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Diesel Above 2.16 Euros Drives Truckers and Farmers to Protest in Sicily, Calabria
Truck drivers in Sicily halted their vehicles at ports and company yards to protest soaring fuel costs, part of a wave of demonstr...
Italy Air Traffic Disrupted, Ryanair Flights Delayed and Cancelled, Enav Rules Out Cyberattack
Air traffic across Italy was heavily disrupted Friday by a data-transmission network failure supporting air traffic control, delay...
Zelenskiy: ‘We’re done’ holding back on refineries as Ukraine strikes Ryazan, Voronezh targets
Ukraine said Thursday it struck a Russian oil refinery and damaged six Russian warplanes at an airfield, resuming attacks on Russi...
Brussels mayor says violence ‘undermining society’ after officer shot dead in Jette
Brussels Mayor Philippe Close has asked for additional funds for the federal police in the Belgian capital after a police officer ...
Bulgarian PM breaks ranks with EU leaders to back Trump-Putin diesel deal
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev stunned Brussels on Thursday morning by backing the controversial diesel supply deal agreed b...
NATO vows to adjust defences after drones hit 2 ships off Bulgaria
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Tuesday the alliance will adjust its defenses “as needed” after two ships were struck in th...
Polish defense minister: Europe must adopt ‘war-mode’ arms production
Poland’s defense minister said Tuesday that Europe must speed up production of ammunition and weapons to keep pace with Russia or ...
NATO ready to hit back hard if Russia attacks, general warns
NATO's top commander warned Russia that his forces would destroy "anything and everything" involved in any attack if Moscow was "...
World
Trump shuts down Hegseth plan to livestream military execution
US President Donald Trump scrapped plans to livestream the execution of the former Army major who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, ...
US floats unfreezing some Russian assets to restart Ukraine peace talks
The United States has proposed that European countries unfreeze some Russian sovereign assets immobilised after Moscow's invasi...
Operation CANTABRIA:Fruit-export front used to hide cocaine shipments from Ecuador
Police in Ecuador arrested 20 suspects Thursday in an operation targeting a network that moved large amounts of cocaine from Latin...
US to livestream Army firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
The US will livestream the Army's upcoming firing squad execution of a gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base...
Saudi Aramco administrative building attacked, limited fire reported
An administrative building belonging to Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran was a...
Libya seizes nearly $1 million of hashish in east
Libya's eastern-based authorities have seized about 400 kg of hashish worth around 6 million dinars ($934,000) and arrested some ...
Closure of Riyadh airport extended
Saudi authorities said on Monday they were extending the suspension of operations at the international airport in the capital, Ri...
Deadly Houthi strikes on Saudi capital raise stakes in regional conflict
Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen's Houthi group stepped up mi...
Israelis mark three years since Hamas attack that set off Gaza assault
Israelis will on Wednesday mark three years since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering a military assault that de...
China warns Taiwan and human rights are ‘red lines’ ahead of Trump-Xi summit
China has warned that Taiwan and human rights are among issues that cannot be challenged ahead of a summit between Chinese Preside...
Australia cracks down on student and backpacker visas to curb migration
Australia will stop foreign students from bringing partners and children to accompany them while they study and tighten working h...
Rescuers struggling to reach disaster zone after more than 160 killed in Nepal-Tibet flash floods
Rescue teams are struggling to reach remote areas of Nepal after a devastating flash flood and mudslide killed more than 160 peopl...
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European Parliament President Presses Leaders on Budget, Trade, Ukraine Support
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola warned EU leaders on Thursday that the Irish Presidency’s revised proposal for the b...
EU Council Chief Faces Criticism as Energy, Budget Talks Stall
European Council President António Costa, charged with brokering compromises among the EU’s 27 national leaders, came under his sh...
Von der Leyen floats EU ‘strategic reserves’ for gas amid winter supply fears
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants EU leaders to look into the idea of developing bloc-wide strategic gas re...
Europe’s top institutions say ‘One Europe, One Market’ roadmap on track six months in
The presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission said they have made steady progress on a plan t...
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France’s Student Protests: What’s Behind the Unrest
The movement: Since late September, students across France have protested education underfunding and blockaded many lycées (high s...
What is in the US-Greenland-Denmark security deal?
US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger US milita...
Swiss to vote on whether to tighten neutrality, end peacetime cooperation with NATO
Swiss voters will decide in a referendum next month whether to approve a more restrictive form of neutrality that would block thei...
NATO’s northern flank faces mounting disruption from suspected drone activity
Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine ...
Other News
Rallye Sirocco launches its inaugural edition
Rallye Sirocco, a nonprofit regularity rally with a humanitarian mission, will hold its first edition Dec. 18-23 in Morocco. The e...
Over 800 Athletes Already Registered For Żurrieq Half Marathon Events
The 27th edition of the Express Trailers Żurrieq Half Marathon and 10km will take place on Sunday, 15 November, with more than 800...
Athletics Malta announces Road Running League 2026/2027
Athletics Malta has announced the Road Running League for the 2026/2027 season, with the six-race series set to be retained after ...
Music world mourns Dolly Parton, queen of country music
Dolly Parton was around six when she wrote her first song: "Little Tiny Tasseltop," an ode to her corncob doll with corn-silk hair...
