FN Herstal’s small arms are back in demand. But the Belgian gunmaker can only move as fast as its artisanal labour

We can now confirm that on the evening of Jan. 5, 2025, Mongabay journalist Gerald Flynn was denied entry to Cambodia while returning from a vacation. Immigration officials at the airport told Flynn t...

Bart De Wever was sworn in by King Philippe after a coalition agreement was found Friday, following seven months of negotiations. He is the first Flemish nationalist to lead Belgium's government.

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at an EU summit in Brussels on December 19, 2024. OMAR HAVANA / AP The year 2025 will be decisive for Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, both on the domestic front and on the European stage. On January 1, Warsaw takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), while in May its citizens will be called to the polls to elect their next president. To carry out his plans, Donald Tusk needs his side to win back the country's presidency from the

US secretary of state arrives with another $725m in US arms for Ukraine; Russia complains of Ukrainian help to Syria rebels. What we know on day 1,015

Ukraine’s allies have shifted their focus from seeking a victory to trying to put President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the best position to counter Russian advances or negotiate a possible ceasefire, peop...

The bloc’s top diplomat Josep Borrell had written to the ministers ahead of Monday’s meeting, citing ‘serious concerns about possible breaches of international humanitarian law’

The French foreign minister reminded journalists in Brussels on Monday that Emmanuel Macron had already said in May that Paris was open to consider greenlighting the use of its missiles to strike on R...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks to journalists during a press conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, October 17, 2024. OMAR HAVANA / AP President Volodymyr Zelensky told allies on Thursday, October 17, that Ukraine must be in a position of strength before any peace talks with Russia, as he explained his 'victory plan' to EU leaders and NATO defense chiefs in Brussels. More than two and a half years into the war, Kyiv is slowly but steadily losing new territory in its eastern Donbas region and under mounting pressure to forge an exit strategy – which it says