Meanwhile, Kyiv announced on Wednesday it had shot down more than a dozen Iran-made drones in Moscow’s latest assault on the capital.

Euronews interviews Sweden’s European Affairs Minister Jessika Roswall to find out the country’s proposals for the next six months as the country takes on the EU presidency in January

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Is Britain facing a winter of discontent? Thousands of postal workers in the UK were on strike on Wednesday in the third of six days of walkouts in the run-up to Christmas.

Facebook’s parent company has been accused by two Ethiopians of amplifying sectarian conflict within their country.

The two teams kicked off at 20:00 CET on Wednesday evening.

The Danish bank had already admitted to defrauding US-based banks in a multi-billion-dollar scheme to gain access to the US financial system.

Reporters Without Borders has cited Iran’s crackdown on protests for pushing the number of journalists in prison to a record high of 533.

The scandal-plagued former British leader was paid between £215,000 and £277,000 per speech, according to a document published on Wednesday.

Moroccan fans disappointed after World Cup Qatar flights cancelled. Seven flights were due to be operated by Qatar Airways to Doha, however, in a last-minute move, these were cancelled.