EU trade chief Šefčovič slams China’s rare earth export curbs
FILE: European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, 3 September 2025 European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič took aim at China…
Tens of thousands join national strike in Belgium over welfare cuts
Minor scuffles broke out in the city’s downtown between officers and demonstrators, some of whom played drums and horns while chanting against cuts to social welfare programs. Authorities were also…
Iran sentences two French citizens to a combined 63 years in prison for spying
FILE – Iran’s national flag waves in Tehran, Iran, March 31, 2020. An Iranian court sentenced two French citizens to a combined 63 years in prison on spying and national…
European Commission delays decision on asylum seeker quotas
Migrants and refugees wait for assistance on an overcrowded wooden boat, as aid workers approach them in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, 12 February 2021 The European Commission…
France’s PM proposes suspending retirement age law until 2027 election
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu delivers his policy speech at the National Assembly in Paris, 14 October, 2025 France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has proposed the suspension of a contested…
Afghan national jailed for TikTok threat to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
Britain’s Reform UK leader Nigel Farage arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London, 14 October 2025 An Afghan man was jailed for five years on Tuesday for threatening on TikTok…
Lumière Film Festival 2025: Sean Penn on acting, ‘Adolescence’ and the importance of sunscreen
Sean Penn on acting, Adolescence and the importance of sunscreen Cannes boss and Lumière Festival director Thierry Frémaux issued something of a light warning prior to Sean Penn’s masterclass: this…
Pakistan Army ‘responds fiercely’ to unprovoked Afghan aggression in Kurram
Pakistan Army soldiers hoist national flag at a captured Afghan checkpost at the Pak-Afghan border on October 12, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo News/File KURRAM: Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij…
Pakistan elected to UN Human Rights Council with ‘overwhelming majority’
An overview of the special session on the situation in Ukraine of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters/FileDar reiterates commitment to work with international…