Europe

UK: PM Starmer promises tougher visa rules to fix ‘broken’ migration system

LONDON, May 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has promised to overhaul a “broken” immigration system, with…

Iran Says Nuclear Talks “More Serious,” Rejects U.S. Call To Dismantle Facilities

TEHRAN, May 12 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, said yesterday that, indirect negotiations with the United States in…

Venezuela seeks support from Russia and China amid economic crisis

CARACAS, May 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuela is turning to its geopolitical allies, Russia and China, to counter a deepening economic…

Defunct Soviet spacecraft crashes into Indian Ocean after 52 years in Orbit

MOSCOW, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A defunct Soviet spacecraft, Cosmos-482, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and crashed into the Indian Ocean on…

France pledges $168-million investment in W.Sahara claimed by Morocco

RABAT, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The state-run French Development Agency (AFD) will invest $168-million in the largely Moroccan-controlled but disputed…

Albanian vote seen as key test of EU path

TIRANA, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Albanians head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to give Prime Minister Edi…

US, China conclude first day of trade talks in Geneva

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng GENEVA, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senior US and Chinese officials concluded the first of two…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Pres Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine after three years of war

MOSCOW, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15 that he…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: European leaders pressure Russia over 30-day Ukraine ceasefire

Leaders of Poland, UK, France and Germany joined Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky (centre) in Kyiv KYIV, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European…

Spain: Thousands confined indoors by toxic chlorine cloud

MADRID, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spanish authorities told more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors after a fire…