The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has criticised Iran for disrupting trade in the vital shipping lane and for carrying out “barbaric attacks” on the group’s members. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Iran started this and should be the one responsible for taking all the effect that comes back from its…

Published on 16/04/2026 – 21:14 GMT+2 The Russian Defence Ministry has published a list of European manufacturers that allgedly produce drones for Ukraine, saying such joint ventures constitute a “step towards escalation.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The ministry also said that such collaboration risks “increasingly dragging European countries into war,” while one…

Staff at immigration offices across Spain cancelled plans to strike after a deal was reached with the government that took into account their concerns about an uptick in workload following an amnesty programme for undocumented migrants, the union group CCOO said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Unions representing immigration officers cancelled…

Pope Leo XIV criticised the “tyrants” ransacking the world on Thursday, on a high-security visit to a “bloodstained” region of Cameroon following a war of words with US President Donald Trump. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Since his landmark four-nation African tour started earlier this week, the pope has abandoned his previous restraint…

A Paris court handed a former silverware keeper at France’s presidential palace a two-year prison sentence on Thursday for stealing hundreds of thousands of euros worth of luxury items between 2023 and 2025. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Thomas M. was ordered to wear an electronic tag for a year, with the second…

No country can “prohibit the freedom of navigation” on international waterways, the chief of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, told Euronews amid an ongoing standoff between Washington and Tehran over the passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Asked about the US Navy’s blockade of…

For more than two months, a new round of European Union sanctions against Russia has remained stalled on the political table. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT First vetoed by Hungary and Slovakia over an unrelated dispute with Ukraine involving the Druzhba pipeline, and later challenged by the energy turmoil unleashed by the US…

The European Commission is preparing a major overhaul of grid charges and electricity-related taxes to provide relief to households and citizens struggling with soaring energy prices, a document seen by Euronews reveals. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The decision comes as power bills are rising due to the Iran war and the closure…

Defence contractor Rheinmetall has been awarded a major contract to manufacture combat drones for the German armed forces in a deal approved by the Bundestag Budget Committee on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT New combat drones are planned in particular for use as part of the so-called Lithuania Brigade. The unit consists…

Berlin wants to show its best side this summer and is calling on tourists to do their bit. That, at least, is the basic idea behind the “BerlinPay” scheme. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Anyone who takes part, for example by collecting rubbish or supporting social projects, receives benefits in return at museums,…