There are fears the war in Ukraine could spread to Moldova's pro-Russia breakaway region of Transnistria

The EU is proposing a new package of sanctions on Russia, including an oil embargo. Where does that leave its Western allies?

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Trade at the country's ports is at a standstill, with the Ukrainian president urging the international community to take immediate steps to end the Russian blockade in order to prevent a global food crisis.

A clash between rival Ecuadorian gangs has left 43 inmates dead, officials said Monday, little more than a month after another prison riot resulted in 20 deaths.

Ukraine's President marked May 9 with a video address, declaring that Ukraine would continue the fight for freedom and for their children.

On a surprise visit to Odesa on Monday European Council President Charles Michel was forced to seek shelter, an EU official said.

Spanish authorities rescued thirteen people in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday but many more remain missing.

The Global Conversation speaks to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and former Finnish PM Alexander Stubb.

The incident occurred on Monday evening in the district of Mödling, south of the Austrian capital.

The Prince of Wales will read the queen’s speech on her majesty’s behalf.

Police are investigating a gathering of party officials at which Keir Starmer had a takeout curry and a beer, in an MP's constituency office in April 2021.

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Putin takes part in Immortal Regiment march

Russian envoy to Poland splattered with red liquid on Victory

The cream of the British lawnmower racing crop assembled in the Surrey village of Lingfield on Sunday for the start of a new season.

Russia marks WWII victory shadowed by Ukraine

Just one person survived the crash, a 12-year-old girl.

The court gave Fillon a one-year prison sentence for a "fake jobs" scandal involving his wife Penelope.

President Putin lays wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier

Sergey Andreev had planned to pay tribute to Soviet soldiers at a Warsaw cemetery as Russia marks Victory Day.

"Russian forces entered Syria on 30 September 2015. I have not lost memory of the harrowing events. I knew Putin would invade Ukraine."

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They confiscated a huge Ukrainian flag.

The election in Schleswig-Holstein was seen as a test for Scholz's Social Democrat-led government.

Critics accused the Russian leader of turning history on its head in his speech, by comparing today's action in Ukraine to that of Soviet forces in repelling Hitler.

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Ukraine's human rights commissioner Lyudmila Denisova said around 1,185,000 Ukrainians have been forcibly removed to Russia while the US said they had "indications that Ukrainians are being taken against their will into Russia."

Thousands of people protested in the city of Cologne, in western Germany, with pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine

France, Germany, Italy, Britain, Japan, Canada and the USA say stopping the flow of Russian oil will cut the main artery of Vladimir Putin’s economy and deny him the revenue he needs to fund the war.

In order to appease the god of storms and end a drought, men and women dressed as tigers whip themselves in southern Mexico.

World leaders mark the 77th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day while war rages in Ukraine

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Neighbouring countries are updating their port infrastructure to help with international exports, while Ukrainian farmers call the bomb squad to defuse undetonated explosives.

Singer Bono and guitarist The Edge of the Irish rock band U2 performed a mini concert in a metro station in central Kyiv on Sunday.

The first lady met Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska in a town just 10 minutes drive from the Slovakian border.

The local governor says 90 people from one village were taking shelter in the school building when the bomb hit, and only 30 have been found alive.

The EU says the election of John Lee to replace Carrie Lam as leader of Hong Kong "violates democratic principles"

'Japan Touch Haru & Geek Touch' is the Lyon festival 100% dedicated to Japanese culture.

The Ukrainian military released a video on Sunday showing a Russian helicopter hit over Russian-held Snake Island.

The museum dedicated to the Ukrainian philosopher Grigory Skovoroda in Skovorodinovka, Kharkiv region, was destroyed by a Russian missile.

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The US First Lady Jill Biden and her Romanian counterpart Carmen Iohannis visited a school in Bucharest to meet Ukrainian child refugees and their mothers whom she praised for their bravery

The Ukrainian army said Moscow was focusing its main efforts to prevent Ukrainian air forces from operating effectively.

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The EU throws open the doors of its core institutions ahead of Europe Day celebrations on May 9. The day marks the 72nd anniversary of the Schuman declaration, which proposed the creation of a pan-European trade arrangement and is widely recognised a...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public, in a sharp turn towards a more hardline enforcement of religious rules.

Solognot sheep, a rustic breed well-equipped to face the elements, roam the grounds of the Chateau de Chambord in France.

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SInn Fein becomes the largest party in Northern Ireland after election victory