ADVERTISEMENTMen who commit sexual offences against children are almost four times more likely to use dating platforms than non-offenders, reveals a new study conducted by the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute. According to the study’s findings, nearly two-thirds of men who have sexually assaulted children use dating platforms, with over one…

ADVERTISEMENTThe special tribunal that Western nations intend to establish to prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine will not try Vladimir Putin in absentia as long as he remains president of the Russian Federation.The same provision will apply to the Russian prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, and the Russian foreign minister,…

ADVERTISEMENTA social media video allegedly showing the rape of a 16-year-old girl has shocked Portugal, leading one of the country’s MEPs to call on the EU to do more to prevent the dissemination of harmful online material. Footage of the alleged crime, which took place in February in Lisbon’s Loures…

ADVERTISEMENTAllies at NATO meet in Brussels on Thursday but are questioning the level of commitment this US administration has for the transatlantic alliance set up to counter the threat of the Soviet empire, despite protestations to the contrary by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Nato Secretary General Mark…

ADVERTISEMENTDefence ministers from the so-called “Coalition the Willing” will gather at NATO on Thursday afternoon to discuss which capabilities they can provide to support Ukraine’s defence in the event of a peace deal with Russia, but once again without US participation.Ministers from 30 countries will join the meeting convened by…

ADVERTISEMENTWithout them, no parish would function. They prepare ceremonies, care for the churches, and accompany the grieving. And yet, in the Catholic Church, they remain shut out of decision-making, leadership, and the altar.Now, for the first time, Catholic women across France are going on strike.”Fasting from sexism”“Catholic woman on strike,”…

ADVERTISEMENTNews reports and social media posts have been circulating online claiming that Belgium has deployed troops to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to fight against rebels in the region.They allege that between 300 and 400 Belgian commandos are expected to engage the M23 rebels alongside…

ADVERTISEMENTThe European institutions should be more open and honest to avoid creating the impression that something is being hidden from citizens, the newly elected EU Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho told Euronews in an interview featured in Radio Schuman today.She emphasized the need to bridge the gap between expectations and actual powers,…

ADVERTISEMENTFrench President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France plans to recognise Palestine as a state in June this year.Macron made the comments during an interview with a French television station while on a two-day trip to Egypt.”Our goal is, sometime in June, to chair this conference with Saudi Arabia where…

ADVERTISEMENTUkraine has sought to reassure the European Union that it would not steer away from its membership bid as a result of the negotiations with the United States over a minerals deal, which are currently at the technical level.”It should be a partnership agreement, so on equal conditions for both…