World / Europe

Child Hepatitis cases rise in UK amid worldwide outbreak 30 Apr 2022 - 11:38 am

The UK Health Security Agency has identified 34 confirmedHepatitiscases in children since Monday, bringing the total number to 145 amid a series of...

Wives of Mariupol defenders appeal for soldiers' evacuation 30 Apr 2022 - 10:58 am

Two Ukrainian women whose husbands are defending a besieged steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol are calling for any evacuation of...

Poland's PGNiG says gas flowing to Novatek customers cut off earlier 30 Apr 2022 - 10:47 am

Warsaw: Poland's biggest gas company PGNiG said on Saturday morning that it had started delivering gas to 10 different towns and region across...

Lavrov: 1 million evacuated from Ukraine 30 Apr 2022 - 10:34 am

Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow has evacuated over 1 million people from Ukraine since the war there began. The comments Saturday by Sergey...

War has shown Zelenskyy's true qualities to all, wife says 29 Apr 2022 - 06:00 pm

WARSAW, Poland: Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, says the war with Russia has not changed her husband but only revealed to the world...

Ukraine seeks urgent WHO meeting on impact of invasion on health 29 Apr 2022 - 05:38 pm

GENEVA: Ukraine, backed by dozens of other countries, has written to the World Health Organization's regional chief calling for an urgent meeting on...

UK sends war crimes experts to Ukraine - Foreign Office 29 Apr 2022 - 12:55 pm

LONDON- Britain said on Friday it was sending experts to help Ukraine with gathering evidence and prosecuting war crimes, with a team due...

Italy orders mask wearing for some indoor venues until mid-June 28 Apr 2022 - 09:03 pm

ROME- Face masks will remain compulsory in Italy on public transport and in some indoor venues until June 15, the health minister said...

Ukraine accuses Russia of stealing grain during war 28 Apr 2022 - 08:55 pm

Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of stealing grain in territory it has occupied, an act which it said increased the threat to global...

UN doing all it can to make evacuation from Ukrainian steel plant possible: Guterres 28 Apr 2022 - 08:27 pm

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said after talks in Kyiv on Thursday that his organisation was doing all it could to enable the evacuation...

Amsterdam airport asks airlines to cut flights to avoid chaos 28 Apr 2022 - 08:27 pm

AMSTERDAM- Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has asked airlines to cancel flights over the weekend to avoid chaos due to overcrowding at Europe's third busiest...

Jellyfish invade northern Italian port of Trieste 28 Apr 2022 - 06:06 pm

ROME: Jellyfish have filled the port of the northern Italian city of Trieste, drone footage shows, an invasion scientists say could be due...

Ukraine says Russian offensive in east gathering momentum 28 Apr 2022 - 04:37 pm

Russia’s offensive in eastern Ukraine gathered momentum Thursday as the United Nations' chief surveyed the destruction in towns outside Kyiv that experienced some...

WHO donors reach preliminary deal on budget overhaul 28 Apr 2022 - 04:06 pm

GENEVA: World Health Organization members agreed this week to gradually raise their mandatory fees starting from 2024, sources following the talks and a...

Pilots pulled in opposite directions in Air France landing scare: BEA 28 Apr 2022 - 12:19 pm

Paris: Air France pilots who reported their Boeing 777 was failing to respond while preparing to land earlier this month simultaneously pulled the...

UK says Ukraine can attack Russian logistics, unlikely to use its weapons 28 Apr 2022 - 10:35 am

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday it would be legitimate for Ukrainian forces to target Russian logistics but they were unlikely...

Microsoft discloses onslaught of Russian cyberattacks on Ukraine 27 Apr 2022 - 08:10 pm

Russian government hackers carried out multiple cyber operations against Ukraine that appeared to support Moscow's military attacks and online propaganda campaigns, Microsoft said...

Doubling up: Italian children should get both parents' surnames, court says 27 Apr 2022 - 05:17 pm

ROME: Italian children should be given the surname of both parents, the Constitutional Court said on Wednesday, overturning the tradition by which all...