Category: 3. Europe

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on Saturday with members of Turkey’s small Catholic community at Istanbul’s Volkswagen Arena, where attendees expressed joy at seeing the pontiff.

During the Mass Leo urged Turkey’s tiny Catholic…

Thieves have stolen €90,000 (£79,000; $104,000) worth of snails from a farm in northern France that supplies gourmet restaurants.

L’Escargot Des Grands Crus in Bouzy, near Reims, said it had been robbed of its entire stock of fresh and frozen snails – a “real blow” ahead of the holiday season.

The…

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants Americans to button up and look sharp when they fly. The reaction to his request has been swift – and mostly sceptical.

Ahead of what the Federal Aviation Administration said would be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period in 15 years, Duffy…

Space satellites and communications systems are under threat from cyber warfare, a new report warns, which said there were 237 cyber operations that targeted the space sector between January 2023 and July 2025 during the conflict in Gaza.

The analysis, published by the Center for Security…

There’s something about December that seems to charm equity markets into a year-end flourish.

For decades, investors have noted how the final month of the calendar tends to bring tidings of green screens and positive returns, fuelling what has become known as the Santa Claus rally.

But…

Ukrainian naval drones hit two oil tankers from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” as they travelled through the Black Sea, Ukrainian officials have said.

Footage verified by the BBC shows waterborne drones speeding through the waves into the vessels, before detonating into a ball of flame,…

Ukraine used domestically produced naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, an official from Ukraine’s security services told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Video shared by the official appeared to show…