Heavy Rains Claim One Life, Leave Two Missing In Southern Spain

MADRID, Dec 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A man in his 50’s was found dead yesterday, as two others remain missing, following torrential rains in southern Spain. The deceased was travelling in a van near the town of Alhaurin el Grande, in the province of Malaga, when the vehicle was caught in…

Russia Recognises Taiwan As Integral Part Of China: FM

MOSCOW, Dec 29 (NNN-TASS) – Taiwan is an integral part of China, and Russia opposes Taiwan’s independence in any form, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said, yesterday. In an interview, Lavrov said that, Russia’s principled position on the Taiwan question is well known and unchanged. “Russia recognises Taiwan as an…

Sweden: Two dead as storm batters Nordics

STOCKHOLM, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people died Saturday in Sweden, authorities and a utility said, as a storm battered Norway, Sweden and Finland, leaving thousands without power. The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute issued alerts for strong winds for large parts of the northern half of the country as…

Storm causes runway incidents at Finland’s Kittila Airport, no injuries

HELSINKI, Dec 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — A commercial aircraft carrying about 150 people slid off the runway while landing at Kittila Airport in Finland’s Lapland region on Saturday afternoon amid stormy weather, Finnish airport operator Finavia said. The aircraft came to a stop in deep snow, and no injuries were reported,…

UN Security Council to convene emergency meeting on Israel’s Somaliland recognition

Residents wave Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel’s recognition of Somaliland in Hargeisa UNITED NATIONS, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council will convene an emergency session on Monday to discuss Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, with members slated to condemn Jerusalem’s move. Israel announced the step on Friday,…

UK restricts DR Congo visas over migrant return policy

The home secretary announced an overhaul of the UK’s asylum rules in November LONDON, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK is to impose visa restrictions against people arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo after its government failed to agree to measures allowing the return of illegal migrants and foreign…

Italy arrests nine over alleged Hamas funding through charities

ROME, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italian prosecutors said they had arrested nine people on suspicion of financing Hamas through charities based in Italy, in an operation coordinated by anti-mafia and anti-terrorism units. The suspects are accused of “belonging to and having financed” the Palestinian group, which the European Union designates ‌as…

Greece: Another 131 migrants rescued off southern Crete

ATHENS, Dec 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Greek coast guard rescued 131 would be migrants off Crete, bringing the number of people brought out of the sea in the area over the past five days to 840, a police spokesperson said. The migrants rescued Saturday morning were aboard a fishing boat some 14 nautical…

Four die in avalanche in Greece: state TV

ATHENS, Dec 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bodies of four people who died in an avalanche in Greece were discovered Friday after an intense search operation, state television ERT reported. Rescue services had been looking for three hikers, men between 30 and 35, who went missing on Thursday in the Vardousia…

Nearly 400 would-be migrants rescued off Greek island

ATHENS, Dec 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Greek coastguard on Friday rescued nearly 400 would-be migrants from a fishing boat and another vessel off southern Crete, ANA news agency reported. In one operation about 35 nautical miles from the small island of Gavdos, off Crete, a coastguard vessel, a Danish freighter…
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