1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (374+ words) Volkswagen has agreed to sell one of its German plants to the state of Lower Saxony and Israeli investment firm Aurelius, paving the way for the site to be transformed into a defence industry hub. Lower Saxony Minister-President Olaf Lies…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (444+ words) Covenant, a Washington-based defence startup backed by investors including US technology billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, is preparing to manufacture long-range weapons at facilities in the United States, Germany and Israel as it seeks to challenge established players in the…...

2+ day, 46+ min ago   (420+ words) UN Women has warned that advances in women’s political leadership are being reversed in many countries, arguing that the international system cannot effectively deliver on peace, development and human rights without women having equal access to positions of power. The…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (130+ words) A fire at a school in Congo's rebel-controlled city of Bukavu has killed at least 17 people, including some children, Reuters reports, citing local and medical sources. A witness at the scene said he had helped load 17 bodies of deceased men…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (153+ words) Germany is no longer the most popular destination for asylum seekers in the European Union (EU), falling to fourth place in terms of the number of asylum applications, Bild reports. The report said, around 332,000 asylum applications were filed in the…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (164+ words) Estonia is ready to take steps to prevent the transit of Russian grain through its territory, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has said. According to Tsahkna, Russia is looking for new export routes for its grain instead of the Black…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (156+ words) The body of another mountaineer has been recovered during search and rescue operations following an avalanche in the Bezengi Gorge in Russia’s Kabardino-Balkaria, bringing the death toll to 15. “Today, the body of another victim was found under the avalanche in…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (149+ words) German police have found a notebook belonging to a man suspected of organising a series of acts of sabotage targeting electricity infrastructure, containing a list of more than 160 potential targets for attacks, Interior Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Herbert Reul has…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (121+ words) Authorities in Russia’s Dagestan region have confirmed fires at the port of Makhachkala and a theatre in the city following a drone attack. Acting regional head Fyodor Shchukin said air defence forces had destroyed all the aerial targets and that…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (319+ words) Two people have been arrested in London on suspicion of assisting an Iranian intelligence service, the Metropolitan Police said, Sky News reports. A 42-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man were detained at separate addresses in London by officers from Counter…...