European officials warn: US attack on Iran could trigger terrorist attacks

European officials have warned US authorities that an attack on Iran could endanger Western citizens held by the regime and trigger terrorist attacks in Europe, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday, citing diplomatic sources.more

The planned launch of the Ax-4 mission with Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski on Sunday has been canceled to allow additional time to analyze the situation on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said. This is related to a leak in the Russian Zwiezda module.more

The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions. That's the stark warning from more than 60 of the world's leading climate scientists in the most up-to-date assessment of the state of global warming.more

Ryanair's baggage policy is simple and fully compliant with EU law, the carrier declared, referring to the proceedings conducted by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. The Office is investigating, among other things, how the airline measures passengers' baggage and charges fees for oversized items.more

US President Donald Trump has approved plans to attack Iran, but is delaying issuing a final order to see if Tehran abandons its nuclear program, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.more

Copenhagen in Denmark took first place in the annual ranking of the best cities to live in, compiled by the British daily newspaper "Economist". Vienna and Zurich also made it to the podium. Damascus closes the ranking.more

The report on the causes of the April outage was presented a month and a half after the incident, identifying a voltage spike as the cause, which caused a chain reaction leading to power failures across mainland Spain and neighboring Portugal.more

Israel and Iran resumed their exchange of fire yesterday afternoon. Explosions were heard in Isfahan, where nuclear facilities are located, and air raid sirens were sounding in Tel Aviv. According to Axios, US President Donald Trump is seriously considering taking his country into the war.more

Across the European Union, nominal hourly labour costs rose by 4.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same quarter a year ago, following a 4.3 per cent year-on-year increase in Q4 2024. - Eurostat reported. The highest increases were recorded in Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Poland.more

Once again, Kassel in Hesse has been ranked as the happiest city in Germany, according to the “Atlas of Happiness” (Gluecksatlas) ranking published last week. Cities with smaller populations lead the ranking, while metropolises lag behind, the compilation shows.more

Iran attacked Israel today with ballistic missiles. Witnesses report fires in the Tel Aviv area, unverified footage shows clouds of black smoke in several areas of central Israel, the Times of Israel portal reported.Israel: Iran attacked with ballistic missiles, smoke and fires in Tel Aviv areamore

More than 440 drones and 32 missiles were used by Russia last night to attack Kyiv; at least 15 people were killed in what was one of the deadliest strikes and it is unfortunate that the great ones of this world are turning a blind eye to this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski declared today.more

The evacuation of Polish citizens from Israel who are stuck there is possible within several dozen hours, and will include about 200 people, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Henryka Mościcka-Dendys informed on Monday. She added that a land convoy to Jordan is planned first, and then a plane from Amman to Warsaw.more

June 19 is the new launch date for the Axiom Space Ax-4 mission, which will be attended by Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. The Indian Space Agency (ISRO) has announced this date. The Falcon 9 rocket flight has already been postponed several times.more

In Denmark, the number of inhabitants has exceeded 6 million for the first time in history. The increase in population was influenced by immigration and increasing life expectancy, Statistics Denmark reported.more

The fines will be a "minimum" punishment, and it will continue to seek civil damages for compensation for the costs incurred in more serious cases.more

Greenland's ice has melted 17 times faster than average this year as a wave of warm air hit Iceland, according to climate research network World Weather Attribution (WWA). Another study said May 2025 would be the world's second-warmest on record.more

Freedom of movement around Europe remains the greatest benefit of EU membership, in the opinion of Poles, next to EU funds. However, concerns about the future of the Schengen area, established 40 years ago, are growing in Brussels. Nomen omen, difficulties can already be felt today when driving through... Schengen.more

This trend is particularly visible in China and India, but there are also signs that in the West, the birth of a son is no longer considered a more desirable event than the birth of a daughter, the Times reported.more

In a congressional hearing on Thursday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was asked if the US needs to be prepared "to take Greenland and Panama by force". Hegseth avoided directly answering the question but suggested the US has plans for "any contingency".more

The Indian airline Air India confirmed that 241 people died in the crash of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in Ahmedabad on Thursday. There were 242 people on board, and one passenger survived the crash.more

The Israeli Air Force attacked Iran this morning. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that these were preemptive strikes, and their purpose was to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon that would threaten Israel's existence. The airspace over Israel, Iran, Iraq and Jordan was closed.more

Liczba ludności Belgii wzrosła w 2024 r. do 11,8 mln – podał belgijski urząd statystyczny Statbel. Oznacza to roczny przyrost o niemal 62 tys. osób, czyli 0,52 proc., jednak wzrost ten w całości wynika z dodatniego salda migracji.more

The Italian island of Capri is the most crowded place in the country, more so than Venice or Florence; around 50,000 people arrive there every day, the daily newspaper "Corriere della Sera" reported. The newspaper pointed out that the island's authorities are fighting so-called over-tourism.more

Stalowa Wola, alongside France's Bourges and Germany's Unterluess, was named in the most recent issue of the British weekly “Economist” as one of three cities in Europe to benefit from the development of armaments production.more

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has found himself in political purgatory, the British daily “Telegraph” assessed yesterday, commenting on the Sejm's vote of confidence in his government. According to the BBC, the vote was part of the political theatre of the head of the Polish government.more

The Catalan government and Spanish airport operator AENA have approved a €3.2 billion expansion of El Prat Airport, Barcelona's main airport, a move opposed by environmentalists and opponents of mass tourism.more

Among the fatal shooting victims in Graz is a teenager with Polish citizenship, the Austrian dailies "Kronen Zeitung" and "Die Presse" reported today. The rest of those killed by the attacker were Austrians.more

About 50 thousand people were left without electricity yesterday due to a failure on the island of La Palma, part of the Canary Islands archipelago. After a few hours, the operator reported that the power supply had been restored.more

Russia wants to occupy half of Ukrainian territory by the end of 2026, “Newsweek” wrote on Tuesday. Moscow plans to occupy the entire area lying east of the Dnieper and most of the Mykolaiv and Odesa regions.more

Hundreds of millions of people around the world cannot have as many children as they would like. Among the top reasons are the high financial outlay involved in raising a child and the lack of a suitable partner, according to a study by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the BBC reported yesterday.more