NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Finland and Sweden would be embraced with open arms should they decide to join the 30-nation military organization and could become members quite quickly.

France’s Sister Andre, believed to have become the oldest person alive this week at the age of 118, yesterday said she would now like to beat

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday sought to unite a deeply divided nation after winning re-election in a battle against rival Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power.

Global military spending rose again in 2021, setting new records as Russia continued to beef up its military prior to its invasion of Ukraine, researchers said yesterday, predicting the trend would continue in Europe in particular.

Western leaders rushed to congratulate France's centrist President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election and defeat of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in elections Sunday.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday defeated his rival Marine Le Pen in presidential elections, projections showed, prompting a wave of relief in Europe that the far-right had been prevented from taking power.

French voters headed to the polls yesterday for the presidential run-off between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and his challenger Marine Le Pen, after a fractious campaign that has seen the far right come its closest yet to winning power.

Women and children sheltering in a giant steel works in Mariupol that is the last holdout of Ukrainian defenders of the southern port city, said in a video released on Saturday they are desperate to get out and are running out of food.

The French voted on Sunday in an election that will decide whether pro-European Union, centrist President Emmanuel Macron keeps his job or is unseated by far-right eurosceptic Marine Le Pen in what would amount to a political earthquake.

France yesterday prepared to choose between centrist President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen to rule the country for the next five years after a bitterly contested and polarising election campaign.

The European Union yesterday homed in on new regulation to require Big Tech to remove harmful online content, the bloc’s latest move to rein in the world’s online giants.

The European Union yesterday homed in on new regulation to require Big Tech to remove harmful online content, the bloc’s latest move to rein in

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a test of Conservative party loyalty yesterday when MPs vote on whether he should be investigated for misleading them over the “Partygate” scandal.

Queen Elizabeth II turned 96 yesterday, receiving a rousing “Happy Birthday” from a military band outside her Windsor Castle home, after a troubled year hit by health concerns. 

Spiking electricity and gas prices could force as many as four in ten Britons into fuel poverty next winter and the government must offer more help, the sector warned Tuesday.

European car sales sank in March as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added more problems to a sector already struggling with shortages of semiconductors, industry data showed Wednesday.

Finland’s parliament yesterday opened a debate on whether to seek Nato membership, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge in political and

Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists said Tuesday.

The United States will send more artillery to Ukraine, US President Joe Biden told reporters on Tuesday, following his call earlier with allied leaders over Russia's invasion.

Britain’s House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said he would allow the opposition Labour Party to put forward a motion for debate in parliament tomorrow around whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled lawmakers over breaching Covid-19 rules.