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FILE – A firefighter walks in front of burning trees as a wildfire rages near Marcheprime, outside, Bordeaux, France, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva, File)

As heat and dry conditions fan wildfires in France, volunteers fan out to help

July 31, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

The wildfires that tore through cultivated forests on an Atlantic coast also known for towering sand dunes and tourist resorts devastated about 162 square miles west of Bordeaux, driving nearly...

Firefighters battle a blaze outside Lanton, during wildfires in southwestern France, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

France battles wildfire 4 times the size of Paris as soaring heat threatens new surge

July 29, 2026 at 8:03 a.m.

Firefighters in southwest France battled an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris on Wednesday as temperatures were forecast to hit 104 F, threatening to turn a calm night...

A group hold a firehose and try to suppress a fire near Lacanau, as wildfires rage outside Bordeaux, France, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

France orders 4,000 more evacuated as fires displace a third of a million across southwest Europe

July 28, 2026 at 10:29 a.m.

French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 more people to evacuate Tuesday from tourist sites on the Atlantic coast as returning heat threatened firefighters’ fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of...

Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard speaks to media at the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, Friday, May 22, 2026. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP)

NATO allies bewildered by Trump’s about-face on US troop moves in Europe

May 22, 2026 at 8:32 a.m.

NATO allies and defense officials expressed bewilderment on Friday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland just weeks after he ordered the...

A view of the US Permanent Mission, in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Ukraine and Western allies meet in Geneva to discuss US peace plan

November 23, 2025 at 12:38 p.m.

Top Ukrainian envoys met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Geneva Sunday to discuss President Donald Trump’s proposal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Borussia Dortmund's damaged bus is pictured after an explosion prior to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal match against AS Monaco in Dortmund, Germany, on April 11, 2017.

Germany arrests 1 in Dortmund bomb blast; team loses rescheduled match 3-2

August 21, 2019 at 10:56 p.m.

German authorities arrested a suspected Islamic extremist Wednesday in their investigation into a bomb attack on a top German soccer team, while the team — missing a defender wounded in...

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