Prime minister Pedro Sánchez has called an early general election for 29 November after the Spanish parliament rejected two government decrees intended to address the country’s housing crisis. His Socialist Party governs with…

In one of the most severe annual declines ever recorded, Swiss glaciers have lost an estimated 5.5% of their remaining ice during 2026. A monitoring service has said that a mild winter left…

Students across France have been protesting since September over conditions in secondary education, with demonstrations and blockades disrupting hundreds of high schools. They are complaining about shortages of teachers and other staff, deteriorating…

Thirty-three people have reportedly been killed and eighteen injured after Russian glide bombs struck two passenger buses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. Donetsk regional governor Vadym Filashkin accused Russian forces of deliberately targeting civilians,…

In an important move, Bulgaria’s parliament has passed legislation intended to protect journalists, activists, whistleblowers and others from abusive lawsuits aimed at intimidating or silencing public criticism. Known as strategic lawsuits against public…

South Korea has summoned Andrii Vieshkin, Ukraine’s acting ambassador in Seoul and demanded an apology, in a dispute over the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war captured while fighting alongside Russian…

Christian workers serving in Ukraine are reporting baptisms and growing faith despite continuing Russian attacks and the suffering caused by war. Free Burma Rangers founder Dave Eubank described beginning a recent mission by…

The USA has signed a new defence agreement with Denmark and Greenland, allowing Washington to establish two additional military bases in Greenland while reaffirming Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self-determination. The agreement, updating a…

Coinciding with the final day of Russia’s parliamentary elections, Ukraine carried out its largest drone attack on the Moscow region since the war began. Russian officials said hundreds of drones targeted the capital,…

Ursula von der Leyen has proposed opening the door for Canada to become the EU’s first ‘associate member’, although such a status does not currently exist. As Mark Carney listened, she called for…