused Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko of exploiting migrants after a large group gathered at the border on Monday attempting to cross into Poland.

It comes more than a year after almost two-thirds of New Zealanders voted in favour of the law in a referendum.

Looking back on her legacy, Merkel said the 2015 migrant crisis was one of the most challenging events during her time as German chancellor.

Germany has struggled to find ways to boost its much-slowed vaccination campaign.

The officer was saved thanks to his bulletproof vest, police sources told AFP.

U.S. President Joe Biden has called the poll, which comes after Ortega appointed his wife as 'co-president', a 'pantomime'.

Poland's health ministry acted after the death of a 30-year-old mother whose 22-week pregnancy had medical problems but doctors did not terminate the pregnancy.

A huge Italian 'mega-trial' has convicted 70 people linked to Italy's most powerful mafia group, 'Ndrangheta with hundreds more due in court.

An Italian company has devised a way to roast coffee beans by just using the Sun's energy and dramatically cutting Co2 emissions

Germany, along with many EU countries, is facing its highest inflation rates for many years sparking fears among many citizens

Protests and hunger strikes take place in Georgia in support of jailed former president, Mikheil Saakashvili.

The humanitarian organisation Sea-Eye said its vessel Sea-Eye 4 was granted permission to dock by Italian authorities, on Saturday evening.

Archaeologists have unearthed what they think was a room for slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii

Protesters in Poland claim a pregnant woman died as a result of the country's strict new abortion laws

The government in Iraq said an explosives-laden drone tried to hit Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s home, with the prime minister escaping unharmed.

Bishops in the holy town of Lourdes prayed on their knees in a penitential gesture to ask god for forgiveness for sexual abuse in the Catholic church.

It appeared to be an elaborate scheme to enter Spain by would-be migrants from Morocco.

Around 200 miners have protested outside the European Commission building in Warsaw - against planned coal mine closures which they say will cause unemployment and higher fuel prices.

Despite making up only 5% of the global population, Indigenous people protect 80% of the planet's remaining biodiversity. Yet they only have legal rights to half of their land.

The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said he's determined to "continue" his hunger strike which he started almost two weeks ago.

The 362 metre long vessel finally left the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in the French port of Saint Nazaire on Friday evening.

Four other passengers also perished after the plane crashed between Mendonça's hometown of Goiania and Caratinga, a small city in Minas Gerais state.

In the centre of Naples, there is a special place where emotional well-being is restored and poignant memories saved from oblivion.

The European Council's new proposed cybersecurity directive could have disastrous consequences for both users and businesses, warns the Internet Society's Callum Voge

The explosion occurred after a large crowd had gathered to collect leaking fuel after a bus collided with the tanker late on Friday.

Three people have been injured in a knife attack on a train near Nuremberg in Germany on Saturday, local police said.

A nationwide holiday period was imposed in Russia to combat rising coronavirus cases, but on Saturday officials reported the highest number of daily cases since the start of the pandemic.

Officials in Texas say at least eight people have been killed and several others injured in a crowd surge at Astroworld Festival.

Greece has more than 15,000 firefighters during the summer months, about 5,000 of them on short-term contracts or hired seasonally.

More than 100 outbreaks of bird flu have been reported in Europe in recent months.

Caught in the political tug-of-war between Belarus and the EU, thousands of migrants are trapped at the border between Poland and Belarus. Euronews' correspondent Valerie Gauriat witnessed their plight and the dismay of Polish local population.

Campaigners say Germany's abortion restrictions are tougher than many people think. Now, with a socially liberal coalition set to govern, there is hope laws will be relaxed.

Parliament passed the first version of the bill in January, but President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had asked the Constitutional Court to review it.

The case against an ex-official in Sweden for his part in Iran's 1988 prison massacre is the first step in a long road to accountability, says Dr. Senabargh Zahedi of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

With little progress being made on finding a solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol, will London turn to Article 16?

Der Spiegel has reported that the man was a 35-year-old Russian diplomat who fell from the embassy building in Berlin.