Europe

East Africa: Germany grants €20m to FAO’s drought response in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany is providing assistance to the tune of 20 million Euro via the United…

Air India To Operate Three Flights From Ukraine To Bring Back Citizens

NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (NNN-PTI) – India’s airlines, Air India, will operate three flights to Ukraine next week, to bring…

World Bank readies US$350 million Ukraine disbursement, pledges more support

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Bank Group said it is readying a US$350 million disbursement to Ukraine that…

Update: Presidents Macron and Putin to meet Sunday as Ukraine front line grows more volatile

KYIV, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Sunday to try to avert…

12 still missing after fire engulfs Greece-Italy ferry

CORFU (Greece), Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twelve people are still missing after a blaze swept through a ferry sailing from…

Minister held in Croatia for suspected abuse of power

Croatian Construction Minister Darko Horvat (left) with Finland’s Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari ZAGREB, Feb 20…

Brazil hits back at US barbs on Pres Bolsonaro Russia trip

BRASILIA, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil lashed out at US criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro’s recent trip to Russia, after…

Spain: 13 injured by roof collapse in Madrid amusement park

MADRID, Feb 20 (NNN-Xinhua) — The roof of an auditorium in the Parque de Atracciones amusement park in Madrid partially…

16 die as Storm Eunice leaves many in Europe without power

  LONDON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Emergency crews battled to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes in Britain…

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Evacuees from rebel-held Ukraine hope for quick return

 AVILA USPENKA CHECKPOINT (Russia), Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The loud explosions and wailing sirens in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine…