In addition to the three victims, the attacker who triggered the explosive device also died of his injuries in an ambulance, the State Border Guard Service said on Friday.

On Friday, the EU and Tashkent signed an Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement in Brussels to strengthen ties between the two partners.

A French prosecutor has requested a life sentence without parole for Dahbia Benkired, accused of raping, torturing and killing 12-year-old Lola Daviet in 2022 a case that shocked France and reignited anti-immigration debates.

Germany's municipal authorities are making preparations to phase out gas for central heating. At the same time, the Federal Ministry of Economics wants to rely on gas more to generate electricity and is asking the EU for subsidies to do so.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un said military brotherhood between his country and Russia would "advance non-stop," the state-run KCNA news agency reported.

The rival rallies were a standoff between nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbn and his main political challenger, Pter Magyar, who looks set to present the long-serving Hungarian leader with the most competitive ballot in his 15 years in power.

In a post on X, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nausda slammed what he called a "blatant breach of international law and territorial integrity."

At a military parade earlier this month, Kim Jong-un unveiled some of his military's newest weapons, including what appeared to be a short-range ballistic system fitted with hypersonic glide vehicles.

Three inmates at La Sant prison in Paris were placed in special custody over their involvement in the taunting and threats against Nicolas Sarkozy, who is serving a jail sentence there.