Pope Leo XIV's election met with surprise, warmth and applause in St Peter's Square

Euronews was in St Peter's Square along with 150,000 people who flocked to greet the first-ever pope to hail from the US.

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Russia holds Victory Day parade in Moscow amid its war in Ukraine

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was the lone EU leader to attend the Moscow military parade on Friday despite Brussels' warnings not to do so.

While its wa...

India and Pakistan trade heavy fire in Kashmir as tensions escalate

Intense artillery and gunfire exchanges have erupted along the Line of Control in the wake of an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists.

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Chicago and Chiclayo celebrate election of Pope Leo XIV

Robert Prevost, who was elected as the 267th pontiff, grew up in Chicago but lived for years in Peru, where he was the Bishop of the northern Chiclayo diocese.

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Has Ukraine finally convinced Washington to stand by Kyiv side?

As Putin holds Russia’s Victory Day parade, Kyiv and Washington seem to have found common ground amid the first official agreement between the two countries. Woul...

Nagasaki extends invitation to 'all countries' to memorial event of 1945 nuclear bombing

The United States dropped its second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, three days after the first bombing of Hiroshima, together killing more than 210,000...

Zelenskyy addressing Ukrainians in Kyiv city centre as Moscow airspace remains blocked

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy recorded a video from Kyiv city centre for the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, calling the Friday parade in Mo...

Irish PM accuses Israel of committing ‘war crimes’ in Gaza

Ireland's Taoiseach Micheál Martin called the situation in Gaza ‘hell on Earth’. He told The Europe Conversation that Israel is committing war crimes, and critici...

Israeli airstrikes target Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, leaving one dead

Israel struck southern Lebanon multiple times on Thursday, killing one person and injuring eight others, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

At least one per...

Putin wants to meet Trump, but does Trump want to meet Putin?

A meeting between the Russian and US leaders is "clearly on the radar," the Kremlin spokesperson said. But as Moscow seems to be sending signals about its willing...

Germany's spy agency suspends 'extremist' classification for AfD party, says court

The AfD filed a lawsuit against the extremism designation and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution says it will suspend the categorisation pe...

Cardinals fail to elect new pope, another vote expected Thursday afternoon

On Thursday morning, cardinals failed once again to select a successor to the late Pope Francis, with thick black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney aga...

Middle East and North Africa's Catholics believe new pope will be crucial to Church's future

As cardinals meet to elect a new pontiff, Euronews spoke to senior Catholic figures from the region as they reflected on the late Pope Francis and pondered what i...

Serbia's President Vučić visits Moscow amid EU criticism

Meanwhile, Serbian students running an ultramarathon reached Strasbourg on their way to Brussels, aiming to highlight Serbia's political situation to MEPs.

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Israeli forces shut down six UN schools for Palestinians in east Jerusalem

The schools are run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which Israel has banned from operating on its soil.

Palestinian students at six UN-run scho...

North Korea carries out short-range missile test, says Seoul

Thursday's launch may have tested the performance of weapons Pyongyang intends to export, according to the South Korean military.

North Korea fired a series of s...

Vladimir Putin welcomes China's Xi Jinping in Moscow ahead of Victory Day

The Russian president applauded China and Russia's partnership and called "the combat brotherhood" of the two nations a key pillar to its strategic cooperation, a...

Antisemitic incidents surge across Europe and the world, ADL report shows

Cases of antisemitism have risen dramatically in Germany and elsewhere, as Europe marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Violent antisemitic inci...

US free market think tank slams Trump tariffs with trade index

The US ranks mid-table in trade openness but would plummet to bottom if US President Donald Trump's proposed high tariffs and trade rollbacks became permanent.

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World leaders express concern over rising tensions between India and Pakistan

Pakistan supporters also gathered outside the High Commission of India in London calling for peace between the two countries.

World leaders have expressed concer...

No pope elected on first day of conclave as black smoke appears above Vatican

Cardinals from around the world have entered the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Wednesday to begin the closed-door process of electing the next pontiff, followi...