Police in France fined minority communities more frequently during the COVID-19 pandemic than the majority community, a new report has revealed.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko has said that efforts to remove Russia from the Group of 20 have failed.

German authorities on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said were preparing a violent overthrow of the state.

Poland has received a first batch of weapons from South Korea as it boosts its military amid a Russian war on Ukraine.

Russia has accused Ukraine of using drones to attack a number of military airfields inside Russian territory.

Hungary has vetoed an enormous aid package from the European Union (EU) to Ukraine, as it is involved in a tug-of-war with Brussels over billions of euros in frozen funds.

Russia says it currently sees no prospects for talks on Ukraine, days after US President Joe Biden said he would sit with Russian President Vladimir Putin "if he's looking for a way to end the war."