Political scientist Alexander Kynev was badly beaten when he was detained on suspicion of attempting to distribute drugs, according to a source cited by the human rights project Slovo Zashchite.

Digital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC bosses and music industry experts

Far-right ‌party AfD may win upcoming regional elections, piling pressure on embattled Chancellor Friedrich ​Merz. That could cut short his ​tenure before reforms, such as a €500 ⁠bln spending spree o...

In a picturesque part of eastern Germany, the far-right party is within touching distance of forming its first ever regional government

For coverage and download speeds, the UK is way down the world rankings behind even Macedonia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam

The Widerstands-Kollektiv call the vehicles a "disaster for our world". Activist group Widerstands-Kollektiv have been deflating SUV tyres in Berlin this year as a climate change protest

Andrei Klepach, chief economist at VEB, said the country was heading for a ‘social crisis’ and drew parallels with the build-up to the 1917 revolution

Binance last year handed Russian authorities details of cryptocurrency donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns that were used as evidence to bring terrorism financing charges against a Russian IT...

Ballooning interest payments on France’s €3.5 trln debt load threaten ​to push its fiscal ​situation out of control. A front-loaded ⁠austerity plan next year ​might keep the load under ​130% of GDP by...

Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level

« Son comportement porte atteinte aux intérêts fondamentaux de l’Etat », et sa présence sur le territoire « constitue pour ce motif une menace particulièrement grave et actuelle pour l’ordre public »,...

The power to hurt: Ukraine's deep-strike campaign and the transformation of the Ukrainian state

Fire Point makes 100 long-range missiles and thousands of drones a month and is vital to Kyiv’s deep strike capability, says CEO Iryna Terekh

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Incidence among the elderly is falling fast

The Ukrainian ‌president fired his popular defence minister in a government reshuffle. Mykhailo Fedorov masterminded the ​successful tech-based offensive against Russia ​in recent months. Europeans, w...

Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.

US president revives calls for his country to take over Greenland

A court ‌allowed the French far-right leader to compete in the 2027 presidential election, while sentencing ​her to detention. She could ​win. Investors should worry about her ⁠capacity to tackle the ...

Berlin will borrow more than €200 bln next year to help lift the ​country out of its ​long-time slump. This comes after the ⁠adoption of a package of ​reforms that should boost long-term ​growth, givi...

In a book dedicated to ‘the bullied’, two former News Corp journalists outline a behaviour pattern they call ‘getting Murdoched’, which they say harms individuals and public debate

Beaucoup d'entre nous passeront bientôt devant un magasin Relay avant de prendre le train ou l'avion pour nos vacances estivales. Contrôlée par Vincent Bolloré, l'enseigne détient le quasi-monopole de...

ВСУ продолжают атаковать российские нефтеперерабатывающие заводы. Топливный кризис затронул большинство регионов — в том числе Москву. Кооператив независимых журналистов «Берег» выпустил фоторепортаж ...

The forked-spending buzzword helps justify targeting richer travelers, concertgoers and shoppers. It ​also whitewashes a $98 trln wealth ​chasm, with the uber-affluent outpacing even ⁠mere workaday mi...

Military spending rose 30% in ‌the first quarter, despite Moscow's intention to rein it in this year. And the slump in the ​civilian sector, worsened by Ukrainian drone ​attacks on Russian infrastruct...

The government cancelled a warship deal with the country’s largest defence contractor on ​fears over costs and delays. ​The 15% fall in the ⁠share price suggests growing doubts over ​the €46 bln group...

Les services de renseignement, qui suivent Xenia Fedorova depuis plusieurs années, sont sous pression. La « protégée » du milliardaire breton questionnait encore jeudi la responsabilité russe des frap...

The €40 bln German carmaker warned about a 'significant' profit fall this ​year due in part to ​the sluggish Chinese market. New ⁠CEO Milan Nedeljković has his ​work cut out with more ​restructuring o...

Semion Skrepetski s’est fait connaître par ses caricatures, parfois provocatrices, visant des figures politiques russes de premier plan.

Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EU

The German chancellor has ‌yet to support Brussels's plans to crack down on Beijing’s trade practices. His fears stem ​from a likely painful riposte from ​the Xi Jinping regime. He should ⁠focus inste...