File photo: the Kehlsteinhaus in July 2020, before the October 2026 fire. Photo: Marcus Hebel via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped Fire has gutted the Kehlsteinhaus, the mountaintop teahouse built for Adolf Hitler and...

Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma after undergoing surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican announced in a medical bulletin. The 71-year-old pontiff underwent a 90-minute procedure...

US President Donald Trump has claimed that large-scale oil, gas and mineral exploration is about to begin in Greenland, renewing attention on the Arctic island’s untapped natural resources. However, he has not identified the companies...

German police are investigating an unusual case involving a humanoid robot accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl outside a fast-food restaurant in Cologne. Authorities suspect two males may have remotely operated the machine during...

Former German intelligence chief August Hanning has been arrested on serious allegations that he obtained classified information from his former agency and used it in dealings involving foreign intelligence services. The 80-year-old Hanning, who led...

A unique work connected to surrealist master Salvador Dalí has been stolen from a private contemporary art centre in central France, adding another major art theft to a growing list of cultural-property crimes that have...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is taking an unusual legal step in the fight against artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes: she has filed an application to protect her distinctive voice as an EU sound trademark. The application...

A remarkable archaeological discovery beneath Germany’s Lake Arendsee could challenge long-held assumptions about when hunter-gatherers began building substantial structures and shaping their surroundings. Underwater archaeologists have recovered pieces of worked wood dating back about 10,500...

The Netherlands has confirmed its first reported case of an intentional life-ending procedure involving a child between the ages of 1 and 12. The case concerns a child who was almost 24 months old when...

Finland and Sweden have carried out their first joint operational fighter mission to identify Russian military aircraft over the Gulf of Finland, marking a new phase in military cooperation between the two Nordic NATO members....