Writer first to die under Italy fast-track assisted suicide law
A writer suffering from Parkinson鈥檚 disease has become the first to die through medically assisted suicide under a fast-track regional law in Italy, campaigners said Wednesday...
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France eyes social media ban for under-15s after school stabbing
French authorities have announced plans to ban social media for under-15s and the sale of knives to minors after the murder of a teaching assistant by a 14-year-old boy plunged the country into shock...
Russian strikes in Kyiv, Odesa kill three
Russia launched fresh drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and port city of Odesa early on Tuesday, killing three people and hitting a maternity hospital, Ukrainian officials said...
Pupil stabs to death assistant at French school
French president Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday condemned 鈥榮enseless... violence鈥� after a 14-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a teaching assistant, the latest deadly incident at a school in the country.
Arab, Iranian foreign ministers to meet in Norway
The foreign ministers of Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman will meet in Norway this week at an annual peace forum, the Norwegian government announced on Tuesday.
UK, four nations sanction two far-right Israeli ministers
The UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway announced sanctions against two Israeli ministers on Tuesday for 鈥榬epeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities鈥�, they said in a joint statement.
Shooter kills 9 at Austrian school
An attack on a school in southeastern Austria reportedly by a former student has left several people dead, police said Tuesday, in a rare case of deadly gun violence in a European school...
Russia fired record 479 drones at Ukraine overnight
Moscow fired a record 479 drones at Ukraine, including on the western region of Rivne that has been largely spared from attacks, Kyiv said on Monday, also claiming an attack on a Russian factory hundreds of miles east of Moscow...
54 migrants rescued from Mediterranean oil platform
Over 50 migrants were headed to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday after a charity ship rescued them from an abandoned oil platform in the Mediterranean, where one woman gave birth...
Russia accuses Ukraine of 鈥榩ostponing鈥� POW swap
Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of postponing a large-scale prisoner swap and the repatriation of the bodies of dead soldiers they had agreed on during peace talks in Istanbul...
Russian ceasefire memorandum is an ultimatum: Zelensky
PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said that Russia was giving Ukraine an ultimatum at peace negotiations but said he was ready to hold direct talks with Russia鈥檚 Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump 鈥榓ny day鈥�...
Russia deliberately targeting civilians: Zelensky
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of 鈥榙eliberately鈥� targeting civilians in a rocket attack on the city of Sumy, a day after officials from the two countries met for fresh peace talks...
Meloni, Macron seek to mend fences in Rome talks
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and France鈥檚 president Emmanuel Macron will aim to reconcile their difference in talks in Rome on Tuesday, with both sides seeking to cope with US tariffs and the conflict in Ukraine.
Russia, Ukraine swap peace road maps at Istanbul talks
Russia and Ukraine on Monday swapped plans for ending their three-year war during talks in Istanbul aiming to find a way out of Europe鈥檚 largest conflict since World War II.
Worker rights in 鈥榝ree fall鈥� globally: report
Workers鈥� rights around the world are 鈥榠n free fall鈥�, with widespread attempts to hamstring collective bargaining and attacks on trade union representatives, the world鈥檚 largest trade union organisation said Monday.