Europe

Warsaw and Washington have agreed on six locations for new US troops to be stationed on Polish soil, the country’s defense minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, said on Friday. In June, Poland signed a deal to increase the American military presence on its soil to counter what Warsaw describes as “Russia’s growing …

The European Union will continue working to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran but would welcome any progress beyond it, according to the EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini. “My role… is to preserve the full implementation of the existing agreements,” Mogherini said during a meeting of EU foreign …

The opposition Labour Party said on Thursday it would trigger an emergency debate in parliament next week to try to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the European Union without a withdrawal deal. More than three years after the country voted in a referendum to leave the …

A volcano off the south of Italy erupted with a loud roar in front of gobsmacked tourists, spilling a river of lava into the sea and sending huge plumes of hot ash into the sky. The volcano on Stromboli island erupted at 12:17 pm local time on Wednesday, according to …

The Queen has approved the order to suspend Parliament, a formal but necessary step of Boris Johnson’s plan. The Privy Council, a body of senior politicians who act as the Queen’s official advisers, requested Wednesday that the Queen “prorogues,” or suspends, Parliament. The Queen is currently on holiday in Scotland. …

Spain has suffered from a day-long seasonal hailstorm that caused major flooding in Madrid and southeast regions of the country. Madrid’s roads and metro traffic have been disrupted due to massive flooding that transformed streets into rivers, according to local authorities. The storm caused flight delays and flooded tunnels and …

Authorities in Russia’s Samara Region are ready to begin construction of a 4km-long (2.5 miles) bridge across the Volga; it is the first part of an ambitious international traffic corridor linking Europe with Western China. The bridge will cost 120.8 billion rubles (€1.6 billion or $1.8 billion), according to the …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel couldn’t contain herself at a press conference in which US President Donald Trump claimed he would visit Germany soon and cited his German heritage, sparking mirth and outrage on Twitter. The hashtag #TrumpNotWelcome began trending soon after Trump promised (threatened?) to visit Germany “soon,” during a …

At least Seven people, including a minor, were killed on Sunday in a collision between a helicopter and a light plane on the Spanish island of Mallorca, the regional government said. The accident occurred at 1:35 p.m. time in the municipality of Inca, the Balearic Islands government said on Twitter. …

After they wooed him in Taormina, Italy, in 2017, Donald Trump snubbed world leaders by dropping out of the Paris climate accords. When they reached consensus in Charlevoix, Canada, a year later, Trump abruptly refused to sign their joint statement and escalated his trade war with personal insults. And as …

France and Ireland say they will not ratify a huge trade deal with South American nations unless Brazil does more to fight fires in the Amazon. French leader Emmanuel Macron said President Jair Bolsonaro had lied to him about his stance on climate change. There are currently a record number …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to prepare a “symmetrical response” to a recent US test of a cruise missile, the Kremlin said in a statement Friday. During a meeting of his security council, Putin said he instructed his government to “analyze the level of threat posed by …

A Syrian man was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison by a German court on Thursday over the fatal stabbing of a man in the eastern city of Chemnitz that triggered the worst far-right riots Germany had seen for decades. The verdict handed down in the city …

One woman was killed and eight people injured when a massive late-night fire broke out at the residential building of an adjoining hospital in Paris. Two of those injured are firefighters. Footage filmed at the scene shows the residential wing at the Henri-Mondor Hospital in Creteil, which houses hospital staff, …

Fuming Danish politicians say US President Donald Trump offended the Danish queen by abruptly canceling his trip to the country. Trump called off the visit after Denmark refused to discuss selling Greenland to the US. On Wednesday, Trump announced he will be “postponing” his visit to Denmark, originally planned for …

US-German relations have “bottomed out” because of economic and political differences and Washington’s repeated threats, often made by its ambassador to Berlin, according to Der Spiegel. After Richard Grenell arrived in Berlin as US ambassador in May 2018, the two sides had a “diplomatic silence”, while former European Parliament Speaker …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to hold talks in the next few days with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that will focus on saving Brexit. He will meet German and French leaders this week in a bid to break through negotiations between London and …

Leaked documents show the potentially devastating effects a no-deal Brexit could have on Britain. Leaked documents show the potentially devastating effects a no-deal Brexit could have on British society, ranging from food and medicine shortages to protests at the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. The classified documents, obtained by …

Nine people were injured after a fireworks display went horribly awry during a holiday celebration in southern France. Footage of the accident captured the moment when the malfunctioning pyrotechnics rained down on onlookers. Several thousand people had gathered on the beach in Collioure, France, to enjoy fireworks marking Saint Vincent’s …

The US jutice department has issued a warrant to seize a detained Iranian oil tanker, a day after a judge in Gibraltar ordered it to be released. The Grace 1 supertanker, which is carrying 2.1m barrels of oil, was detained on 4 July .A last-minute legal attempt by the US …