Europe

EU overhaul to toughen migration rules takes effect, though doubts remain about impact

Members of the Italian Red Cross speak to each other outside the hotspot, a reception centre for migrants, in Lampedusa, Italy, on Aug 15, 2025.

NATO will gradually adjust strength of peace support mission in Kosovo over next year

A Swiss pilot member of the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) adjusts his flight helmet at NATO?s headquarters in Pristina, Kosovo, June 20, 2023. REUTERS/Fatos Bytyci

IMF cuts euro-zone growth forecasts again on energy inflation risks

Euro-zone growth is now forecast at 0.9 per cent this year, down from an April forecast of 1.1 per cent.

ECB makes first rate hike since 2023 to tame Iran war inflation

The ECB became the first major central bank to tighten monetary policy in response to the energy shock unleashed by the Middle East conflict.

22 countries tell Iran to stop attacks ‘on our soil’

A burnt ambulance, among the four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organisatio that were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an anti-Semitic hate crime, in north-west London.

‘Forever chemical’ TFA toxic for human reproduction, says EU agency

According to the ECHA’s recommended classification, TFA “may impair fertility” and “may cause harm to the unborn child”.

Greece approves quicker migrant returns, aims to set up return hubs

Pro-migrant and anti-racism groups protest in front of the Greek parliament, ahead of the vote on a bill which speeds up deportation of rejected asylum seekers and provides for their transfer to \"return hubs\" , in Athens, Greece, June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

News analysis

The problem with China’s appeal for Europe to reject Japan’s ‘remilitarism’

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers take part in a live fire exercise at East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba on June 7.

US urges Europe to impose Ebola travel bans ahead of World Cup

Red Cross workers heading to disinfect a Rwampara hospital before handling the body of a person who died of Ebola, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 21.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, June 7, 2026

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth (centre) arriving to attend a ceremony marking the 82nd anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, northwestern France, on June 6.

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