The Queen is making a personal donation to a UK charity appeal for families facing starvation in East Africa.

Employers are entitled to ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Union's top law court ruled on Tuesday, a decision Muslims said was a direct attack on women wearing hijabs at work. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said it does not constitute "direct discrimination" if a firm has an internal rule banning the wearing of "any political, philosophical or religious sign".

The Scottish government repeatedly sought compromise with the U.K., only to be “met with a brick wall of intransigence,” Sturgeon told reporters in Edinburgh. “I will now take the steps necessary so Scotland will have the choice at the end of this process.” Based on her timetable, which needs approval from Scottish lawmakers and the U.K., the vote could come as early as the fall of 2018, Sturgeon said.

The diplomatic row between the Netherlands and Turkey escalated on Saturday after the Netherlands said a plane carrying Turkey’s foreign minister to a campaign rally in Rotterdam would not be allowed to land.

A man armed with an axe has gone on a rampage at a train station in Germany, reportedly injuring at least seven people. Police arrested a 36-year-old man from former Yugoslavia following the terrifying attack at the central train station in Dusseldorf.

Gunmen disguised as medical staff members stormed the main military hospital in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens in an attack that was claimed by the Islamic State and that highlighted the country’s deteriorating security situation.

 Police Scotland have launched an anti-terror campaign urging the public to help defeat terrorism. The six-week campaign entitled Make Nothing Happen commenced on Monday and comes under the Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) initiative.

Russian politician Igor Lebedev has sensationally claimed football hooliganism could become a sport. The country hosts the World Cup in 2018 and Lebedev has drafted plans for a 'draka', which literally translates as 'fight', with 20 unarmed combatants on either side.

Police raided the Paris home of French right-wing Presidential candidate Francois Fillon on Thursday over an alleged fake job scandal as a senior party colleague warned him he risked dragging his party "into an abyss".

President Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom has reportedly been postponed until October. The Sun reported Tuesday that the president's trip is being delayed and that Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May agreed to the postponement.