Europe
Finland discontinues €20 million UNRWA funding agreement
Finnish Foreign Trade Minister Ville Tavio previously suspended contributions to the agency in 2024 over allegations that UNRWA employees participated in Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
Sweden to deploy fighter jets, warships to Finland amid fears of 'deteroriating security situation'
As Europe remains divided over Israel, North Macedonia finds new reasons to stand with Jerusalem
Pentagon policy chief tells NATO allies US wants European-led defense of continent
Spain boosts security in Ceuta as calls appear online for another mass border rush
One witness said the schools in Fnideq had been turned into dormitories for security forces deployed near the border.
Total darkness, then sunset as full eclipse wows spectators across Europe
Millions of people gathered in Iceland and northern Spain to witness Western Europe's first total solar eclipse in 27 years.
From the Danube to the Negev: Climate change is a European problem too - opinion
Climate change is transforming the Mediterranean into an increasingly shared ecological space.
Severe heatwaves in Bulgaria reveal ancient Rome's Constantine Bridge hidden under Danube's waters
The bridge, commissioned by Emperor Constantine I and inaugurated in 328 CE, linked the ancient city of Ulpia Oescus with Sucidava in what is now Romania.
How three Holocaust era Jewish refugees built Iceland’s classical music scene from scratch
Iceland’s prime minister closed the borders to Jews, but three men who slipped in changed the country’s history.
Mount Etna volcano ash cloud halts arrivals at Sicily's Catania airport
Etna, which towers over Sicily's east coast, is one of the world's most active volcanoes and frequently disrupts air traffic at Catania, the island's main airport and Italy's fifth busiest.
Gulf states pay the price as shipping crisis exposes costly dependence on the Strait of Hormuz
"A lot of the necessities, and I'm talking food, that these Gulf nations require - Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia - comes in by boat," and flying in goods is causing prices to rise.
How the hard reality of climate change hit Europe's economy this summer - analysis
Record heat and droughts this summer - which scientists say are exacerbated by global warming - have wreaked havoc in power production, shipping, and public health systems.
Mixed results for Israeli clubs in European soccer qualifying, Hapoel Tel Aviv achieve valuable win
Beitar Jerusalem came up short against Austria Wien 2-1 in the first leg of their Conference League third-round qualifying tie, while Maccabi Tel Aviv suffered a 3-0 defeat to CSKA Sofia.
France: A license to kill
For much of the Jewish world, October 7 represented a dramatic rupture. For French Jews, it felt more like the latest chapter in a story they had been living for decades.
