Russia’s vast “shadow fleet” of vessels has been seen primarily as a means of keeping the Kremlin’s oil revenues flowing despite Western sanctions. But a new report from the monitoring group ACLED argues the fleet has evolved into something bigger – a…

The United States on Thursday announced it will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, boosting its military presence there as Washington reviews deployments elsewhere in Europe.

Unearthing small boats from under the sand at dawn before launching them towards Britain packed with people, migrant smugglers are increasingly operating from Belgium – to the concern of local authorities.

Chinese foreign direct investment in Europe surged last year to its highest level since 2018, driven by a wave of major acquisitions and large-scale factory projects. But analysts are warning the recovery could be temporary.

France has added its voice to international condemnation of an Israeli politician who shared a video of himself alongside Gaza-bound flotilla activists on their knees with their hands tied after they had been arrested at sea.

Ebola cases continued to rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday as the United States pledged to fund up to 50 treatment clinics and aid groups blamed earlier US funding cuts for weakening disease surveillance in the region.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu says joining the European Union is a matter of democratic survival for her country, which is under growing pressure from Russia and the unresolved conflict in Transnistria. In a joint interview, Sandu spoke to RFI and Ger…

The European Union moved closer to implementing its trade pact with the United States on Wednesday after lawmakers and member states agreed to cut duties on US goods, keeping the bloc on track to meet a deadline set by President Donald Trump and head …

President Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia’s “unyielding” ties in talks with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as the pair met to underscore their alliance days after Donald Trump’s visit to the Asian superpower economy.

The world’s leading economies have pledged renewed multilateral cooperation to tackle growing threats to global economic stability stemming from the war in the Middle East, after high-level talks in Paris that also exposed strains between the United S…