The European Union has unveiled a new Arctic strategy aimed at strengthening regional security as competition among major powers intensifies. Announced on October 20, 2026, the plan includes expanding satellite surveillance, improving monitoring of undersea cables and helping EU member states acquire more icebreakers. Melting ice is opening new shipping routes, increasing
An Austrian Airlines flight travelling from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Vienna, Austria, made an emergency landing in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sunday night following a reported bomb threat. The Airbus A320 was escorted by a Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet before landing at Vasil Levski Airport. According to Bulgaria’s transport ministry, passengers were evacuated, and […]
Twelve migrants, including an infant, drowned in two separate boat incidents near the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos on October 19, 2026, according to Greek authorities. The boats capsized in the northeastern Aegean Sea during incidents involving Greek Coast Guard vessels and pursuit operations. Search-and-rescue efforts were carried out, and several survivors were
A German court in Hamburg has sentenced two men to prison for plotting to assassinate a leader of Germany’s Jewish community. One defendant, identified as Danish national Ali S., received eight years and six months for preparing an assassination and aggravated arson. The court said he had been recruited by Iran’s intelligence service to carry […]
A passenger flight from the Greek island of Corfu to Nuremberg, Germany, landed safely on Tuesday after a cockpit hijack alert prompted the German air force to scramble two Eurofighter jets. German police said the hijack code 7500 was transmitted and radio contact with the pilot was lost, triggering security procedures. Turkey-based Corendon Airlines attributed […]
Two paintings by renowned French Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, worth millions of dollars, have been recovered following a museum theft on the French Riviera. Six suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident, Cagnes-sur-Mer Mayor Bryan Masson announced on Friday. The paintings, Madame Colonna Romano and Young Woman at the Well, belong to Paris’s
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder attended Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 74th birthday celebration at his residence in Russia, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Pictures shared on Telegram showed the two leaders smiling and shaking hands inside a traditional Russian home. According to the Kremlin, Putin learned that Schroeder was in Moscow on business for
Russia’s health watchdog said no cases of plague have been detected among people who came into contact with a 28-year-old laboratory worker who died last week. The woman, who worked at a Siberian plague research institute, died from pneumonia of an undetermined cause, prompting precautionary measures and international concern. Authorities said extensive testing found no
A civilian cargo ship has sunk and its crew is missing after drone attacks in the Black Sea, Bulgarian officials said. A second grain-carrying vessel was also hit inside Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone, but all 18 crew members were rescued. Two injured crew members were taken for medical treatment. The sunken vessel, the Turkish-owned Alfa […]
An Italian court on Monday convicted three Egyptian security officials in absentia over the 2016 kidnapping of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo. The three men — Major Magdi Sharif, Colonel Ather Kamal and Colonel Hisham Helmy — were each sentenced to 10 years in prison. A fourth defendant, Major General Tarek Sabir, was acquitted. […]









