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Germany deported a man to Syria for the first time since the civil war broke out in the country in 2011, the interior ministry in Berlin said on Tuesday. A Syrian immigrant previously convicted of criminal offences in Germany was flown to Damascus and handed over to Syrian authorities on Tuesday morning, the ministry said.”Our […]

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the duration and structure of any US security guarantees remain to be defined after the latest round of talks with negotiators. “We are discussing the duration of these guarantees,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media. “In addition, there is a deterrence package – what an 800,000-strong army will be […]

Italy’s competition authority said on Tuesday it had fined low-cost airline Ryanair €256 million for allegedly abusing its dominant position to prevent travel agencies access to its services. The move comes a day after the antitrust body fined US tech giant Apple €98 million, accusing it of abusing its dominant position in the mobile app […]

Finland said Monday it will raise the reservist age from 60 to 65 next year to strengthen the country’s military preparedness towards any threat posed by neighbouring Russia. Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen said the reform, which enters into force on 1 January after being signed into law by the president, will result in an increase […]

The Trump administration on Monday has suspended leases for offshore wind projects currently under construction, marking a major setback for renewable energy in the US. The Pentagon said turbine blade movement and reflective towers could interfere with radar interference called ‘clutter’. “This clutter obscures legitimate moving targets and generates false signals near the wind projects,” […]

The snowy owl has been declared extinct in Sweden, marking the first time in 20 years that the country has officially lost a bird species, according to conservation organisations. Scientists say climate change might be driving the decline by disrupting the owl’s fragile Arctic ecosystem. “Warmer winters bring more rain and less snow, destroying the […]

Italy said on Monday it intends to keep a military presence in Lebanon even after the UN peacekeeping force it belongs to leaves as planned on 31 December 2026. “Even after (the peacekeeping force) UNIFIL, Italy will continue to do its part, supporting with conviction the international presence and supporting the capacity development of the […]

More than 1,000 suspicious drone flights – the majority over military facilities, defence companies and critical infrastructure – were registered in Germany over the past year, according to the president of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). The second half of 2025 has seen a wave of disruptions across European airspace, with drone appearances forcing […]

The European Commission said on Monday it had opened an investigation to assess whether the Czech government’s support plan for the construction and operation of two nuclear units is in line with EU state aid rules. In October, Prague submitted a support scheme for the project to build two new nuclear reactors at the country’s […]

MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday named Migration Minister Elma Saiz as government spokesperson in addition to her current portfolio, replacing Pilar Alegría, who is stepping aside to run as the Socialist candidate in Aragón’s regional elections. The reshuffle follows a bruising defeat for Sánchez’s socialists (PSOE) in Extremadura – once a […]