BERLIN (AP) – Investigators are trying to make sense of “confused” statements by a man who drove into a school group in Berlin in what appears to have been a deliberate rampage, the city’s mayor said Thursday.
A man apparently fatally shot a woman and then himself at a supermarket in central Germany on Tuesday, police said.
Princess Martha Louise, the daughter of Norway´s King Harald, is engaged to her American boyfriend Durek Verrett, the palace said Tuesday.
A Dutch court is examining evidence of the fatal shooting of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, who was brazenly gunned down almost a year ago.
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) – When D-Day veterans set foot on the Normandy beaches and other World War II sites, they express a mix of joy and sadness. Joy at seeing the gratitude and friendliness of the French toward those who landed on June 6, 1944. Sadness as they think of their fallen comrades and of another battle now being waged in Europe: the war in Ukraine.
The verdict handed down to retired geologist Jim Fitton, shocked the court in Baghdad, including his defence attorney. He and his family have argued that Fitton, 66, had no criminal intent.
Queen Elizabeth II appeared at the balcony of Buckingham Palace on the final day of festivities marking her 70 years of service.
Firefighters in Greece on Sunday were battling a wildfire for a second day in two suburbs of the capital of Athens.
The sketch featured the queen having a cream tea with British national treasure Paddington Bear at Buckingham Palace.
Stoltenberg said he had a “constructive phone call” with Erdogan, calling Turkey a “valued ally” despite its hostile actions against Greece and ongoing occupation of much of Cyprus.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged Saturday that Iran took the oil from two Greek tankers last month in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf.
A train accident in the Alps in southern Germany on Friday left at least four people dead and many more injured, authorities said.
Germany’s parliament approved raising the country’s minimum wage to 12 euros per hour, fulfilling a campaign pledge of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
(AFP) — Ukraine marked 100 days since Russia’s invasion on Friday with fighting raging across the east of the country, where Moscow’s forces are tightening their grip on the Donbas region.
A German woman who allegedly took advantage of an enslaved Yazidi woman was convicted Wednesday of membership in a terrorist organization.
Denmark´s largest energy company said Russia cut off its gas supply Wednesday because it refused to pay in rubles.
BERLIN (AP) – German police recorded a significant increase of depictions of sexual abuse against children last year compared to the year before, the country’s top criminal police official said Monday.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek authorities say they are planning a major extension of a wall along the country’s border with Turkey and are seeking European Union financial support for the additional construction.
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders will gather Monday in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed the West last week to lift sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame from Russia to the West.
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) – Russian and Ukrainian troops engaged in close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city Sunday as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain strategic footholds for conquering the region in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance.
ISTANBUL (AP) – Turkey’s president has told journalists he still intends to block Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO.
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Ukraine should remove sea mines from areas near its ports to allow safe shipping.
Spain will tighten control over the national intelligence agency after it admitted spying on several pro-independence supporters.
Boris Johnson braced Wednesday for the release of a senior civil servant’s long-awaited full report into a “Partygate” scandal.
Germany rejected suggestions it is reneging on a promise to provide Poland with tanks to make up for those that Warsaw delivered to Ukraine.
A train collided with a bus and derailed at a railroad crossing in southern Germany on Tuesday, police said. Several people were injured.
Sweden is recommending a fifth COVID-19 dose for people with an increased risk of becoming seriously ill, including pregnant women.
Dr. David Heymann said the leading theory was sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two raves held in Spain and Belgium.
A senior civil servant is due to release her findings on “partygate,” the scandal over gatherings at Boris Johnson Downing St. residence.
A homicide investigation was opened on Monday after a security guard at the Qatari Embassy in Paris was killed and a suspect arrested, the prosecutor´s office said.
(AFP) — Russian forces pursued their bombardment of frontline Ukrainian cities on Sunday, seeking to gain military momentum as Kyiv’s diplomatic counter-offensive targeted the world’s business and political elite gathering in Davos.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia pressed its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Poland’s president travelled to Kyiv to support the country’s European Union aspirations, becoming the first foreign leader to address the Ukrainian parliament since the start of the war.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australia’s left-wing opposition party toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese in his Saturday election victory speech promised sharper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while he faces an early foreign policy test.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – The opposition Labor Party appeared more likely than Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s coalition to form government after Australia’s election on Saturday that could result in a rare hung parliament.
Britain froze assets of three Russian airlines, preventing them from selling landing slots at UK airports that are worth up to £50 million.
Turkey will oppose Sweden and Finland joining NATO, the country’s president flatly stated in a video released Thursday.
German police say they have detained a suspect in connection with a Thursday morning attack at a high school.
NATO envoys failed to reach a consensus on Wednesday about starting membership talks with Finland and Sweden, as Turkey raised objections.
A man charged with killing five people in Norway when he attacked strangers with a bow and arrows plead guilty to murder on Wednesday.
