4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (446+ words) Asylum applications to the EU dropped to a five-year-low in the first half of 2026, continuing a downward trend partly brought about by a hardening of migration policy, the bloc’s asylum agency said Thursday. The European Union plus Switzerland and Norway…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (355+ words) A top EU court said Tuesday Ikea may prevent Belgian far-right party Vlaams Belang using its trademark to protect its reputation but referred the case to a Belgium court for a final decision. The saga began in 2022 when the extreme-right…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (454+ words) Spain’s top criminal court on Monday opened an investigation into July’s deadly migrant surge into Ceuta, alleging it was facilitated by Morocco and pointing to failings by the African country’s police. More than 70,000 migrants crossed into Spain’s north African territory…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (178+ words) AION V also delivered a strong performance in July. Based on the C-SUV segment, AION V ranked first in monthly sales among compact SUVs in Uruguay. Across the entire SUV market regardless of vehicle class, it ranked second, accounting for…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (534+ words) Voters in military-run Guinea-Bissau cast their ballots on Sunday in a referendum that could give the president more powers ahead of a general election meant to restore civilian rule later this year. Voting got off to a slow start in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (934+ words) As a far-right regional election victory looms in an ex-communist eastern German state, many migrants are readying to pack their bags, fearful of the AfD party’s threatened “deportation and remigration offensive”. A week from now, the anti-immigration, Islamophobic and Russia-friendly…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (876+ words) Conceicao Moreno is a descendant of agricultural workers, of whom many were brought by force from other African nations to Sao Tome and Principe to labour on colonial-era plantations. “My grandmother lived here, my father was born here and I…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (259+ words) The Greek coastguard on Tuesday rescued 85 migrants from two boats in trouble off Crete, the ANA news agency reported. Hundreds of people trying to reach Europe have been pulled out of the sea off the island in recent days. The…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (679+ words) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call Friday to resolve their countries’ trade dispute, saying US tariffs were imposed on “baseless” grounds. Washington imposed two new sets of tariffs on the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (334+ words) Mauritania’s coastguard said Friday it had rescued more than 300 migrants, including 40 children, from an overloaded boat drifting off the west African country’s Atlantic coast. In recent months, hundreds of migrants, mostly from Senegal, The Gambia and Mali, have been rescued…...