Europe

The leaked dossier prepared for Five Eyes intelligence agencies claims Australian special forces soldiers veterans are helping train Russians to fight in the Ukraine.

Norway's late King Harald V has arrived at his final resting place after a funeral procession through Oslo attended by European royalty.

LATIKA M BOURKE: A cast of countries led by the UK has declared a ban on Israeli goods from illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank — with Australia a notable omission.

A royal has been rushed to hospital for the third time this year, forcing a major change to their plans this week.

Ulrich Siegmund, has harnessed his online popularity to come closer to power than any other far-right politician in Germany since the Nazi era ended in 1945.

The seizure of the Russian vessel is part of a global effort to enforce a $5.9b arbitration award.

An infant is believed to be among those who perished at sea after a small fishing vessel bearing 128 people lost its way.

‘Shut up or I’ll come up and punch you.’

The 34-year-old was allegedly attacked a number of times at the luxury hotel where she had been staying with her partner and child.

The explosion and discovery of a second suspicious device at a train station came just hours after the European nation blamed Russia for a failed drone attack.

Swarms of drones, many of them powered by jet engines, have plagued Kyiv in recent days, killing residents, damaging homes and warehouses.

The weekend shooting also left at least five rave-goers dead, according to police.

The couple were understood to have died while trying to escape the hot tub in their villa, with police continuing their investigations.

Two social media accounts of foreign fighters in Ukraine said the Australian, who they identified by a nickname, recently died in combat. 

An Australian man jailed in Russia after fighting for Ukraine has spoken publicly for the first time since his capture, revealing why he chose to join the war.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general whose actions during the Balkan wars of the 1990s led to him being called the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, has died in custody in The Hague. 

The former Serbian general was serving a life sentence after he was convicted over Europe’s deadliest massacre since World War II.

Royal family members have cancelled all planned events, the ‌palace said in ‌a statement on Thursday.