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October 8, 2025 1:17 PM

Italy’s Meloni says she has been reported to ICC for complicity in genocide

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday that she and two of her ministers had been reported to the International Criminal Court for alleged complicity in genocide in connection with Israel's offensive in Gaza. Speaking in an interview ...

October 6, 2025 11:04 PM

Macron tasks his outgoing PM with holding last-ditch talks to end crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday tasked his outgoing prime minister, who had resigned earlier in the day, to hold last-ditch talks with other political parties to try and chart a path out of the crisis. Sebastien Lecornu had tendered his g...

October 6, 2025 2:56 PM

France’s one-day old government quits, deepening political crisis

France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived in modern French history, driving stocks and the euro sharply lower. Theswift resign...

October 6, 2025 1:58 PM

PM Orban says Hungary should not adopt euro as EU is ‘disintegrating’

Hungary should not adopt the euro currency as the European Union is "disintegrating" and Hungary should not tie its fate closer to the bloc, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday in an interview with economic news site EconomX. Hungar...

October 5, 2025 5:05 PM

Georgian PM says protesters aimed to topple the government, accuses EU of meddling

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said on Sunday that protesters who sought to force entry to the presidential palace had been trying to topple the government and accused the European Union of meddling in Georgian politics. Georgian riot pol...

October 3, 2025 10:25 PM

EU’s Von der Leyen urges European push on AI-driven cars

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on Friday for a continent-wide push to develop self-driving cars, saying artificial intelligence could help revive the region's struggling automotive sector and improve road safety. Speaking ...

October 3, 2025 9:19 AM

Putin warns the US of escalation risk if it gives Ukraine Tomahawk missiles

Russian President Vladimir Putin swiped back on Thursday at U.S. President Donald Trump for calling Russia a "paper tiger", suggesting NATO might be one and warning the United States that if it supplied Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine it would trigger a...

September 30, 2025 6:45 PM

French firms to boost capacity to spy from the stratosphere

French companies are fine-tuning plans for stratospheric spy balloons and airships as competition heats up in the no man's land between the atmosphere and outer space, tipped as the next potential zone of tensions between world powers. Stratobus, ow...

September 30, 2025 6:47 PM

India-EFTA trade pact to unlock $100 billion investments, 1 million jobs over 15 years

On October 1, the landmark India-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) will officially come into effect, marking a historic milestone in India’s trade diplomacy. Signed on March 10, 2024, in New Delh...

September 29, 2025 4:57 PM

Moldova’s pro-EU ruling party wins majority in pivotal vote

Moldova's pro-European ruling party won a resounding victory over its Russian-leaning rival in a key parliamentary election, results on Monday showed, in a major boost for the country's bid to join the EU and break away from Moscow's orbit. The surp...

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