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A bride was shot dead on her wedding night in a village near the south-east French city of Avignon after masked gunmen opened fire, local officials say.
One suspected attacker was also killed in an apparent exchange of fire, and the groom and a child of 13 were seriously wounded during the…

TOKYO — Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are at risk of remaining stuck in a middle-income trap unless they rethink their economic model, deepen regional integration, and emulate the strategies of post-communist Eastern Europe, the dean of the…

Russia shows no signs it plans to wind down its war in Ukraine, with an estimated 695,000 troops deployed across an expanded front line and another 121,000 in strategic reserve, according to Ukraine’s army…

IT industry analysts have seen an approximately 5%…

Israel briefly reopened its airspace on Sunday and is expanding flight operations on Monday, aiming to help tens of thousands of travellers stranded by widespread cancellations across the Middle East after the US attacked Iran.
An organisation…

Europe is naked and afraid.
That was the message at a recent meeting of the U.K. Section of the Association of European Journalists, at which I was an invited speaker.
It preceded a stark warning a week later from NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte,…
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Hague to show their discontent at NATO’s climbing defence spending and a possible war with Iran, just days before the Dutch city hosts the decisive alliance summit.

In order to bring Madrid on board, the new language that leaders will approve on Wednesday was changed from “we commit” to “allies commit” to spend 5 percent on defense, a NATO official said. That would allow Spain spending flexibility as long as it meets NATO’s updated capability targets…

Europe’s MiCA regulation is rapidly transforming the region into a global crypto hub, outpacing the US despite political support for the industry.