China has, for the first time, joined Russia as an explicit danger to Western allies after a Nato summit in Brussels on Monday.

Armin Laschet, Angela Merkel's would-be-heir after German's September election, said he would prefer to govern with the liberals - as the Greens continued their slump in the polls.

European Parliament president David Sassoli says there needs to be a European search-and-rescue system involving member states, EU agencies and civil society.

After EU member states decided to extend subsidies for some cross-border natural gas projects, green groups and some member states had pinned their hopes on MEPs to step in and improve the rules.

As president Joe Biden, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council president Charles Michel meet today, more than seven years have passed since the last opportunity for leaders from both sides of the Atlantic to engage face-to-face.

Yemen is experiencing critical days, as negotiations for a ceasefire are ongoing. Now it the time for Europe to put pressure on Iran, Yemen's foreign minister told EUobserver.