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The Meta-owned messaging platform defies the Kremlin over its move to restrict calls.

The leaders will only have translators present during the Ukraine war talks — and a press conference is set to follow.

Growth was better than forecast but slowed compared to the first quarter of the year.

Countries are questioning their American weapons purchases, in some of their biggest pushback yet to the administration’s tariffs.

Still, any guarantee Trump backs is likely to fall short of what Europe and Ukraine have sought from Washington.

Besides generating weird AI baby versions of European leaders, Albania’s politicians themselves could soon be made of pixels and code.

The rail line linking Belgium’s port of Antwerp to Germany’s Ruhr region dates back to the 19th century but has fallen into disuse since World War II.

As Viktor Orbán’s exotic wildlife sparks a furor in Hungary, we looked at Bidzina Ivanishvili’s shark and Viktor Yanukovych’s ostriches. 

The chances of reaching dangerous temperatures are only growing as the planet keeps warming up because of climate change, scientists warn.

Israel has threatened to ban nonprofits from Gaza unless they hand over details of their Palestinian staff, 100 NGOs say in joint statement.

A call between Trump and EU leaders gave them hope that he’ll protect their interests in any Ukraine peace deal. Here’s why it may not last.

“Our red lines and red lines of the majority of countries represented in this room were not only stomped, they were spat on and they were burned.”

The president said he hopes Friday’s meeting will lead to a second sit-down that includes Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, even as he tried to temper expectations.

Politicians blowing hot air won’t solve Britain’s record-breaking hot summers.

Cyberattacks are part of Russia’s hybrid warfare strategy, designed not only to cause harm, but to “demonstrate what they are capable of.”

The foreign secretary was put in his place for fishing without a rod licence.

Call with U.S. president helped “clarify” Trump’s goals ahead of his meeting with Putin on Friday, French president says.

But U.S. president “as always, talked a lot about what he would do, but in a way that no one could say what exactly he was going to do,” official tells POLITICO.

Routine use of AI technology can cause the ability of specialists to detect precancerous growths to decline by a fifth, authors conclude.

The U.S. State Department blamed the U.K.’s Online Safety Act for chilling free speech, but got bits of the Act wrong.

France, Germany and the U.K. warn they will trigger the Iran nuclear deal’s snapback mechanism by the end of August unless direct talks with Tehran restart.

Pro-independence group moves to scuttle a deal that Paris hoped would cool tensions in the Pacific Ocean island chain.

Brussels used the latest EU budget to shore up its power to issue bonds, setting up a fight with countries including Germany.

The world might be on fire, but the EU institutions are on summer break.