Europe

1,001 Days of War

The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Imagine you hear a ruckus, go investigate, and you find there’s an enormous silverback gorilla in your...

Defence firm Thales faces bribery and corruption investigation

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating suspected bribery and corruption at Thales Group, a multinational aerospace and...

EU migration chief raises alarm over Russian visas amid security fears

The EU’s top official in migration has said she is concerned about the bloc’s visa policy that allowed...

Russia fired intercontinental ballistic missile at Dnipro, says Ukraine

Ukraine’s air force has said Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at the city of Dnipro, which...

The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove...

Almost half of Valencia’s flood victims were aged over 70, figures show

Almost half of the 216 people known to have died in the catastrophic floods that hit the eastern Spanish region of Valencia at the...

Ireland orders X, TikTok and Instagram to curb terrorist content

Elon Musk’s X, TikTok and Meta’s Instagram have been ordered by Irish media regulators to take “necessary measures” to prevent terrorist content being platformed...

Macron to visit Notre Dame Cathedral before reopening after 2019 fire

As firefighters doused the embers of the blaze that threatened to destroy Notre Dame Cathedral on 16 April 2019, Emmanuel Macron promised the church...

A Foreign Policy Bucket List for Biden

Freed of the constraints of the presidential campaign, President Joe Biden and his administration can use the next two months to recalibrate U.S. policy...

Russian naval officer accused of ‘war crimes’ killed in Crimea car bombing

A senior Russian naval officer was killed in a car bombing in Crimea on Wednesday, marking the latest in a series of targeted attacks...

Pediatrician sentenced to jail for criticizing Russian-Ukraine war

Russia has sentenced a 68-year-old pediatrician to over five years in prison after allegedly criticizing the Russia-Ukraine war. Dr. Nadezhda Buyanova, who was born in...

1,001 Days of War