The EU has approved new sanctions targeting Iran's so-called morality police, as top diplomats gathered in Luxembourg. The bloc approved new sanctions on Iran's "morality police," which is tasked with enforcing Iran's Islamic dress code. The force has dra...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday predicted that Germany and Italy would both tip into recession next year, as it also lowered its global growth forecast. Germany — Europe's largest economy — is heavily dependent on Russian gas, which Mosco...

A sharp uptick in the number of German firms beginning insolvency proceedings is raising eyebrows in Europe's largest economy. Some 762 firms declared bankruptcy in September — a 34% increase from the same period last year.

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Hurricane Ian brought high winds, heavy rains, storm surges and intense flooding to Florida on Wednesday, making landfall in the afternoon and moving inland through the evening. Officials were preparing a major emergency response to help those affected by...

The European Union's Frontex border control agency said 66,000 Russians have entered the EU in the past week. This represents a 30% increase compared with the previous week, according to the agency. It said that most of the crossings were occurring at the...

Italians have begun casting their ballots in a vote that's expected to bring seismic change. Far-right candidate Giorgia Meloni is forecast to top the poll, and become Italy's most right-wing leader since World War Two, and its first female prime minister...

Just as many other countries are at the moment, Germany is taking an economic hit - due to vastly increased energy bills caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Germany in particular has relied on Russian gas. But relations with another autocratic regime...

erlin has put the German subsidiary of Russian oil giant Rosneft under trusteeship. That means a federal regulator is taking control of one of the nation's critical refineries in the eastern town of Schwedt -- which is served by the Russian oil-pipeline D...

It's now been more than two months since grain exports from Ukraine restarted, under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey. But Russia's Vladimir ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that China - Moscow's most important ally - has "questions and concerns" about the war in Ukraine. Putin was speaking in Uzbekistan, during his first face-to-face talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. B...

The United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth is now lying in state at Westminster Hall, as thousands line up to see pay their respects ahead of the funeral on Monday...

A big week for EU economic affairs: After the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an unprecedented rate hike yesterday, EU economic and finance ministers are gathering in Prague for an informal meeting. At the top of the agenda: the looming recession ca...

Pakistani officials on Tuesday were left struggling after a third attempt to drain the country's largest freshwater lake failed. After weeks of devastating floods, Lake Manchar in Sindh province is dangerously close to overflowing – which could destroy t...

Textile waste is having a devastating impact on Ghana's beaches. The country's coast is littered with the rotting fabric of old clothes from the global north. Every day, 160 tons of clothes arrive in Ghana - and a whole economy has developed around second...