Saudi Arabia is redeploying troops away from eastern Yemen, a move widely seen as preparation for a ground offensive against Yemen's Houthi rebels. At the same time, Riyadh is assembling a naval coalition to protect shipping in the Red Sea
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has, for the first time in its history, taken the lead in pre-election polling in Berlin, overtaking both Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU and the Social Democrats (SPD), who have dominated the
An F-35B fighter jet belonging to the US Marine Corps has crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California. The pilot managed to eject and was taken to hospital; their condition has not yet been disclosed.The incident was confirm
Russia's State Duma has passed a package of laws that could seriously complicate life for Russians who have left the country. According to independent outlets Meduza and Mediazona, the new rules allow authorities to cut emigrants off from b
An unusual ban is coming into force in the Dutch city of Rotterdam: between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., outsiders without a valid reason will be prohibited from being in one of the city's districts, Rotterdam Mayor Carola Schouten announced in an i
Around 60,000 migrants have arrived in recent days at Ceuta, Spain's enclave on the North African coast, attempting to cross the border between Morocco and Spanish territory. According to authorities in Madrid, nearly half of them have alre
Italy has officially demanded that Spain be excluded from the Schengen Area following an unprecedented breach of the EU's external border in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. "I am in favour of closing the Schengen Area to Spain," Italian Forei
Belgian prosecutors have announced the detention of a Canadian citizen of Chinese origin who was completing an internship at NATO's military headquarters in the Belgian city of Mons. The woman is suspected of espionage on behalf of a third
The US Department of Defense has officially launched a sweeping review of American military presence in Europe. The news was announced on X by Pentagon official Elbridge Colby, who is overseeing the process."This is a genuine review, aimed
Amid record-low water levels on the Danube, Hungary is preparing to fully shut down all four units of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant within the next 24–72 hours. The plant supplies almost half of the country's electricity. The announcement ca
On Thursday around noon, thousands of people crossed the border between Morocco and the Spanish exclave of Ceuta with no controls in place — first over land, and then by swimming around the border breakwater separating the two countries, Sp
Air raid sirens sounded in Lublin and other towns in eastern Poland shortly before dawn, while a crater was discovered in a field near the city — authorities are now investigating its origin. Local residents reported hearing the roar of a f