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The ‘forcible transfer and russification of Ukrainian children’ is ‘evidence of a genocide,’ the Council of Europe says.

A favorite Russian military myth is that winter is always on their side but thousands are freezing at home....

In a dramatic escalation of Poland’s battle to restore rule of law, the police entered the country’s presidential palace on Tuesday evening and took two MPs into custody who had been hiding under the protection of President Andrzej Duda after being sentenced to prison terms for abuse of power....

The suffering of Palestinian civilians “cannot go on,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned Tuesday during a visit to Cairo, urging more concrete measures to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip....

Two British minehunter ships destined for Ukraine cannot travel through Turkish waters, Ankara stressed Tuesday, citing an international pact....

EU member countries reached agreement Saturday on removing air and maritime internal border controls with Bulgaria and Romania, but the two countries’ full entry into the bloc’s passport-free Schengen zone remains subject to further discussions....

The last major prisoner exchange was in August, but Ukrainian families are getting calls from POWs held by Russia asking them to protest against the Ukrainian government....

After Ukraine, the Kremlin’s next targets could be Moldova and the Baltic countries, Belgian army chief Michel Hofman has warned....

On Wednesday, Poland’s new government moved to seize control of the country’s publicly owned television, radio and news agency from loyalists to the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which lost power following the October 15 parliamentary election. Duda was a PiS member and is still loyal to the party.

Hungarian PM lashes out at Brussels for holding back billions of euros....

Vladimir Putin would prefer an American leader who understands the ‘importance of dialogue,’ Kremlin spokesman says....

But this won’t compare to Europe which trolls itself by buying russian gas and oil still, and burning more of coal than ever.

What bad news? Why? Hasn’t UA been winning all along, for 1.5 years?

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned that the Western military alliance should be ready for bad news from the Ukrainian front as Kyiv continues to defend against Russia’s all-out invasion....

Argentina says it intends to leave decisions on the trade deal to incoming President Javier Milei, who has threatened to quit Mercosur....

‘I would think that you would notice that you’re dragging an anchor behind you for hundreds of kilometers,’ says minister.

Russia is boosting the number of troops in its military for the second time in 15 months, citing the war in Ukraine and the expansion of the NATO defense alliance....

BRUSSELS — As the investigation into damage to Baltic Sea critical infrastructure continues, Finland’s Minister of European Affairs Anders Adlercreutz said it’s hard to believe sabotage to the undersea gas pipeline was accidental — or that it happened without Beijing’s knowledge....