Tensions between Ukraine and Israel have grown as Kyiv seeks to prevent a vessel carrying grain allegedly stolen from Russian-occupied areas of the country from docking and unloading in the port of Haifa. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Ukraine’s foreign minister said Kyiv had issued a summons for Israel’s ambassador to appear on Tuesday morning to present a […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/27/2026 – 19:20 GMT+2 The UN Human Rights Committee said on Monday that Sweden had violated the right to life of a child with severe disabilities by deporting him twice to Albania. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The committee reviewed a complaint referring to EB, an Albanian now aged 21, who was diagnosed with autism, grave […]
Continue ReadingItaly has extradited a Chinese hacker to the United States accused of spying for his country’s government during the COVID-19 pandemic, police said on Monday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The man was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport last July and is “suspected of acting for the Chinese government,” a police statement said. The FBI accuses Xu Zewei […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/27/2026 – 15:12 GMT+2 Norwegian police will cooperate with their French counterparts in an investigation into top diplomat Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rod-Larsen, suspected of alleged corruption over their ties with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A joint investigation team (JIT) has been established between Okokrim, the Norwegian […]
Continue ReadingByMatthieu DurandwithAFP Published on 04/27/2026 – 13:11 GMT+2•Updated 13:34 French prison guards blocked facilities across the country on Monday, with 14 of 17 prisons in the Hauts-de-France region shut down in protest at chronic overcrowding and staff shortages, in a strike called by the UFAP-UNSA union. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Guards also demonstrated at prisons in Bois-d’Arcy […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/27/2026 – 11:42 GMT+2 Germany recorded 2,656 conscientious objector applications in the first three months of 2026, more than two-thirds of the total registered throughout the whole of 2025, according to the Federal Office of Family Affairs and Civil Society Functions (BAFzA). ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The figures, reported by the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, compare […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/27/2026 – 11:02 GMT+2 Last week, a leaked Pentagon email left officials in Brussels and Madrid ruffled. It revealed a list of punitive options for allies who refused to assist in the Iran war. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The most shocking proposal? Attempting to suspend Spain from NATO. But wait a second – is that […]
Continue ReadingByEuronews Published on 04/26/2026 – 9:31 GMT+2 German and foreign security services have reissued a warning for phishing attacks targeting lawmakers and senior government officials via the Signal messaging application, in what is believed to be the work of a “state-controlled cyber actor”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The German government believes Russia is behind the phishing attacks […]
Continue ReadingRomanian authorities said 200 people were evacuated while two British fighter jets scrambled after a drone landed in the southeastern city of Galati, near the country’s border with Ukraine. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING It is not the first time that Romania, which is a NATO as well as EU member, has seen its airspace violated and drone […]
Continue ReadingMontenegro this week made further progress in its EU accession process, as the bloc’s current members agreed to start work on an accession treaty for the small Balkan nation. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING On Wednesday, ambassadors from all EU member states said they had decided to set up an “ad hoc working party” to draft an accession […]
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