Europe

13 detained after fire near second Greek refugee camp

Sep 16, 2020 06:19

Thirteen people have been detained on the Greek island of Samos after a fire threatened the local migrant camp, police said Wednesday, days after another blaze destroyed Europe's largest migrant camp on Lesbos.
Spain rescues 58 migrants at sea near Canary Islands

Sep 02, 2020 11:10

A Spanish coast guard boat brought 58 migrants to the port of Arguineguin in the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Wednesday, after rescuing them from three dinghies in the Atlantic Ocean.
Denmark’s pharmaceutical giant opens insulin production line in Iran

Sep 02, 2020 01:08

The world’s top maker of diabetes drugs Novo Nordisk of Denmark has opened a production line in Iran, with Health Minister Sa'eed Namaki saying he hoped it would soon become a drug distribution and production center in West Asia.
Russia: US war games in Estonia ‘provocative, extremely dangerous’

Sep 01, 2020 12:29

Russia says live-fire exercises by the United States in Estonia, near Russia’s western borders, are “provocative” and “extremely dangerous” as they would escalate tensions in Europe.
Imam Hussein, martyred for justice

Aug 30, 2020 05:57

Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shias' Imam, and his 72 companions were martyred in the Battle of Karbala in southern Iraq in 680 AD after fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid I.
Latin America passes 250K COVID-19 death toll amid warning of poverty surge

Aug 21, 2020 07:32

The number of coronavirus fatalities across Latin America has surpassed the 250,000 mark as the pandemic continues to overwhelm the region that has become the world’s worst-hit so far.
New Zealand’s prime minister postpones general elections

Aug 17, 2020 10:55

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has postponed the country’s general elections by a month under pressure from the opposition, which said the current coronavirus lockdown in the largest city of Auckland would work to their disadvantage.
COVID-19 cases surpass 21 million; France, South Korea see resurgence

Aug 16, 2020 07:24

The new coronavirus has so far infected 21,468,279 people and claimed the lives of at least 771,181 others across the world since it first emerged late last year, according to figures released by the Johns Hopkins University.
US says won't lift tariffs on Airbus aircraft, European products

Aug 13, 2020 06:10

The United States says it would not lift nor raise 15% tariffs on Airbus aircraft and 25% tariffs on other European goods in spite of moves by the European Union to settle a 16-year-old dispute over aircraft subsidies.
Iran rejects ‘fabricated news’ on partial removal of the illegal sanctions

Aug 11, 2020 12:15

Iran has dismissed as “news fabrication” recent media claims about a European initiative that calls for a temporary removal of the illegal US “non-targeted” sanctions on Tehran.