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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a historic visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, alongside President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, signing multiple agreements with the state and honoring the victims of Russia’s invasion.

Four Syrian brothers have been arrested after a 67-year-old teacher was nearly killed in a knife attack last month in a suburb of Hamburg, Germany.

The United Nations issued a warning to the UK on Friday saying the time has come for it to take action to curb racist hate speech, including by politicians.

The United Nations alarmist-in-chief António Guterres warned Thursday that some Pacific territories face “annihilation” from rising sea levels.

The number of asylum seekers being granted UK refugee status has soared to the highest number since records began nearly 40 years ago, official figures released Thursday show.

The Italian coast guard said Thursday the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht.

Czech President Petr Pavel said that attacking the partially German-owned Nord Stream pipelines would have been a “legitimate” target for Ukraine.

The Labour government is facing accusations of betraying Brexit by reportedly considering a “free movement” scheme for EU migrants under 30.

British foreign aid is being directed to areas of the world that are wealthier than some sections of the UK, including to fund projects in China, a study found.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has slammed a proposal to legalize assisted suicide in the country, asserting that the bill buys into a “false understanding of compassion.”

A Greek oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attacks, leaving the vessel “not under command” and drifting ablaze.

Some new Ukrainian soldiers refuse to fire at the enemy. Others, according to commanders and fellow fighters, struggle to assemble weapons.

No beard, no fighting for you. That was the stern message delivered by the Taliban’s morality ministry Tuesday after more than 280 members of the Afghanistan security force were dismissed for committing “hairstyle violations” by failing to grow sufficient amounts of facial hair as required under Islamic law.

Ukraine did not warn Berlin before its Aug. 6 cross-border incursion into Russia,  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, adding he expected that Kyiv’s military operation to be limited in time and scope.

Russian President Vladimir Putin paid his first visit to Chechnya in 13 years on Tuesday, meeting with erratic Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently on a visit to Poland, announced on Wednesday that he would travel to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and work on “deepening” India’s ties to the country.

Serbia protested Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s presence at the Democratic National Convention (DNC).

A Turkish national has been arrested in Germany after a man was shot three times in the head in an execution-style killing in Frankfurt Central Station on Tuesday evening. 

Romanian authorities raided the home of influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate on Wednesday amid the ongoing human trafficking probe, including allegations of trafficking minors.

Denmark and Sweden vowed to go after gang leaders living abroad, whom they say are hiring teenagers in Sweden to carry out shootings in Denmark.

A 67-year-old man has been jailed after making derogatory remarks about Islam and chanting “you’re not English any more” at police during a London anti-migration protest.

Two men have been charged in Germany with planning an attack in Sweden for an ISIS affiliate in response to Qur’an burnings.

Moscow came under one of the largest attacks yet by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, Russian authorities reported.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he is worried about his safety if Donald Trump returns to power and said the Labour Party should openly back Kamala Harris.

Europeans should copy President Joe Biden’s network of migrant-moving “Safe Mobility Offices” being built around the world, says Filippo Grandi, the United Nation’s high commissioner for refugees.

A request by deceased French actor Alain Delon for his pet dog to be put down and buried alongside him has been denied.

Criminals being set free in a bid to reduce overcrowding at a prison are reoffending and being returned to custody, an inspection report released Wednesday reveals.

Russia warned residents in border regions not to use dating sites out of concern that Ukraine is using them for intelligence-gathering.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang, dictator Xi Jinping’s second-in-command in charge of implementing his policy ideas, arrived in Moscow on Tuesday for a visit arriving amid a surprise Ukrainian invasion of uncontested Russian territory that could dramatically change the battlefield landscape in the ongoing invasion.

Welsh libraries have reportedly been told not to meet in “racist” buildings amid taxpayer-subsidised “critical whiteness studies” training.

Ikea, the Swedish furniture retail giant, has embraced the use of autonomous inventory drones to streamline operations and improve efficiency in its massive warehouses across Europe. If the rollout is successful, it is likely that American jobs will also be sacrificed at the altar of automation.

Authorities on the Greek island of Crete detained 76 migrants early Tuesday after they arrived on three boats as smugglers seek new routes.

A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II.

The emergency Operation Early Dawn measure to clear prison space amid the sentencing of anti-migration rioters will reportedly see at least 5,500 criminals released early.

A leading EU parliamentarian warned Elon Musk that X could be shut down entirely in the bloc over “disinformation and hate speech”.

Harley-Davidson’s European CEO has backed down on his vanity project to rebrand the company’s chrome-and-noise products as his vehicle for globalized “diversity.”