Europe

KYIV — Moscow’s forces have started covering some of their attack aircraft with car tires, in what experts say could be a makeshift attempt to protect them from Ukrainian drone strikes that have had increased […]

ST. PETERSBURG — Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried in a private funeral in St Petersburg, his press service has said. It said the ceremony, in his home city, was held in “a closed format”, […]

ATHENS — Fires that have claimed 20 lives in Greece are still burning out of control in foothills near Athens and the Evros region near the border with Turkey. Eighteen of those killed are thought […]

JOHANNESBURG —The Ukrainian government has spotted an opportunity to strengthen its diplomatic ties in Africa as Russia tries to cling on to major allies there. As the BRICS summit gets underway in Johannesburg this week, […]

Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who remains active despite leading a failed mutiny against the Russian army’s top brass last month, has hailed Niger’s military coup as good news and offered his fighters’ services to […]

PARIS — A relative of the French teenager shot by police has told the BBC the family did not want his death to spark riots, but insisted the law around lethal force at traffic stops must […]

AMSTERDAM —The King of the Netherlands has formally apologized for his country’s role in the slave trade, saying he felt “personally and intensely” affected. The country became a major colonial power after the 17th Century, […]

BRUSSELS — Several Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran, have condemned a “provocative” incident in which a man burned pages from the Qur’an outside a Stockholm mosque, denouncing it as “incitement to […]