Rayhan DemytrieBBC South Caucasus correspondentGeorgian State Security ServiceGeorgian authorities said Bachiashvili was detained in a border area after a tip-offA former confidant of Georgia's most powerful man has alleged...

In Sarajevo it is, once again, the Year of the Rat.Social media posts from residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital have shown an abundance of rodents swimming in the...

Ullstein Bild / Getty ImagesThe genocide in what is now Namibia lasted from 1904 to 1908Dubbed "Germany's forgotten genocide", and described by historians as the first genocide of the...

Nick BeakeEurope CorrespondentKostas KallergisSenior Europe ProducerGreek Coast GuardThe migrant boat sank with 650 people onboardA naval court in Greece has charged 17 coastguards over the deadliest migrant boat disaster...

US President Donald Trump has said he is "not happy" with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, following Moscow's largest aerial attack yet on Ukraine.In a rare rebuke, Trump said:...

Andrew HardingBBC Paris correspondentGetty ImagesProtesters outside the court in Vannes have turned out to show their support for Le Scouarnec's victimsIt was supposed to be a defining, catalytic moment...

EPAEU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic warned that Europeans "stand ready to defend our interests"The European Union's trade chief said the 27-member bloc is committed to securing a trade deal...

Germany has made its first permanent foreign military deployment since World War Two, sending troops to Lithuania's eastern flank. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and defence secretary Boris Pistorius attended...

Hugh SchofieldBBC News in ParisGetty ImagesPresident Macron asked for new proposals to be submitted to a security cabinet early next monthIslamists are infiltrating France's republican institutions and are a...

Heavy rainfall and storms have been battering southern France since Monday. The rains have caused widespread damage across the region, flooding streets and causing power and water outages. At...

Sarah RainsfordEastern Europe correspondentEPA-EFE/ShutterstockImagine having a president called Nicky.That's what Romanians just voted for: a softly-spoken, slightly geeky mathematician who everyone refers to by his first name, Nicusor –...

Portugal's governing right-of-centre Democratic Alliance has won snap parliamentary elections - the third in as many years - again falling short of a majority. Its leader Luís Montenegro promised...