Europe

Russia and China eye NATO’s ‘Arctic Achilles heel’

by Pierre-Henry Deshayes  Agence France-Presse BARENTSBURG, Norway (AFP) -- Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin…

Russia demands Ukraine surrender as NATO readies for Finland, Sweden membership

by Max Delany with Benoit Finck in Kremenchuk Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Western allies vowed on Tuesday to…

Russia demands Ukraine surrender as G7 vows to make Moscow pay

KREMENCHUK, Ukraine, June 28, 2022 (AFP)    by Benoit FINCK / with Deborah COLE in Elmau Castle Russia vowed on Tuesday…

US implements G7 sanctions targeting Russian military, gold

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 (AFP) - Washington announced steps Tuesday to implement the new sanctions on Russia as agreed by…

G7 urges countries, companies to release food stockpiles

  ELMAU CASTLE, Germany (AFP) -- G7 industrialised nations on Tuesday urged countries and companies with large food stockpiles to…

Former Nazi camp guard, 101, gets five-year jail sentence

  by David COURBET Agence France Presse A German court on Tuesday handed a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old…

Russia fails to pay debt but denies default

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia said Monday that two of its debt payments were blocked from reaching creditors, pushing the…

One dead as rare tornado tears through Dutch city

by Julie Capelle Agence France-Presse ZIERIKZEE, Netherlands (AFP) -- A tornado ripped through a southwestern Dutch city on Monday, killing…

G7 denounces ‘war crime’ as Russian strike kills shoppers

by Blaise Gauquelin with Michelle Fitzpatrick and Valerie Leroux in Elmau Castle, Germany Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- A…

16 killed, 59 wounded in missile strike on Ukraine mall: emergency services

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- The toll from a Russian missile strike on a shopping mall in the central city of…

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