Category: 3. Europe

The French president confirmed that France would seek to increase defense spending by €36 billion between 2026 and 2030, adding he wants the updated military planning law to be voted by parliament by July 14. “This decade of French rearmament is bearing fruit … and rearmament efforts will…

2026 will be “a year of challenges” for national defence, French President Emmanuel Macron told armed forces on Thursday at the Istres Air Base in southern France, against a backdrop of escalating international tensions.

Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, tensions are escalating amid…

Long is a former Republican congressman from Missouri whom Trump nominated to become the new U.S. envoy to Iceland, replacing Carrin Patman. In the wake of Long’s reported comments, Icelanders launched a petition urging Foreign Minister Katrín Gunnarsdóttir to reject him as ambassador….

By&nbspEuronews

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15/01/2026 – 15:00 GMT+1

Baku is strengthening its position on the global sporting stage as it prepares for its role as World Sports Capital in 2026. With more than 200…

Four International Space Station crew members returned to Earth early on Thursday after a medical issue brought their mission to an early end. A SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at…

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15/01/2026 – 14:29 GMT+1

“This theocracy should no longer be in power,” EP President Roberta Metsola said to Euronews.

But standing between the protesters and regime is one…

Published on
15/01/2026 – 14:20 GMT+1

NASA has sparked concern after releasing a statement alongside its latest benchmark annual report on global temperatures, which notably omits one key…

Iran’s 2026 protests erupted after a prolonged period of planned cuts to water and electricity, successive closures of educational and commercial centres, and deadly air pollution in major cities.

Factors such as the surge in the dollar rate, the steep rise in prices of goods and services,…

Such systems should “be banned from the EU market” under the bloc’s AI law, they say.

The call is signed by lawmakers from groups including the center-right European People’s Party, the center-left Socialists and Democrats, the Greens, the liberal Renew and The Left.

Following…

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAfricanews

Published on
15/01/2026 – 13:47 GMT+1

Youssef El-Nesyri scored the winning penalty, and Yassine” Bono” Bounou saved two as Morocco…