Author: Euronews

The Israeli government has announced that Abu Keshek and Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila are already in the country, where they will be interrogated imminently. Israel’s foreign ministry made the announcement on social media, without specifying either their point of arrival or the location of the questioning. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Israel accuses both men of maintaining ties with Hamas through the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad, an organisation the United States has designated as a front for the Palestinian Islamist movement. It specifically names Abu Keshek as one of the “leaders” of that structure, while describing Ávila as working for the group…

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Published on 01/05/2026 – 15:36 GMT+2 A 33-year-old man will appear in court next week after he was detained on suspicion of plotting an attack on two Dutch princesses, prosecutors said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to details in a court scheduling order published on the website of The Hague Public Prosecutor’s Office, the man is suspected of preparing an attack on the 22-year-old heir to the Dutch throne, Princess Amalia, and her 20-year-old sister, Princess Alexia, in The Hague in February. “The suspect was allegedly in possession of two axes in early February with the words ‘Alexia,’ ‘Mossad’ and…

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For years, Brussels tried to square the circle on China: compete where necessary, cooperate where possible, confront only when unavoidable. That balancing act is now fraying. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A harder line is now taking shape in the European Commission, where China hawks are gaining influence in both the powerful Directorate-General for Trade and the circle around President Ursula von der Leyen. New defensive measures are being explored, including tools once considered too confrontational. The 27 EU Commissioners are set to debate their China strategy on 29 May, with one official saying, “It will be about acknowledging there is a problem…

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German and foreign security services have reissued a warning for phishing attacks targeting lawmakers and senior government officials via the Signal messaging application, in what is believed to be the work of a “state-controlled cyber actor”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The German government believes Russia is behind the phishing attacks. “The federal government is assuming that the phishing campaign targeting the Signal messaging service was presumably run from Russia,” a government source told press agency AFP. Victims are reportedly sent messages from Signal support, which asks them to enter a PIN, open a link or scan a QR code. If the scam…

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Romanian authorities said 200 people were evacuated while two British fighters jets scrambled after a drone landed in the southeastern city of Galati, near the country’s border with Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It is not the first time that Romania, which is a NATO as well as EU member, has seen it airspace violated and drone fragments fall on its territory after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Romanian President Nicușor Dan said that this, however, “is the first incident where Romanian property has actually been damaged, a threshold we take very seriously.” The country’s foreign minster…

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Published on 24/04/2026 – 17:00 GMT+2•Updated 17:16 Cyprus, long seen as a stable country, is now emerging as a strategic frontline — caught between regional tensions, global powers and its own unresolved north-south division. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The British sovereign base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia cover around 3% of the Republic of Cyprus, in the south of the island. They go well beyond the perimeter of the bases, overlapping on almost 60% of the municipality of Kourion, home to 40,000 people. In the village of Akrotiri, located just outside the base, residents are used to the constant presence of jets…

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