Europe

New pandemic inevitable, WHO chief asserts

GENEVA, April 8 (NNN-TASS) — Another pandemic will occur sooner or later and this is not a “theoretical risk” but…

Russia bans Japanese NGO amid disputed islands row

MOSCOW, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia said it had outlawed a Japanese group calling for the return of a disputed…

Germany’s likely last Holocaust convict dies at 99

BERLIN, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 99-year-old former Nazi camp secretary, who may be the last ever person to be…

Germany: Manhunt after three bodies found in a Weitefeld village

 BERLIN, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A manhunt is under way after three bodies were found in a residential building in…

European airlines hit turbulence over Western Sahara flights

MADRID, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Direct flights from two European capitals to a city in a bitterly disputed north African…

Aid cuts threaten battle against maternal mortality: UN

 GENEVA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Maternal mortality rates have dropped dramatically in the past quarter of a century, but the…

Russia: Strong winds batter Irkutsk region

VLADIVOSTOK, April 6 (NNN-XINHUA) — A powerful windstorm struck east-central Russia’s Irkutsk Oblast on Saturday, causing widespread disruptions including massive…

Myanmar quake death toll passes 3,300: state media

YANGON, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a major earthquake in Myanmar has risen above 3,300, state media said,…

Britain says Israel’s detention of two UK MPs ‘unacceptable’

LONDON, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy said it was “unacceptable” and deeply concerning that Israel had…

Danish PM urges unity with Greenland amid US pressure

NUUK, April 5 (NNN-XINHUA) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called for unity between Denmark and Greenland in response…