PARIS (AP) – Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe will no longer be attempting this year to send its first rover to Mars, which was to have probed whether the planet ever hosted life.
Russians “will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and will simply spit them out like a gnat that accidentally flew into their mouths,” said President Putin. “I am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country.”
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian who was detained in Iran for almost six years, left Tehran after the UK settled a debt to Iran.
The Council of Europe on Wednesday expelled Russia from the continent’s foremost human rights body in an unprecedented move.
Britain’s top court refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the United States.
Germany unveiled plans to buy dozens of US-made F-35 fighter jets, as part of a multi-billion-euro push to modernise its armed forces.
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel is grappling with how to deal with dozens of Jewish Russian oligarchs as Western nations step up sanctions on businesspeople with ties to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
MILAN (AP) – Italian paper mills that make everything from pizza boxes to furniture packaging ground to a halt as Russia’s war in Ukraine has sent natural gas prices skyrocketing.
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) – Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base close to Ukraine’s western border with NATO member Poland, killing 35 people. The strike followed Russian threats to target foreign weapon shipments that are helping Ukrainian fighters defend their country against Russia’s grinding invasion.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The Russia-backed head of a separatist region in eastern Ukraine says he expects thousands of fighters from the Middle East to come to fight the Ukrainian forces.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he’s open for talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Israel, but only if there is a cease-fire in place.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – A flight from Belgrade to Moscow was reverted and evacuated following a bomb alert, Serbian police said Friday.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Germany’s foreign minister has urged Serbia, which has not imposed sanctions on traditional ally Russia over the war in Ukraine, to align policies with the European Union if it wants to join the bloc.
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia on Friday of kidnapping the mayor of the city of Melitopol, equating it to the actions of “ISIS terrorists.”
LONDON (AP) – The British government is warning military veterans not to join the fighting in Ukraine and says any serving troops who go there will be court-martialed when they return.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis met on Friday amid growing concerns about the influx of displaced people fleeing Ukraine for Romania and elsewhere in eastern Europe because of Russia’s invasion.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The Russian airstrike on a children’s and maternity hospital in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol is the latest in a series of attacks that have gutted apartment buildings and killed people in their homes or simply going about their business.
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) – A drone that apparently flew undetected over several NATO countries all the way from the Ukrainian war zone crashed overnight on the outskirts of the Croatian capital, Zagreb, triggering a loud blast but causing no injuries, Croatian authorities said Friday.
Europe and Canada said they would close their airspace to Russian airlines, raising the pressure on the U.S. to do the same.
Viewed from Paris, London and Washington, the events unfolding in Ukraine may seem like a new Cold War taking shape in Europe.
A gunman held a hostage at the Amsterdam Apple Store demanded a ransom of €200mn in crypto before he was run over by a police car.
Climate activists on Wednesday blocked roads leading to Germany’s three biggest airports, gluing themselves to the ground.
Poland is lifting most COVID-19 restrictions including limits on the people inside restaurants and theaters from March 1.
Queen Elizabeth II canceled scheduled online engagements because she is still experiencing mild cold-like symptoms.
Boris Johnson is scrapping the last coronavirus restrictions in England, including the requirement for people with COVID-19 to self-isolate.
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilization Saturday amid a spike of violence in the war-torn region and fears in the West that Russia might use the strife as a pretext for an invasion.
Millions of Britons were urged to stay indoors amid fears of flying debris as a major storm this week prompted a rare “red” weather warning.
Authorities in Germany said they are investigating whether one of the drivers involved in a fatal collision this week ran a stop signal.
Inflation has risen at the fastest rate in almost 30 years as increased costs for energy, housing and transportation squeezed budgets.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was re-elected for a second term of five years by a special parliamentary assembly on Sunday.
Norway says it is lifting almost all remaining COVID restrictions as it doesn’t see a major health threat to citizens any more.
Paris police intercepted at least 500 vehicles attempting to enter the French capital inspired by Canada’s horn-honking “Freedom Convoy.”
Gun salutes rang out in London and Edinburgh on Monday to mark the official start of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee year.
German investigators have found nearly 400 cases of online hate speech related to last week’s shooting of two police officers.
Queen Elizabeth II has become the first British monarch to hold the throne of the United Kingdom for seventy years.
The French government introduced a new body to reshape Islam in France, part of President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to rid it of extremism.
On the eve of her Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II offered her support Saturday to have the Duchess of Cornwall become Queen Camilla.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will take over as Norway’s central bank governor at the end of the year, officials said Friday.
Portugal’s Socialist Party won a third straight general election, as the country prepares to deploy billions in EU coronavirus cash.
Two police officers were shot dead while on a routine patrol in western Germany early Monday, police said.
