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Samuel Petrequin

A Vueling Airbus A321 approaches for landing in Lisbon at sunrise, while the moon sets in the background, February 7, 2023. (Armando Franca/AP)
July 31, 2025, 12:01 am
French ministers condemn ‘brutal’ force used to remove Jewish youths from flight
Aurore Berge and Benjamin Haddad pan Spanish carrier Vueling over incident last week, say there was no justification for disembarkation of 50 summer campers
By Samuel Petrequin
L: Russian President Vladimir Putin at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia on April 24, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP); R: US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 24, 2025, 8:09 pm
Trump, in rare rebuke, urges Putin to ‘STOP!’ after deadly Russian attack on Kyiv
‘Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying,’ US president writes on Truth Social platform after Russia kills 12, injures 90 in deadliest missile and drone barrage since July
By AAMER MADHANI and Samuel Petrequin
Members of the public stand in front of a photograph depicting French history and geography teacher Samuel Paty as they attend a tribute ceremony in Paris, on October 16, 2021. (Alain Jocard/AFP)
December 21, 2024, 1:25 am
French court convicts 8 people of involvement in 2020 beheading of teacher
Two friends of dead attacker sentenced to 16 years in prison for complicity in murder; father of schoolgirl whose lies sparked killing sentenced to 13 years
By TOM NOUVIAN and Samuel Petrequin
French National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen (L) speaks, flanked by party President Jordan Bardella, after French President Emmanuel Macron announced snap legislative elections, at the Pavillon Chesnaie du Roy in Paris, June 9, 2024. (Julien De Rosa/AFP)
June 10, 2024, 12:50 pm
Despite major gains by far-right in EU elections, mainstream groups remain dominant
Christian Democrats, Socialists ahead in 27-country vote; Macron trounced by Le Pen; Italian PM almost doubles seats; German extreme right defeats chancellor’s Social Democrats
By Raf Casert, LORNE COOK and Samuel Petrequin
Supporters of the French far-right National Rally party react at the party's election night headquarters in Paris on June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
June 9, 2024, 11:02 pm
EU projection shows far-right parties making big gains in European elections
Centrist groups expected to keep majority in European Parliament as results trickle in, with Greens predicted to lose around 20 seats and fall to sixth position in legislature
By LORNE COOK, Raf Casert and Samuel Petrequin
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU interior ministers at the European Council Brussels on March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
September 11, 2023, 5:06 pm
Senior EU official urges Iran to release diplomat in custody over 500 days
Bloc’s Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson says she’s ‘very worried’ about Johan Floderus, who is being held at notorious Evin prison
By Samuel Petrequin
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, center, gestures as European Parliament's President Roberta Metsola, right, applauds during an EU summit at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, February 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
February 9, 2023, 4:27 pm
Zelensky cheered at EU summit, says war against Russia is fight for European freedom
Ukrainian president wrapping up overseas tour in shadow of expected new assault by Moscow; European Parliament declares: ‘We will be with you for as long as it takes’
By Raf Casert and Samuel Petrequin
Volunteers load on a truck corpses of civilians killed in Bucha to be taken to a morgue for investigation, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 12, 2022. (Rodrigo Abd/AP)
November 30, 2022, 11:48 pm
EU seeks special court to probe Russian war crimes in Ukraine
Bloc says working with international partners to get ‘the broadest international support possible’ for proposed UN tribunal
By Samuel Petrequin
Police attend the scene of an incident in Brussels, Thursday Nov. 10, 2022. One police officer is dead and another injured in a stabbing attack in Brussels, which a Belgian judicial official says is suspected to be terrorism-linked. (AP Photo/Sylvain Plazy)
November 10, 2022, 11:26 pm
Belgian police officer killed in suspected terror stabbing
Second cop injured in Brussels attack before officers manage to shoot the assailant; local media says he shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ while carrying out assault
By Samuel Petrequin and Raf Casert
A woman checks the website of Israel-made Pegasus spyware at an office in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on July 21, 2021. (Mario Goldman/AFP)
November 8, 2022, 4:03 pm
EU lawmakers say bloc failing to address use of Israeli spyware at heart of scandal
Committee investigating governments’ use of Pegasus phone surveillance software says countries practicing a code of silence and reluctantly sharing information ‘piecemeal’
By Samuel Petrequin
Protestors in support of Ukraine stand with signs and EU flags during a demonstration outside of an EU summit in Brussels, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
June 23, 2022, 11:30 pm
European Union okays Ukraine candidacy for bloc membership
Brussels also grants candidate status to Moldova; Ukrainian President Zelensky says his country’s ‘future is within the EU’
By Samuel Petrequin and Mike Corder
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference after a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
June 17, 2022, 5:11 pm
EU chief recommends making Ukraine a member candidate to join Union
‘Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective,’ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says, but stops short of initiating fast-track accession process
By Samuel Petrequin
President of the European Council Charles Michel, right, French President Emmanuel Macron, center, and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell attend an informal summit of EU leaders at the Chateau de Versailles in Versailles, west of Paris, March 11, 2022. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool via AP)
March 12, 2022, 10:09 am
EU to boost military support to Ukraine, mulling new sanctions on Russia
Bloc says allies will aim to suspend Moscow’s membership rights in leading multilateral financial institutions, including IMF and World Bank
By Sylvie Corbet and Samuel Petrequin
EU leaders attend a summit to discuss the fallout of Russia's invasion in Ukraine, at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, on Thursday, March 10, 2022. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
March 10, 2022, 11:51 pm
EU united on Ukraine solidarity, but divided on fast-tracking Kyiv’s membership
At best, EU leaders expect to agree on language supportive of Ukrainian bid to join European family, but will stop short of going further into the process this week
By Samuel Petrequin and Sylvie Corbet
Russia's President Vladimir Putin appears on a television screen at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 25, 2022. (Michael Probst/AP)
March 8, 2022, 1:50 pm
EU pledges to safeguard democracy by fighting Russia’s ‘information war’ in Europe
Defending ban on news outlets Russia Today, Sputnik, top diplomat Borrell calls them ‘weapons’ wielded by Moscow; Latvian MEP accuses Putin of trying to ‘poison, divide societies’
By Samuel Petrequin
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