Europe

  • Europe stances ‘very good,’ but progress slow: Araqchi

    Europe stances ‘very good,’ but progress slow: Araqchi

    Nov 09, 2018 09:37

    Deputy foreign minister of Iran has commended the political stances of the European Union in supporting the country in face of US sanctions, but criticized the rate of the bloc's progress towards the enactment of mechanisms to keep a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic alive.

  • US-backed militants in Syria say holding 900 Daesh terrorists

    US-backed militants in Syria say holding 900 Daesh terrorists

    Oct 12, 2018 02:54

    A US-backed Kurdish militant group says it is holding around 900 foreign members of the Daesh terrorist group in Syria.

  • Ryanair strikes disrupts 40,000 passengers in Europe

    Ryanair strikes disrupts 40,000 passengers in Europe

    Sep 28, 2018 10:45

    A staff walkout at low-cost carrier Ryanair grounded planes in six European countries on Friday, disrupting the plans of more than 40,000 passengers.

  • Iran summons European envoys over terrorist attacks in Ahvaz

    Iran summons European envoys over terrorist attacks in Ahvaz

    Sep 23, 2018 03:04

    Authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran have summoned ambassadors of the Netherlands and Denmark as well as chargé d'affaires of the British embassy in Tehran after terrorists with alleged links to the European countries carried out attacks during a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Saturday.

  • Europeans must bear expenses for long-term interests: Zarif

    Europeans must bear expenses for long-term interests: Zarif

    Aug 20, 2018 16:47

    Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says European countries must be ready to bear the expenses if they want to safeguard their long-term interests in the face of the United States’ law-breaking behavior after quitting a nuclear deal with Iran.

  • US supplying LNG gas to Europe is more hot air than reality

    US supplying LNG gas to Europe is more hot air than reality

    Aug 18, 2018 12:44

    In his latest effort to present himself as bigger than better than all other presidents combined, in stark contrast to the likes of George Washington, Donald Trump has announced that the US will build more than 10 liquid gas ports in the EU. The trouble is, even if he did this, it would not be possible to sustain such a program.

  • Exploited, hated, killed: The lives of Africans in Europe

    Exploited, hated, killed: The lives of Africans in Europe

    Aug 11, 2018 10:26

    Africa, which the white Europeans exploited for centuries, looting its rich natural resources and reducing its people to poverty and backwardness, is still the victim of Europe’s racist policies as is evident by the hundreds of thousands of Africans who braving the hazards of drowning and human trafficking, land on the northern shores of the Mediterranean in the hope of a better life, but find no reprieve to their economic woes and hardships in countries they had viewed as utopia.

  • Largest strike in Ryanair’s history hits 55,000 travelers across Europe

    Largest strike in Ryanair’s history hits 55,000 travelers across Europe

    Aug 10, 2018 12:08

    Ryanair pilots in five European countries have gone on a 24-hour strike in protest at pay and work conditions, disrupting the itinerary of an estimated 55,000 passengers during the peak summer season.

  • European heat wave kills ton of Swiss fish

    European heat wave kills ton of Swiss fish

    Aug 07, 2018 13:19

    Roughly a ton of fish have been killed in recent days by high temperatures in Swiss waters caused by the European heatwave, public broadcaster RTS reported Tuesday.

  • Europe copes with record heat wave, 2 die in Spain

    Europe copes with record heat wave, 2 die in Spain

    Aug 03, 2018 13:51

    Two men have died from heatstroke in Spain as Europeans cope with a record heat wave.