Europe

Iraq Says 617 Stranded Migrants Evacuated From Belarus

BAGHDAD, Nov 26 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Foreign Ministry, said yesterday that, it has evacuated 617 migrants stranded in Belarus,…

Olaf Scholz strikes deal to become Germany’s next Chancellor

BERLIN, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Although it actually came as no surprise, Germany’s leading political parties agreed that current Vice-Chancellor…

Portugal becomes fourth EU country to stop using coal plants

LISBON, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Environmental activists are welcoming the end of electricity generation from coal in Portugal, though they said…

Covid-19: Germany’s death toll passes 100,000

A sign reading, “Mask obligation!“ is placed at the Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany FRANKFURT, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More…

Update: UK PM holds crisis meeting after Channel deaths

Migrants are helped by RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lifeboat before being taken to a beach in Dungeness, on the…

Covid-19: UK man jailed for Covid bomb hoax

LONDON, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British man with an “obsessive interest” in Covid-19 was jailed on Wednesday for more…

Update: Sweden’s first female PM resigns hours after appointment

Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was elected Sweden’s first female prime minister on Nov 24 STOCKHOLM, Nov 25 (NNN-Xinhua) —…

Covid-19: Vaccines reduce transmission by 40% – WHO

GENEVA, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — COVID-19 vaccines reduce transmission of the dominant Delta variant by about 40 per cent, the WHO said,…

27 die in Channel’s deadliest migrant boat tragedy

Members of associations for the defence of migrants gather in Calais CALAIS, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 27 migrants…

Belarus, Poland violating human rights at border: watchdog

  WARSAW, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belarusian border guards may be guilty of torture against migrants on the country’s border…