The rebel Houthi group in Yemen says it will target merchant ships belonging to any company that does business with Israeli ports, regardless of nationality, as part of what it described as the fourth phase of its naval operation against Israel.

U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have announced a sweeping trade deal.

The United States and the European Union reached a tariff deal Sunday after a brief meeting between President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. A White House deadline was days away for imposing punishing import taxes on the 27-member EU, which is America’s leading global trading partner.

The United States and the European Union have agreed to a trade framework setting a 15% tariff on most goods.

Meta has announced it will stop all political advertising in the European Union by October.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has built a close relationship with Donald Trump, aligning with the MAGA movement.

Thousands of Ukrainians have protested in Kyiv and other cities, urging President Zelenskyy to veto a controversial anti-corruption bill.

The European Union and Britain are ramping up pressure on Russia over its war on Ukraine.

President Donald Trump says he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean.

The European Union is seeking updates and more action from Israel on implementing a new deal to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

EU trade ministers have agreed that U.S. President Donald Trump’s 30% tariffs announced on the European Union are “absolutely unacceptable,” and they are studying a new set of countermeasures to respond to the move.

The European Union has decided to hold off on imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods that were set to begin Monday.

The European Union has released a code of practice on general purpose artificial intelligence to help thousands of businesses in the 27-nation bloc using the technology comply with the bloc’s landmark AI rule book.

TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data transferred to China.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has comfortably survived a vote of no confidence.

The European Union's justice chief says Hungary has made virtually no progress in addressing concerns about democratic backsliding over the last year.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says Russia could pose a security threat to the European Union by the end of the decade and that defense industries in Europe and Ukraine must be ramped up.

New attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on cargo ships in the Red Sea have raised fears of a renewed campaign targeting a key maritime route for international trade.

Poland has reinstated border controls with Germany and Lithuania to address concerns over illegal migration.

President Donald Trump's announcement of 30% tariffs on the European Union will have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.

China has barred European medical device companies from selling to its government in response to EU trade restrictions.

Serbian police have detained 79 university students and other protesters as they broke up street blockades in several cities.

Hungary's LGBTQ+ community plans to hold a Pride march in Budapest on Saturday despite a government ban.

Apple has moved to revamp its European Union app store policies as it seeks to fend off escalating fines under the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition regulations.

The European Union is reassessing its ties with China strained relations with the United States.

European Union leaders are calling for greater efforts to help meet Ukraine’s pressing military needs.

European nations worked Monday to keep alive diplomatic efforts to curb the Israel-Iran war as the two countries traded strikes following the United States’ weekend attack on Iran’s nuclear program.

The European Union says there are ″indications″ that Israel's actions in Gaza are violating human rights obligations in the agreement governing its ties with the EU, according to its findings seen by The Associated Press.

The European Union's top diplomat says Russia's massive military spending suggests that President Vladimir Putin plans to use his armed forces again elsewhere in the future.

The European Union has summoned Russia’s envoy to Brussels for an explanation after one of the bloc’s officials was attacked in the Russian city of Vladivostok last month.

Russian forces have launched a large-scale drone assault across Ukraine, where officials said three people were killed and 64 others wounded.

Bulgaria has the green light to join the euro next year and become the 21st member of the European Union's currency union.

Europe and the United States say progress has been made but there were no breakthroughs during a meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement of a tense tariff spat with global economic ramifications.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has received the International Charlemagne Prize.

European and US officials are wrestling over a trade deal.

Americans’ views of the economy improved in May after five straight months of declines sent consumer confidence to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, largely driven by anxiety over the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

A large majority of European Union countries are demanding that Hungary revise a new law that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.

Wall Street rallied after President Donald Trump delayed a 50% tariff on goods coming from the European Union.

European shares closed higher and U.S. futures surged after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would delay a threatened 50% tariff on goods from the European Union to July 9.

President Donald Trump is threatening a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well as a 25% tariff on smartphones unless the products are made in America.

European Union’s foreign policy chief says that membership candidate Serbia faces a “strategic choice” of direction.

The European Union's top diplomat says the EU will lift sanctions on Syria’s economy but keep those in place targeting the former Assad regime.

The European Union plans to provide emergency funds to help keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to the pro-democracy media outlet.

The British government says it is suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and leveling new sanctions targeting West Bank settlers as it criticizes Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

The European Union and U.K. have imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, notably targeting almost scores of ships from the shadow fleet illicitly transporting oil to skirt Western restrictions imposed over the war on Ukraine.

Kyiv’s European allies have slapped new sanctions on Moscow, a day after a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to produce a breakthrough on ending the 3-year-old war in Ukraine.

Greece’s top diplomat says the world is facing the most turbulent time since World War II, pointing to a crossroads in democracy and saying Europe is facing a “political identity crisis.”.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff offensive has led European officials have cut back their growth forecasts for this year and next, even in a best-case scenario in which the highest rates on most goods could be negotiated away.

