Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday implemented a 60-day state of emergency in an attempt to quell massive protests that broke out following his surprise removal of a diesel subsidy last week.The decree was issued across seven of the nation’s two dozen provinces following “severe internal disturbance” and mobilized armed…

More than 124,000 virtual reports of disappeared children were sent to Missing Children Europe (MCE), the European federation for missing and sexually exploited children, last year.  The figure is nearly double the amount recorded in 2023. The federation does not explain what caused this significant rise. Reports can be made…

Published on 17/09/2025 – 16:12 GMT+2 Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson have urged Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to let the countries benefit from flexibilities under the bloc’s rules on forests to protect the countries’ advanced bioenergy industries. Under EU rules, forest biomass — which…

The European Union has taken a new step to strengthen and expand ties with India at a time when traditional alliances and time-honoured principles are under severe strain, prompting an intense search for alternative partnerships. In a five-pillar strategy unveiled on Wednesday, the European Commission outlined a comprehensive vision for…

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz criticized a United Nations report accusing Israel of genocide, warning that the Trump administration and Congress had tools at their disposal to sanction those behind it.The report, issued Tuesday by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (COI), said,…

Pope Leo XIV told the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Brian Burch, that he is praying for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, as well as his wife and children, following his murder last week in Utah, the Vatican said on Tuesday.Leo also expressed concern about political violence and addressed…

NATO fighter jets downed at least 19 Russian drones, which had entered Polish airspace on the night of Tuesday, 9 September, to Wednesday, 10 September. This has led to a disinformation campaign emerging online, peddling a pro-Russian narrative and casting doubt over the events. This war of narratives has been…

Environment ministers set to meet on Thursday (18 September) in Brussels are wrangling over national emissions targets for 2035 which must be fixed at EU level before the COP30 climate summit in Brazil later this year, according to an internal briefing note seen by Euronews. A controversial 2040 EU climate…

While the EU and India aim to conclude an historic free trade agreement (FTA) soon, the security and defence dimension could play a significant role in the document concerning the EU-India Strategy that the European Commission is presenting on Wednesday. Sunil Prasad, Secretary General of the EU-India Chamber of Commerce, is…

In an interview with Euronews, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas confirmed the strategy to suspend trade-related provisions within the Israel-EU Association Agreement.   The EU is Israel’s biggest trading partner. “We have a trade of 42.6 billion euros with Israel, in 2024. So, it is a significant…