China has strongly warned the European Union (EU) against establishing any official contact with Chinese Taipei, urging the bloc to "act prudently" to avoid harming China-EU relations.

The Ukrainian president was addressing a meeting in Latvia via a video link on Monday.

The Daesh terrorist group has vowed “revenge” over the killing of its former leader, urging supporters to take advantage of the conflict in Ukraine to stage attacks in Europe.

Putin says the military operation in Ukraine is going according to plan and that Moscow would only halt its offensive if Kiev stopped fighting and the Kremlin’s demands were met.

European stocks kicked off the week slightly lower on Monday as nerves around inflation and the upcoming earnings season offset surging commodity prices that supported oil and mining shares.

Declassified documents show that Britain devised plans to withdraw its soldiers from a besieged Bosnian enclave despite knowing Serb forces were poised to wage more atrocities after the Srebrenica massacre.

More than 400 European lawmakers urge leaders to stop Israel's "de-facto annexation" of the occupied West Bank.