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Bangladesh's military was in control of the country on Tuesday (6 August) after mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee.

A Russian pianist and anti-war activist has died in prison after going on hunger strike, his mother said, in what the European Union called a shocking case of political repression.

Israeli’s policy of strategic ambiguity over its nuclear weapons arsenal makes it “difficult to know” how close the current crisis in the Middle East is to escalating into a nuclear war, a leading anti-nuclear weapons group has warned.

Consumer organisations allege X's artificial intelligence (AI) tool is in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in a complaint filed with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Monday (5 August).

Tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EV) will likely boost investments in new European factories, which is good news but could also undermine Europe’s industrial base, to address this challenge the EU needs to strengthen and unify its investment rules, writes Tobias Gehrke.

A revised version of the EU’s rules on industrial emissions came into force on Sunday (4 July), extending to more livestock farms than previous legislation.

Former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, says he plans to return to Spain for the inauguration of the new regional head, socialist Salvador Illa, despite facing likely arrest, amid heightened political tensions.

TikTok can no longer launch rewards programmes for its EU users, following binding measures that the European Commission announced on Monday (5 August).

TikTok can no longer launch rewards programmes for its EU users, following binding measures that the European Commission announced on Monday (5 August).

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström opened the door to new EU sanctions against Chinese companies, accused of circumventing EU sanctions against Russia, to export goods via third countries into the country.

For the last five years, the German FDP has been the leader of a rebellious minority within the EU Parliament's liberal group, but this term the former outliers could exert greater influence over the direction of a fragmented Renew Europe.

The Philippines and Germany on Sunday (4 August) committed to signing a defence cooperation arrangement this year, vowing to uphold international rules-based order in the region as tensions flare over disputed areas of the South China Sea.

The far-right favourites to win Austria's next election have forged an alliance with Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán that could deepen defiance of Brussels and threaten already fragile consensus over the Ukraine war if they take power.

Two of the Russian dissidents who were freed from prison and arrived in Germany as part of last week's major East-West prisoner swap say they are already thinking about returning to Russia, but vow to continue political activism even from abroad.

The US Commerce Department is expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles in the coming weeks, according to sources briefed on the matter.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday (3 August) condemned what he described as "far-right thuggery" and said perpetrators would face the full force of the law after days of violent anti-immigration protests culminated in hotels being targeted.

The EU heaped further international pressure Sunday (4 August) on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, joining the US and Latin American nations in refusing to recognize the win he has claimed in the recent election marked by fraud allegations.

Ukrainian pilots have started flying F-16s for operations within the nation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday (4 August), confirming the long-awaited arrival of the US-made fighter jets more than 29 months after Russia's invasion.

The Vatican said on Saturday (3 July) it had been saddened by a skit at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony appearing to parody Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" painting.

Violent disorder swept across several British cities on Saturday (3 August), injuring police and damaging property in the most widespread rioting in the country for 13 years, following the murder of three young girls in northwest England.