World May 16 Fico assassination attempt stokes fears of violence and uncertainty in June EU elections The sheer violence of five shots targeted at Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico merely for doing his job had a whole continent worried ahead of the June 6-9 polls.
World Jan 26 Stopping short of ordering cease-fire, top UN court orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza The United Nations’ top court has ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in its military offensive in Gaza, but stopped short of ordering a cease-fire.
World Jan 12 Israel rejects genocide charges, claims ‘legitimate’ self defense at United Nations’ top court Israel is insisting at the United Nations’ highest court that its war in Gaza is a legitimate defense of its people, in response to accusations it is committing genocide against Palestinians.
World Jan 12 WATCH: South Africa tells top UN court Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in landmark case South African attorneys pleaded Thursday with the United Nations' top court to order a halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza.
World Jan 11 South Africa argues Israel is committing genocide in Gaza at UN top court as a landmark case begins At the start of two days of legal arguments, South Africa said the latest Gaza war is part of decades of oppression of the Palestinians by Israel.
World Nov 22 Polls say anti-Islam and far-right populist Geert Wilders heading for shocking win in Netherlands An exit poll says the far-right and anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders is heading for a massive parliamentary election victory.
Politics Oct 27 EU summit turns its eyes away from Ukraine despite its commitment to stay the course The European Union summit showed that Ukraine will be facing tougher times to get all the attention and political, economic and military aid that it wants. EU leaders focused on the Israel-Hamas war instead.
World Oct 16 EU leaders to meet Tuesday, talk fallout from Israel-Hamas war The leaders will also try to restore order over some embarrassing and mixed EU messaging.
World Oct 09 EU reverses earlier announcement to suspend development aid to Palestinians The European Union has reversed an earlier announcement that it was “immediately” suspending aid for Palestinian authorities and instead said it would urgently review such assistance in the wake of the attacks on Israel by Hamas.
World Oct 06 EU summit to look at how to welcome Ukraine, others as new members Since the war in Ukraine began last year, most of the 27 EU nations have said they'll work steadfastly on “lasting unity,” leading eventually to Ukraine’s membership of the wealthy bloc.