Europe

A flotilla of Russian warships in the Mediterranean is providing a high-profile show of force in support of the Syrian regime. But the deployment has also thrown into sharp relief the limits of Moscow’s conventional military.

Deutsche Lufthansa said it would cancel more than 1,700 flights over the coming two days after its principal pilots union extended strike plans into a second week.

Iran and Russia have emerged as potentially deal-breaking obstacles to cuts in global oil production as OPEC members engage in a last-minute blitz of diplomacy ahead of a meeting on Wednesday.

The warning, which comes as the ECB prepares to decide whether to hold rates down for longer, underlines the dearth of policy choices that central banks face as they seek to further stimulate their economies.

Tax benefits granted for production of the company’s 777x jet are considered to be in violation of trade rules, but the ruling might ultimately have no effect in the long-running dispute over commercial plane makers.

By choosing François Fillon as their presidential candidate, the French center-right has opted for a mild-mannered conservative known for the alarm he has sounded about the country’s high public-debt levels.

Germany shipped $125 billion in goods to the U.S. last year—2.5 times what it imported from the U.S. That, however, could shift next year when Donald Trump, a vocal critic of free trade, becomes president.

Deutsche Lufthansa’s principal pilots union is escalating the battle with the German flag carrier as it seeks to disrupt flights into a second week.

French aircraft struck and likely killed one of the most wanted senior al Qaeda operatives in southern Libya earlier this month, marking a new level of cooperation between France and the U.S. on targeting militants, U.S. officials said.

Fidel Castro’s death set off rival demonstrations in Spain as anticommunist Cuban exiles celebrated while enduring chants of “Long live Socialist Cuba!” by a larger, nearby crowd of Spaniards.

Iceland is suing U.K. discount supermarket chain Iceland Foods to stop it from prohibiting real Icelandic companies from using the country’s name.

There is a ticking demographic time bomb in fast-aging Germany that threatens the country’s generous welfare system. Politicians’ reaction: Spend more money on pensioners.

French prosecutors credited recently enhanced surveillance powers for allowing them to foil a planned terror attack directed by Islamic State targeting sites such as Disneyland Paris.

U.K. business investment rose in the three months following the June vote to leave the European Union, suggesting uncertainty about the future relationship with the EU hasn’t weighed heavily on business sentiment.

Europe is being buffeted by forces—most recently the U.S. election of Donald Trump—that are calling into question long-held assumptions about the benefits of international cooperation.

The European Parliament overwhelmingly called for a temporary freeze in talks on Turkey’s bid to join the European Union on Thursday, citing in a largely symbolic vote what it said was deteriorating human rights and democratic standards under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rule.

Police searched for a masked gunman suspected of stabbing a woman to death in a retirement home for Catholic missionaries in southern France, authorities said.

Some 2,000 migrants were involved in the riots, which reportedly broke out after migrants complained about the camp being quarantined following an alleged outbreak of infectious diseases.

The ECB’s top bank supervisor is looking to force through painful restructuring at struggling lenders and ensure rules are enforced evenly across the continent. Whether she succeeds will define the bloc’s ability to shake off its banking crisis.