Nagasaki extends invitation to 'all countries' to memorial event of 1945 nuclear bombing

The United States dropped its second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, three days after the first bombing of Hiroshima, together killing more than 210,000...

Zelenskyy addressing Ukrainians in Kyiv city centre as Moscow airspace remains blocked

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy recorded a video from Kyiv city centre for the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, calling the Friday parade in Mo...

Irish PM accuses Israel of committing ‘war crimes’ in Gaza

Ireland's Taoiseach Micheál Martin called the situation in Gaza ‘hell on Earth’. He told The Europe Conversation that Israel is committing war crimes, and critici...

Middle East and North Africa's Catholics believe new pope will be crucial to Church's future

As cardinals meet to elect a new pontiff, Euronews spoke to senior Catholic figures from the region as they reflected on the late Pope Francis and pondered what i...

Serbia's President Vučić visits Moscow amid EU criticism

Meanwhile, Serbian students running an ultramarathon reached Strasbourg on their way to Brussels, aiming to highlight Serbia's political situation to MEPs.

Just ...

Israeli forces shut down six UN schools for Palestinians in east Jerusalem

The schools are run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which Israel has banned from operating on its soil.

Palestinian students at six UN-run scho...

North Korea carries out short-range missile test, says Seoul

Thursday's launch may have tested the performance of weapons Pyongyang intends to export, according to the South Korean military.

North Korea fired a series of s...

Vladimir Putin welcomes China's Xi Jinping in Moscow ahead of Victory Day

The Russian president applauded China and Russia's partnership and called "the combat brotherhood" of the two nations a key pillar to its strategic cooperation, a...

Antisemitic incidents surge across Europe and the world, ADL report shows

Cases of antisemitism have risen dramatically in Germany and elsewhere, as Europe marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Violent antisemitic inci...

Disrupting the Victory Day parade: Ukrainian drones paralyse Moscow airspace for three days in row

Ukrainian drones caused massive disruptions at Moscow airports days before Russia’s Victory Day parade on Friday. At least 60,000 people had their trips delayed o...

Next pope must be able to lead Church through difficult time, Cardinal Re says pre-conclave

Giovanni Battista Re, 91, made the comment during pre-conclave mass on Wednesday in St Peter's Basilica.

The cardinals choosing the next pope should select the p...

Slovakia's prime minister rejects EU plan to halt Russian gas imports by end of 2027

Robert Fico is not alone in voicing his discontent. Hungary, the other member state with close ties to Moscow, also hit out at the plan.

Slovakia's prime ministe...

Death toll rises on both sides as India fires missiles into Pakistan in 'act of war'

The crisis sparked by the killing of 26 tourists in Kashmir is escalating into a full-blown conflict between the two nuclear-armed states.

India fired missiles i...

Trump says air strikes on Yemen will stop as Oman confirms ceasefire with Houthis

The Houthi rebels began targeting ships in the Red Sea they believed had links to Israel shortly after the war in Gaza started in October 2023, in strikes they sa...

India fires missiles across the border with Pakistan killing at least one child

India launches 'Operation Sindoor' striking several areas across Pakistan in retaliation with last month's attack on Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Ind...

Canada's PM Mark Carney meets with Donald Trump at the White House to discuss bilateral ties, trade

Carney stresses that Canada is not for sale, and will never be, as he meets US President Donald Trump in his first visit to the Oval Office since assuming the pos...

UNAIDS to slash workforce as funding by United States and other donors disappears

UNAIDS had previously warned that unless support to its HIV efforts are restored soon, more than six million people could die in the next four years.

The UN agen...

UK and India agree 'landmark' trade deal that will slash tariffs on Scotch whisky imports

The announcement on Tuesday comes three years after the countries entered into discussions about a free trade agreement.

The United Kingdom and India have said t...

Sudan paramilitaries launch second wave of drone attacks on Port Sudan, officials say

Military sources said the paramilitary RSF group struck the Red Sea city on Tuesday morning.

Sudan’s most powerful paramilitary force struck targets in the city ...

US sanctions Myanmar's ethnic Karen National Army for 'facilitating cyber scams'

The KNA controls Shwe Kokko and some areas in Myawaddy, on the border with Thailand in the state of Kayin, also known as Karen state.

An ethnic militia in southe...

Why the next pope's name could indicate what's ahead for the Catholic Church

The late pope was the first ever to style himself Francis, a name chosen in honour of the 13th-century saint St Francis of Assisi.

Even before the next pope spea...