Europe
Germany Arrests Its Own Former Spymaster: Inside The August Hanning Espionage Case
German federal prosecutors arrested August Hanning on Tuesday, 6 October 2026. The 80-year-old led the Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, from...
France Student Protests: How The Left Unleashed Anarchy
French high schools are burning. The France student protests began over crumbling classrooms and missing teachers. A week later, they mean...
France School Protests: Why About 400 Schools Are Shut
About 400 schools and colleges stayed closed on Friday 2 October. Education Minister Édouard Geffray counted "a little over 400" establishments,...
How Beijing Paid British Academics to Build Its Spy Machine
The money arrived like any ordinary research grant. It carried an institute's name, a polite covering note and no whiff of...
Explained: United Kingdom Renewed Bid to Rejoin the European Union
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has reopened Britain's oldest political argument. Speaking to the BBC on 29 September, he said Britain should...
Le Pen’s National Rally Wins First-ever Formal Group in French Senate, as Immigration and Ukraine War Costs Drive Europe Rightward
Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) and its allies have won 14 seats in France's 348-seat Senate, a breakthrough on Sunday...
Vučić resigns as Serbia’s president to run for prime minister as student-led challenge builds
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić resigned in Belgrade on Sunday, September 27, ending his second and final term to run for prime...
AfD Storms Saxony-Anhalt: Germany’s Firewall Shakes, and Beijing Quietly Cheers
Germany's far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, September 6, taking 43.8 per cent of the...
Spain turns the tables on Rome as passport checks begin at its airports
New Delhi: Spanish police began checking passports on flights and ferries arriving from Italy at midnight on Saturday, opening a new...
Polish Minister Claims PM Modi Stopped Putin From Launching a Nuclear Strike on Ukraine
Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister, Wladyslaw Teofil Bartoszewski, has made a remarkable claim, saying that PM Modi played the most important role...
Italy Blocks NATO’s 2027 Ukraine Aid Plan, Exposing Growing Alliance Divisions
Italy is reportedly blocking a proposed NATO commitment to continue military aid for Ukraine into 2027, signaling growing divisions within the...
Germany to Bring Back Military Conscription by 2027 as Recruitment Falls Short
Germany could reintroduce compulsory military service as early as July 2027, according to senior German lawmaker Thomas Rowekamp, amid growing concerns...
