Croatia will join Europe's passport-free Schengen area on Jan. 1, becoming the 27th member of the continent's borderless travel area. Croatia has implemented the Schengen rules piecemeal since 2013, when it joined the EU. Joining Schengen would...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Friday allowing "unfriendly" Western countries to pay debts for fuel in foreign currencies. The repayment of debts of the countries will not mean the resumption of Russian gas shipments, according to the decree....

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died at his Vatican residence on Saturday at age 95, the Vatican press office announced. The former pontiff died at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery at 9.34 a.m. (0834GMT), the Vatican said, adding that his body will be exposed in...

Türkiye on Friday reiterated its support for the Montenegro's accession process to the EU. "We sincerely encourage and support the full accession of Montenegro, our NATO ally, to the EU," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a news conference with...

The Durres Court of Appeals in Albania upheld a decision to extradite to Türkiye the founder of the crypto exchange Thodex. Faruk Fatih Ozer, 27, the founder of Thodex, sought on charges of fraud and founding a criminal organization, fled Türkiye last year...

With Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again at the country's helm, Israel's 37th government is being called the most right-wing administration in its history. The important ministerial posts that were fully finalized...

There should not be any doubt that the EU successfully served its original foundational goals for more than seven long decades. Under the nuclear umbrella of NATO, the Union provided prosperity, stability, and peace for hundreds of millions of Europeans since...

At least 15,000 people, including civilians, have gone missing in Ukraine since the war began in February, a Ukrainian official said on Friday. Russia has confirmed that it has 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers in captivity, Alyona Verbitskaya, the Ukrainian military...

A junta court on Friday sentenced Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven more years, bringing her total jail term in all cases to 33 years. The latest jail term, the 15th conviction, was given in a case of alleged corruption, which brings...

The shortage of medicines in France risks being aggravated in the winter amid a triple epidemic of coronavirus, flu, and bronchiolitis. Patients are struggling to find pediatric forms of paracetamol and amoxicillin in most pharmacies. Souhil Cherraben,...

Patients at a doctors' office in one English city got mistaken text messages saying they had a serious disease rather than the intended holiday greetings. The Askern Medical Practice in the city of Doncaster meant to send messages two days before Dec....

Nearly 1,700 journalists were killed around the world over the past 20 years, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Friday. 'A staggering total of 1,668 journalists have been killed worldwide in connection with their work in the last two decades (2003-2022),”...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday extended holiday and 2023 New Year's greetings to heads of foreign states and governments, including Türkiye, as well as leaders of international organizations. Putin "warmly congratulated Turkish President...

Malaysia on Friday announced several measures for all incoming travelers, including from those from China, as the world's most populous nation has seen a rise in coronavirus cases. 'Those who are found to be feverish, symptomatic or have self-declared...

Energy issues dominated the European agenda in 2022 as the continent is facing one of the most significant energy crises in history after Russia launched a war against Ukraine in late February. The EU has a dependence on Russian natural gas and depicting...

The South West state in Somalia is the most drought-affected region in the country and Baidoa, the state's administrative capital, has seen an increase in the number of children affected by the prolonged drought that is the worst in a generation. Hospitals...

Revising the number of missing persons to 28, the Filipino authorities on Friday said the death toll from heavy rains and floods in the Philippines climbed to 44. The country's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in a statement...

Russia's ambassador to Sofia told a Bulgarian journalist Thursday that he can go anywhere but Russia after the envoy was summoned to Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry to explain Moscow's search warrant for Christo Grozev.  Eleonora Mitrofanova...

The Israeli ambassador in France resigned from her post in protest against the new coalition government in Tel Aviv, local media reported. In a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yael German declared that her conscience would not allow her...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not extend New Year's greetings to leaders of 'unfriendly countries,” the Kremlin said on Friday. These include US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and French President Emmanuel Macron,...

The Great Mosque of Paris is filing a complaint against French writer Michel Houellebecq over his Islamophobic remarks, it announced on Thursday. The decision was taken after a "long conversation" between Houellebecq and another writer, Michel Onfray, was...

Several major refineries in Germany are facing have come under strain due the government's decision to completely stop Russian oil imports at the end of this month. The Schwedt refinery, which supplies 90% of all petroleum products consumed in Berlin,...

Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to power as Israel's prime minister for the sixth time after being sworn in at the country's parliament, also known as the Knesset, on Thursday. Netanyahu's new government was approved with 63 votes in favor...

Russia will continue its efforts to mediate a settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. 'The Russian Federation continues and intends to continue its mediation efforts, primarily fulfilling the agreements...