Europe

Queen Elizabeth II in a message to the nation said she wanted Camilla, the wife of her heir Prince Charles, to ultimately be known as Queen Consort. The 95-year-old monarch said it was her “sincere wish” that when Charles becomes king, “Camilla will be known as Queen Consort,” in a …

US troop reinforcements have begun arriving in Europe as fears over Russia’s troop build-up on Ukraine’s borders increase. The first contingent of 2,000 additional US soldiers arrived near Frankfurt overnight – with others touching down near Poland’s border with Ukraine. The White House says the troops will protect eastern NATO …

An investigation was launched in France into a mural that depicts a woman wearing a hijab along with the Magen David, or the Star of David. Representative Council of the Jewish institutions of France (CRIF) filed a complaint with the Grenoble Prosecutor’s Office, according to media reports. The office launched …

Turkey and Israel can work together to carry Israeli natural gas to Europe and the two countries will discuss energy cooperation during talks next month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. “We can use Israeli natural gas in our country, and beyond using it, we can also engage in …

Germany reported more than 190,000 coronavirus infections for the second straight day on Friday, as the highly contagious omicron variant continues its rapid spread. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the country’s disease control agency, confirmed 190,148 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, and 170 coronavirus-related fatalities. The figure …

The annual inflation rate in Belgium reached 7.59% in January 2022, hitting the highest level since 1983, according to official data released on Friday. The country’s official statistical department, Statbel, announced that the rate increased from 5.71% in December. “The consumer price index increased by 2.58 points or 2.23% over …

The UK government has denied that embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson had prioritised pets over people in the chaotic evacuation of Afghanistan as Kabul fell to the Taliban. “The PM didn’t make any individual decisions about evacuations,” Cabinet Minister Therese Coffey told Sky News on Thursday. “A lot of people …

A recent study has found that middle-class and upper-class occupational groups in the UK are more likely to hold prejudiced views of Islam than people from working class occupational groups. The analysis, published on Monday by the University of Birmingham and data analysis firm YouGov, discovered that the British public are more …

At least seven migrants and asylum seekers have died while attempting the perilous Mediterranean crossing from Libya in a boat carrying 280 people in cold weather. Three people were dead when the coast guard arrived for the rescue in rough waters on Tuesday, and a further four died while being …

A lawmaker from Britain’s governing Conservatives has accused the government of blackmailing and intimidating opponents of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as the party’s internal rifts deepen. William Wragg, a Tory member of Parliament, accused on Thursday Johnson’s staff, government ministers and others of “encouraging the publication of stories in the …