Italy accepts some migrants, not others

Italy yesterday readied to allow vulnerable migrants off a second charity rescue vessel in Sicily, but sources close to firebrand minister Matteo Salvini warned those not eligible to remain would be forced back into international waters.
6 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Russia detains two after bar inferno kills 13

Russian police yesterday detained two people, including the suspected perpetrator, after a fire killed at least 13 people at a bar in the historic city of Kostroma.
5 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Iranians stage new protest actions over Amini’s death

Iranian students protested and shopkeepers went on strike yesterday despite a widening crackdown, according to reports on social media, as demonstrations that flared over Mahsa Amini’s death entered an eighth week.
5 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Ukrainian forces brace for bloody fight for Kherson

Oleh, the commander of a Ukrainian mechanized infantry unit dug into trenches west of Kherson, is confident his Russian foes will be forced to abandon the strategic port by winter weather, logistical logjams and the threat of encirclement.
5 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Raisi dismisses Biden ‘free Iran’ pledge

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday dismissed a pledge from US leader Joe Biden to “free Iran” as the clerical regime faced a new upsurge in protests seven weeks into the anti-regime movement.
4 November 2022, 18:00 PM

World falling short on funding: UN report

The world is falling far short at rounding up money to help struggling nations adapt to the increasingly dangerous impacts of climate change, according to a report released yesterday.
3 November 2022, 18:00 PM

G7 ready to recognise China as ‘rival’

The G7 is ready to recognise China as a “competitor” and “rival” as Japan prepares to take over the presidency of the group of nations, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said yesterday.
3 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Europe temperature rise more than twice global average: UN

Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past three decades, showing the fastest rise of any continent on earth, the UN said yesterday.
2 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Int’l Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

An overwhelming majority of killings of journalists across the world go unpunished, a United Nations agency reported yesterday.
2 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Greece searches for dozens of migrants in stormy seas: coastguard

Greece’s coastguard said it was engaged in two separate rescue operations yesterday in search of dozens of migrants feared missing in gale-force winds.
1 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Danes vote in knife-edge election

Danes yesterday voted in a knife-edge election with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen fighting for political survival. After a campaign dominated by climate concerns, inflation and healthcare, almost a quarter of voters were still undecided heading into election day, according to polls.
1 November 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Sharp’ slowdown underway: UN

The war raging in Ukraine and other overlapping crises are taking a toll on labour markets worldwide, the UN said yesterday, suggesting a “sharp” slowdown was already underway.
31 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Mondrian painting hanging upside down for 77 years

A painting by Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian has been hanging upside down for 77 years, says a curator at the German museum.
30 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Putin to host talks between rivals Armenia, Azerbaijan

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host talks in Sochi on Monday between the leaders of arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Kremlin said, reasserting Moscow’s role following Western-led efforts to bring peace.
29 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Russia says UK navy personnel blew up Nord Stream

Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that British navy personnel blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, a claim that London said was false and designed to distract from Russian military failures in Ukraine.
29 October 2022, 14:45 PM

Vladimir Putin 

The historical period of the West’s undivided dominance over world affairs is coming to an end. We are standing at a historical frontier: Ahead is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable and, at the same time, important decade since the end of World War Two.
28 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Rafael Grossi

Everybody is holding its breath about this. Further tests, of course, means that they are refining the preparations and the construction of their arsenal.
28 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Global warming palpable for 96 percent of humans

Whether they realised it or not, some 7.6 billion people -- 96 percent of humanity -- felt global warming’s impact on temperatures over the last 12 months, researchers have said.
28 October 2022, 18:00 PM

EU strikes deal to ban combustion- engine cars by 2035

The European Union on Thursday struck an agreement on legislation to phase out new CO2-emitting vehicles by 2035, negotiators announced.
28 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

When we look at the Russia of today, there is no room for old dreams. Our countries are standing against each other today.
28 October 2022, 18:00 PM