European football president also defends “Stop Killing Children” banner after backlash from staunchly pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups.

Human Rights Watch says football’s governing body should be prepared to “reconsider” choice of U.S. as tournament co-host.

Gianni Infantino told top football officials the White House’s insistence that fans go home after the tournament was in tune with other nations’ border policies.

Gianni Infantino told top football officials the White House’s insistence that fans go home after the tournament was in tune with other nations’ border policies.

“Mafia” shootings with Kalashnikovs trigger alarm in the city as politicians convene an emergency meeting.

U.S. president claims no American soldiers will be needed for “one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth.”

U.S. president faces outrage from Arab countries and key European capitals over his “dangerous” proposal that Palestinians should be removed from the coastal enclave.

The Kremlin delivers a warning to U.S. president over military aid proposal.

MEPs had criticized the world football governing body for awarding the 2034 tournament to the Gulf petromonarchy.

Survey lands as Danish prime minister tours Europe to try shore up support for keeping the Arctic island out of American clutches.

The U.S. would inherit an environmental time bomb of its own making if it lays claim to the massive Arctic island.

The climate skeptic is responding to the reality of the Arctic’s melting ice: more resource extraction, faster trade routes, new military bases.

“We know how they treat the Inuit in Alaska. Make that great before trying to invade us,” Pipaluk Lynge tells POLITICO.

Members of the European Parliament say they have “grave concerns” about the 2034 tournament.

It may or may not be resurrected.

From poverty to emigration and corruption, here are some the issues at the top of Romanian voters’ minds — and politicians’ programs.

The European Commission took way too long to provide documents about the trip, European Ombudsman says.

Ultranationalist Călin Georgescu comes from nowhere to lead center-left PM Marcel Ciolacu and liberal Elena Lasconi in first round.

The former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army has a grim outlook on the state of the war.

Defense minister tells POLITICO that “Russia has [the] capability and willingness to do sabotage in Europe.”

UEFA faces challenge to its role governing the sport in Europe.

French interior minister again says star is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, a claim denied by Benzema’s lawyer.