French astronaut Sophie Adenot has returned back to earth full of "emotion" after spending eight months in space – breaking the record for the longest uninterrupted orbital stay by a European astronaut. She will complete a recovery programme at the European Space Agency centre in Cologne, Germany before returning to France. 

Protesters in about 20 cities, including Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, demand the banning of the Alternative for Germany.

The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.

Hungary has agreed to allow Ukraine to move forward in its EU accession negotiations, clearing the way for the opening of Clusters 2 (Internal Market) and 3 (Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth).

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The documentary "NAZA," in which Israeli military insiders describe what they call the systemic killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, received a 25-minute standing ovation — the longest on record.

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces say they have struck 285 Russian shadow fleet vessels in the Black and Azov seas over 10 weeks, disrupting oil transport routes.

Ukraine's defence forces have confirmed that they attacked the Tolyattikauchuk plant in Russia's Samara Oblast on the night of 11-12 September. The plant supplies Russia's military-industrial complex.

Thirty-five people, including a five-month-old infant, were injured in a Russian attack on Odesa Oblast, while emergency workers continue searching for two missing people.

The former shipping tycoon was hand-picked by Beijing to run the former British colony after its return to Chinese rule in 1997. He had a rocky tenure until he stepped down in 2005.

In Sachsen-Anhalt hat die AfD mit Abstand die Landtagswahl gewonnen. Einen Tag nach der Wahl gab es im ganzen Land Proteste dagegen - auch in Berlin und Potsdam.

More than 100 undercover officers spied on tens of thousands of mainly leftwing activists over decades

Protester Tess Asplund on the photo that made headlines, and why she sees it as a sign of the change in Sweden today

Police are looking for the perpetrators of the shooting that took place in Aarau, northern Switzerland.

Ukrainian forces struck Russia's Kirishi oil refinery, Yeysk airfield and a drone facility in Millerovo on the night of 29-30 August, Ukraine's General Staff says.

The deal capped months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves.

Independent bookstores in Hong Kong offer a window for mainland Chinese readers who seek ideas suppressed at home.

Parmi les animaux secourus lors de cette descente, 35 font partie d’espèces menacées d’extinction, tels des singes-araignées, des jaguars et un ara vert.

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose protests against racial injustice a decade ago made him one of the most prominent athlete activists in the U.S., will receive the ​Muhammad Ali Center's ...