WARSAW, Poland - Trucking representatives from Central Europe on Friday called on the EU to end a transport agreement with Ukraine that they said has led to unfair competition from the war-torn country. The joint statement -- signed by the presidents of Czech, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish and...
DEHRADUN, India - Indian rescuers said Friday they had drilled less than halfway through the debris to reach 40 men trapped in a collapsed tunnel for nearly a week. A second heavy drill is to be airlifted into the northern state of Uttarakhand after the existing giant machine -- itself...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Friday that thousands of people living in towns and villages near the frontline had been left without electricity by recent Russian strikes on energy facilities. President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters this week that Russian forces were likely stockpiling...
KYIV, Ukraine - Polish trucking representatives said Thursday that they would expand a border protest against Ukraine by blocking another crossing for cargo vehicles over what they call unfair competition from the war-torn country. Kyiv had said earlier Thursday that it failed to reach an...
ROME, Italy- Public sector employees and transport workers across Italy went on strike Friday in an action pitting trade unions against the hard-right government in Rome over its 2024 budget. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government has been accused of using the budget to chase votes ahead...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Parliament and EU member countries on Thursday agreed legislation that would extend the list of environmental offences that constitute crimes, and to harmonise penalties across the bloc. The provisional accord -- which has to be formally adopted at a later...
BRUSSEL, Belgium - The EU's executive arm said on Friday it had told its services to stop advertising on Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, after a surge in disinformation and hate speech. "We have seen an alarming increase in disinformation and hate speech on several...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday he feared for civil order in Gaza after communications blacked out again amid dire fuel shortages. "Gaza is again in a total communication blackout and... it is because there is no fuel," UNRWA chief Philippe...
KYIV, Ukraine - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron vowed to maintain military support for Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv announced on Thursday, with the West's attention focused on the Middle East. This handout picture taken and released by Ukraine Foreign Ministry press-service on...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's government has been given assurances by Hamas that 25 of its nationals held hostage by the Palestinian armed group are "safe", a member of the kingdom's hostage release negotiating team said Thursday. The hostages could be released in days if a ceasefire is agreed...
KIBBUTZ BEERI, Israel -- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Thursday called for Gaza hostages to be immediately freed, but asked Israel "not to be consumed by rage" in its battle with Hamas militants in the Palestinian territory. "I ask for their immediate and unconditional release," Borrell...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The UN human rights chief on Thursday decried allegations of serious rights violations in the Israel-Hamas war and suggested an international investigation was needed. Volker Turk said "extremely serious allegations of multiple and profound breaches of international...
