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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iran on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting more than 30 European individuals and entities, portraying the move as a response to recent European sanctions against officials linked to a crackdown on nationwide protests. Those targeted with sanctions include Britain’s attorney general and army chief of staff, several European parliamentarians, and European military officials. […]

Videos reveal large protests in countries like France, Moldova, the Czech Republic, and Germany. People appear to be protesting against the economic damage caused by Russian sanctions.

A top European industry group warned on Wednesday that companies are losing confidence in China. It said China’s reputation as an investment destination was being eroded.  

The European Union has put together a plan to avoid a winter crisis due to a massive reduction in gas supplies from Russia.

LONDON—The European Medicines Agency said Friday that the smallpox vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic should also be authorized against monkeypox. The European Union drug regulator said its recommendation was based on animal studies that suggest the vaccine protects non-human primates from monkeypox. It is up to the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, to formally […]

Good news if you are planning to visit Europe—but bad news if you are a European resident. The value of the euro fell to parity with the dollar for the first time in 20 years. That means one euro is worth one dollar. Here are the details.

Major economies in Europe have started to roll back COVID-19 restrictions that were implemented in recent weeks in response to a spike in cases and hospitalizations. In the United Kingdom, people won’t have to wear masks in public or show proof they’ve been vaccinated to enter some venues like restaurants or pubs starting next Thursday. […]

BERLIN/KYIV—The United States and Western countries sought to project unity and a tough stance over Ukraine on Thursday, after U.S. President Joe Biden suggested allies were split over how to react to any potential “minor incursion” from Russia. Biden rowed back on his comments, made during a Wednesday news conference, saying on Thursday that “I […]

European Parliament President David Maria Sassoli has died at the age of 65, his spokesperson announced on Tuesday.

European stocks and Wall Street futures edged up on Monday, aided by the chance that the Federal Reserve would delay tapering stimulus.

Some European countries are now making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory, requiring vaccine passports to access basic services. Reporting by Joanne Robson

ABOARD SEA-WATCH 3, Mediterranean—Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness said. Sea-Watch 3, a vessel run by German NGO Sea Watch, and Ocean Viking, run by European charity SOS Mediterranee, rescued the migrants […]

Top U.S. and European leaders spoke about how democracies should set the rules for artificial intelligence, instead of an authoritarian regime like China.

The European Parliament adopted a new resolution to condemn the communist Chinese regime’s “unprecedented” crackdown of freedom in Hong Kong

BERLIN—Most European troops have already pulled out of Afghanistan, quietly withdrawing months before the U.S.-led mission was officially expected to end—part of an anticlimactic close to the “forever war” that risks leaving the country on the brink of civil war. Germany and Italy declared their missions in Afghanistan over on Wednesday and Poland’s last troops […]

British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Iberia all cancelled flights to Tel Aviv as European carriers joined U.S. airlines in avoiding flying to Israel.

To fans’ huge relief, all six English Premier League clubs quit the European Super League. Hopes for the Super League itself are all but over. Former U.S. policeman Derek Chauvin is found guilty on all three charges relating to the death of George Floyd. Russia is building up its troops near the Ukrainian border, and […]