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Hungarian authorities have fined a bookseller for selling a British graphic novel without closed wrapping - saying it breached a controversial law on LGBT literature for under-18s....
China’s exports to Russia saw significant growth as Chinese automakers filled the void left by Western companies leaving Russia. China reported a 12.4% drop in exports in June, while imports also fell by 6.8% during the same period.
New evidence found by BBC News casts further doubt on the Greek coastguard’s version of events surrounding last month’s deadly migrant boat sinking, in which up to 600 people died.
Austria has struggled to define its official state neutrality since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At the moment, it continues to import Russian gas at maximum capacity, a key source of profit for Moscow.
Many young people in Italy are expressing outrage on social media, after a judge cleared a school caretaker of groping a teenager, because it did not last long enough. The case involves a 17-year-old student at a Rome high school.
African currencies have lost ground against the US dollar this year, further driving inflation in the import-reliant region. Depleting dollar reserves have left policymakers with limited options to arrest the decline.
Thirty-eight human traffickers were jailed by a Libyan court on Monday over the deaths of migrants heading to Europe on a rickety boat.
Closing the vital Lachin corridor, Armenia’s main route into the disputed region, could pose a serious risk to a fragile truce.
Turkey has long sought the purchase of 40 F-16s from the US, and fresh talks with Washington come after Ankara ended its opposition to Sweden’s NATO membership.
Tens of thousands of protesters have blocked roads across Israel, after vowing to escalate action against the government’s planned judicial reforms. Police used water cannon to clear the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, and at least 42 people have been arrested. It comes after a bill to remove the power of the Supreme Court to...