Since December, Belgium's sex workers can access legal protections and labour rights, such as paid leave, like any other profession
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney completed a comeback victory for the governing Liberals in Monday’s election, positioning himself for a global role as a champion of multilateralism against US President Donald Trump’s more protectionist policies.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has branded a three-day truce announced by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as an “attempt at manipulation”.
At least 142 people were prosecuted in 2024 for helping or rescuing migrants across Europe, a report by a group defending migrants' rights warned on Tuesday
Russia yesterday said it was ready to negotiate directly with Ukraine, but that recognition of its claims over five Ukrainian regions, including Crimea, was “imperative” to resolving the conflict.
The Russian army has fully liberated the border Kursk region from Ukrainian control with the help of North Korean soldiers, Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov said on Saturday, admitting their participation in the conflict for the first time.
Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Vatican yesterday for a last glimpse of Pope Francis’s open coffin, as world leaders and other guests began arriving for his funeral.
President Emmanuel Macron yesterday said during a visit to Madagascar he wanted to work toward “forgiveness” for France’s colonisation of the Indian Ocean island, including with the return of cultural artifacts.
The Kremlin yesterday confirmed that Vadim Krasikov, freed by Germany in Thursday’s prisoner swap deal with the West, is an operative with Russia’s FSB security service.
The Kremlin said yesterday that any F-16s delivered to Ukraine would be shot down and have little impact on the battlefield, in response to reports that the first fighter jets have arrived.
Ukraine’s air force said yesterday it repelled one of Russia’s largest long-range drone attacks of the war overnight, shooting down all 89 drones launched at Kyiv, the surrounding region and other areas.
Italian researchers have noted the first case of “virgin birth”, or reproduction without fertilisation, in an endangered shark species, a scientific journal reported this week.
Russia yesterday began large-scale military drills involving every part of its navy not engaged in the Ukraine offensive, the defence ministry said.
Donald Trump on Monday called the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris a "disgrace," after its creators came under fire for what some said was a show gone too far
Fibre-optic cables in several parts of France have been “sabotaged”, police said yesterday, three days after the rail system was hit by attacks that halted trains across the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday threatened to relaunch production of intermediate-range nuclear weapons if the United States confirmed its intention to deploy missiles to Germany or elsewhere in Europe.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday he “does not listen” to what he called Ukraine’s contradictory statements on peace talks.
French rail officials warned of travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of people throughout the weekend after saboteurs following a meticulous plan paralysed much of the train network Friday as the Olympic Games started
