Europe

French Trade Minister says brutal tectonic shifts in the global order caused by Donald Trump and China have forced it to dump the country’s concerns over beef and pursue critical minerals as a priority.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warns states could topple like dominoes in a dangerous new world of weapon proliferation.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife, Begona Gomez, has been formally charged with corruption

An ASX-listed gas producer said its free cashflow has doubled as European gas prices soar, but the shares have barely moved.

Ireland's prime minister says the government ‘had to act’ as the military moved in to remove protesters blocking fuel depots.

Diplomats say NATO chief Mark Rutte has told European governments that the United States needs a concrete answer within days.

Five teenagers went before a Swedish court on Wednesday over the alleged attempted murder of a dissident Iranian researcher in the south of the country.

With Hungary's Viktor Orban facing his toughest re-election bid yet, US Vice-President JD Vance is visiting to boost the close ally of President Donald Trump.

All preventative judicial control measures against internet personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate have been ended by a court in Romania.

An Australian Army reservist has been charged after allegedly serving as a drone operator in Ukraine, in a rare use of laws prohibiting joining foreign armies.

Three people are dead, including a 10-month-old baby, after high winds toppled trees at an Easter egg hunt in Germany.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says talks with US negotiators have been ‘positive’ as he urges Russia to consider an Easter ceasefire.

Authorities in an Italian town are investigating the suspected poisoning of a Christmas Eve meal after a mother and her 15-year-old daughter died.

Finnish authorities say police have detonated an unexploded warhead on a drone that Ukraine says went astray.

Jesus cannot be used to justify any wars, Pope Leo has told tens of thousands of people in St Peter's Square on Palm Sunday.