The sinking of the MS Estonia ferry 27 years ago was one of Europe's deadliest peacetime maritime disasters.

Vukovar, 'Croatia's Stalingrad', saw the first massacre of the Balkan wars of the 1990s. It would not be the last.

The Polish defence ministry accused Belarusian forces of leading the illegal border crossing on Wednesday night.

"The fourth wave is hitting our country with full force," Merkel said.

The United Nations' atomic watchdog says it believes that Iran has further increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in breach of a 2015 accord with world powers.

Mikheil Saakashvili has been on hunger strike during his imprisonment.

The trial is the culmination of a two-year investigation and revolves mostly around the purchase by the Vatican of a €350m property in Chelsea with church money.

Some 20,000 people marched peacefully through Athens on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of a bloody anti-dictatorship uprising in 1973, police said.

A bid will be made to exonerate two men over the murder of Malcolm X, says Manhattan’s DA.

“I think that only the fear of dying has kept me alive. I wanted to live. I was doing everything that I could to breathe."

Queen Elizabeth II met with the British military’s chief of staff at Windsor Castle, the first time she was seen holding a face-to-face engagement since she missed the national Remembrance Sunday service.

The announcement for Belarus-EU negotiations comes a day after the bloc announced it would issue a fifth raft of sanctions over the border crisis.

The UK's prime minister has vowed to tighten ethics rules for politicians after scandals over lobbying and second jobs outside parliament, that have damaged UK politics.

The latest wave of COVID-19 comes as Ukraine struggles to convince people to get vaccinated. Only around a fifth of the population is fully jabbed.

Petr Fiala is expected to be confirmed as the new Czech PM this week.

Sean Binder, a German-Irish volunteer, and Sarah Mardini, a Syrian human rights worker, go on trial in Athens on Thursday. They deny the charges which include spying and forgery.

Poland and Lithuania say Belarus is intentionally sending migrants their way. Now there are fears Russia could do the same to Finland.

African swine fever is usually deadly for pigs but doesn’t affect humans.

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Last Friday, three migrants were reported missing after trying to cross the English Channel on kayaks to reach England.

The United Nations Population Fund says long-term migration towards richer countries is taking on a "new dimension", with an "immense impact" on Bosnia itself.

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Several people are thought to be missing after what's been described as the worst storm in decades brought floods and landslides to western parts of the US and Canada.

The climate goals set at COP26 were ambitious. But through new coalitions and 'carbon border adjustments' they aren't out of reach in Europe or elsewhere, explain the European University Institute's Jos Delbeke and Peter Vis

Warsaw says people were armed with gas grenades supplied by Belarus, which they threw over the fence towards Polish guards.

Google Cloud said they "are aware of an issue" on its platform, as did the Spotify Status Twitter account, which added they "are checking them (the issues) out."

Sanctions won't be enough to resolve the political crisis in Belarus. International non-recognition and the opening of criminal cases need to follow the upcoming Vienna Conference, says diplomat and opposition figure Pavel Latushka

On Monday, hundreds of migrants found themselves trapped at a border crossing unable to go forward or backward between Poland and Belarus.

The defence ministries of both countries confirmed the fighting.

After losing his stomach to cancer, Panagiotis Dousis, 88, is setting his sights on running a marathon.

At least 7,000 to 10,000 children are affected and the number is "constantly increasing," the government said.

Kyiv argues Moscow is using the pipeline as a geopolitical tool against them.

Authorities in the Indian capital are mulling a call to halt all non-essential travel and close offices.

“This is a nation and a culture where doubt is sewn into everything, including the questioning of authority and science, in order to maintain the beliefs they already have.”

The EU's top court has ruled that the Polish government's ability to send judges to higher courts and remove them casts doubts over judicial independence.

A Syrian teenager who died trying to cross the frontier was buried in Poland on Monday, while the bodies of two Iraqi men were flown home.

U.S. officials described as reckless and irresponsible a Russian weapons test which created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk, threatening astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Expectations were low for the meeting amid differences over major issues including human rights, cyber security and Washington's stance on Taiwan.

The president hopes to use the law to build back his popularity and says it will deliver jobs, clean water, high-speed internet and a clean energy future.

o far this year, more than 17,000 migrants and refugees have reached the Canary Islands by boat, a 24% increase compared to the same period last year.

Fillon's appeal, which takes the form of a full retrial, comes as the country begins preparing for new elections in April 2022.

Previously, the shade was lighter to match the blue of the European Union flag as decided by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in 1976.

"Now it (the vaccine) is here, and all we have to do is grab it," said Merkel. "Grab it fast. I beg you, join in and try to convince relatives and friends, too."

Polish authorities have faced questions as to why it took so long to make the arrests, given that the incident was widely reported in Poland.

A new mayor and tourists returning have sparked claims of a revival in the Italian capital. But not everyone is so optimistic.

Kyiv says about 90,000 Russian soldiers are stationed near the frontier.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said France did not have 'any lessons to take from the British' ahead of a meeting with his UK counterpart, as record numbers of migrants cross the English Channel.

Rama defeated former health minister Arben Vitia from the governing left-wing Self-Determination Party, or Vetëvendosje, of Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

The Iraqi government says a first voluntary repatriation flight for its nationals stranded on the Belarus-Poland border will take place on Thursday.