Europe

Approximately 10,000 asylum seekers from Iraq and the Kurdistan Region are at risk of deportation from Germany as political parties increasingly target immigrants for blame ahead of the upcoming elections, Rudaw reported. Irfan Karim from the Iraqi Refugees Union in…

Tens of thousands of Belgians protested on Thursday against the government’s proposed pension reforms, marking the first day of a multi-day strike that disrupted air traffic nationwide, Reuters reported. Local police reported approximately 60,000 participants in Brussels alone. Clashes erupted…

A Swedish court has sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison for committing genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria, news reports said on Tuesday, marking Sweden’s first conviction related to…

On Tuesday morning, bomb threats were reported at over 200 schools across Cyprus, leading to widespread evacuations and police investigations, Xinhua reported. Authorities confirmed that no explosives were discovered during security checks, but investigations are ongoing. A police spokesperson indicated…

Schools on the Aegean islands of Santorini, Ios, Anafi, and Amorgos will remain closed until February 14, following a decision by Greek authorities in response to recent seismic activity, as reported by public broadcaster ERT, Anadolu Agency reported. A committee…

Three friends, Abdelkader Harkassi, Abdallah Hernandez, and Tariq Rodriguez, have completed a three-month horseback journey from southern Spain to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of their Hajj pilgrimage, Anadolu Agency reported. Their aim is to retrace the historical pilgrimage…

A team of Czech researchers has identified the world’s largest underground thermal lake in Albania, as reported by Czech media, Anadolu Agency reported. This significant discovery follows years of exploration led by Czech speleologist Marek Audy, who had theorized the…

A tiny juniper shrub in Finnish Lapland has been recognized as Europe’s oldest woody plant, measuring just four inches in trunk diameter and estimated to be 1,647 years old, Earth.com reported. This discovery, led by Marco Carrer from the University…

The Netherlands has officially banned civil servants from using the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek, citing concerns over potential espionage, Anadolu Agency reported. State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalization Zsolt Szabo announced the ban, following warnings from the Dutch Data…

A majority of the European Union’s surface water bodies are polluted by chemicals, according to a European Commission report released Tuesday, highlighting significant challenges in protecting water resources. As of 2021, only 39.5% of lakes, rivers, and coastal waters were…