Britain and the European Union have hailed a new chapter in their relationship.

Estonia is warning that Russia appears willing to defend with military force its shadow fleet of aging tankers dodging international sanctions to keep oil revenue flowing.

European Union regulators are accusing TikTok of breaching digital safety rules because of because it’s not being transparent enough about ads shown to users of the video sharing app.

Volley after volley of new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into trade wars abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.

European Council President António Costa has criticized the trip by Serbia's president to Russia’s Victory Day parade last week.

Voting has ended in Albania’s parliamentary election after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s bid for a fourth term.

In contrast to Russia’s celebrations marking 80 years since the surrender of the Nazis, European leaders agreed to set up a tribunal to try Russian leaders for Moscow’s war on Ukraine.

The European Union has published a list of U.S. imports to target with retaliatory duties if no solution is found to end President Donald Trump’s tariff war.

Slovakia’s populist leader has rejected a European Union plan to halt imports of Russian natural gas by the end of 2027 to deprive President Vladimir Putin of revenue that helps fuel the war in Ukraine.

Friedrich Merz has plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor.

The European Union is launching a drive to attract scientists and researchers with offers of grants and new policy plans.

European Union privacy watchdogs have fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million).

European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules.

Greece’s prime minister has announced 1 billion euros in financial benefits for lower-income households and the country’s public investment program.

President Trump is set to meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House Thursday afternoon. The visit is expected to focus in part on trade and tariffs.

Britain and the European Union have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to ease suffering in Sudan.

Russia claims that its deadly missile attack on Ukraine’s city of Sumy that killed and wounded scores on Sunday had targeted a gathering of Ukrainian troops.

The European Union’s executive commission says it will put on hold for 90 days its retaliation measures against new U.S. tariffs to match President Donald Trump’s pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated solution.

U.S. stocks surrendered a chunk of their historic gains from the day before as President Donald Trump’s trade war continues to threaten the economy.

German election winner Friedrich Merz has sealed a deal to form a new government that aims to spur economic growth, ramp up defense spending, take a tougher approach to migration and catch up on long-neglected modernization.

The impact from U.S. President Donald Trump's blast of tariff hikes is reverberating across world markets as America's trading partners puzzle over whether there is room for negotiating better deals.

President Donald Trump has announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — including a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on the European Union, among others.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU “holds a lot of cards” when it comes to dealing with the Trump administration’s new tariffs and has a good plan to retaliate if forced to.

The European Union is ramping up efforts to secure critical minerals and reduce reliance on China.

President Donald Trump says he is placing 25% tariffs on auto imports.

Russia's key peace demand that Western allies stop providing military aid and intelligence to Ukraine is quietly being ignored by the European Union.

Hungary is poised to do it again.

The European Union on Wednesday outlined that steps that Apple must take to open up its iPhone and iPad operating systems to work better with competing technologies.

The European Union has announced a new drive to break its security dependency on the United States.

The European Union’s law enforcement agency is warning that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes intertwined with state-sponsored destabilization efforts.

The European Union is debating ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to the pro-democracy media outlet over the weekend.

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east say they have withdrawn from planned peace talks with the country’s government in Angola.

International donors have pledged almost $6.5 billion in aid for Syria.

President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs has forged a rare bipartisan alliance among Kentucky’s top leaders — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul.

The U.S. is suddenly looking less bubbly for European wines.

President Donald Trump is threatening a 200% tariff on European wine, Champagne and spirits if the European Union goes forward with a planned tariff on American whiskey.

The new Austrian government says it has decided to immediately stop family reunion procedures for migrants because the country is no longer able to absorb newcomers adequately.

Canada and the European Union swiftly hit back at increased steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

U.S. stock indexes rose after getting some relief from an encouraging inflation update.

The European Union is doubling down on its pledge to continue supporting Ukraine against Russia’s illegal invasion and stepping up humanitarian aid when others pull back as the bloc of European countries reconciles with the reality of America's retreat on the global stage.

Poland and Baltic nations have welcomed a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron to launch talks about using France’s nuclear deterrent to protect the continent from Russian threats.

European Union leaders committed to working together to bolster the continent’s defenses and to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security.

European Union leaders plan to hold emergency talks to agree ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration signaled Europe must take care of its own security and also suspended assistance to Ukraine.

The chief of the European Union’s executive is proposing an 800 billion-euro ($841 billion) plan to beef up EU defenses.

The European Union is getting good at adapting to unprecedented circumstances.

A planned meeting between European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has abruptly canceled due to “scheduling issues.”.

Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in its mineral-rich eastern region.

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election.

The leaders of the 27 European Union countries will hold an emergency summit on March 6 about next steps for Ukraine and Europe’s security.

Projections show German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won a lackluster victory in Sunday's national election.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country will decide whether Ukraine joins the European Union.

European Union envoys have approved new sanctions against Russia, with the measures set to enter into force next week on the third anniversary of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.