Economic Watch: Europe's sluggish economy dampens company profits, defense sector thrives
Valletta [Malta], March 22: Many major European companies across various sectors saw a sharp profit decline in 2024, while the defense industry, in contrast, has...
Czech Republic resumes border controls with Slovakia amid FMD outbreak
Prague [Czech Republic], March 22: The Czech Republic on Friday reinstated border controls with neighboring Slovakia in response to an outbreak of the highly contagious...
London Heathrow Airport resumes some flights after major fire disrupts operations
London [England], March 22: The first plane landed at London Heathrow on Friday as the airport resumes some flights following its closure caused by a...
Feature: Slovenia plants 2,000 trees to counter climate threat on Int'l Forest...
Ljubljana [Slovenia], March 22: In the forests near Apace, a small village in northeastern Slovenia, a group of volunteers, students, and forest rangers gathered on...
Slovakia enforces emergency measures following foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
Bratislava [Slovakia], March 22: Slovakia has implemented a series of emergency measures in response to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, authorities announced Friday.
French, German, British FMs call for immediate return to ceasefire in Gaza
Brussels [Belgium], March 22: The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Britain (the E3) called for an immediate return to a ceasefire in Gaza on...
Rwanda reassures Belgians of free movement despite cutting diplomatic ties
Kigali [Rwanda], March 22: The Rwandan government has reassured Belgians in the country and those wishing to visit that the recent severing of diplomatic relations...
Sudanese army retakes presidential palace in key victory over paramilitary forces
Khartoum [Sudan], March 22: Sudan's military said on Friday it had taken control of the Republican Palace and key government buildings in central Khartoum following...
UNICEF warns looting of medical supplies to compound dire humanitarian catastrophe in...
Washington DC [US], March 22: The looting of vital aid supplies for malnourished children in Sudan's capital Khartoum will further compound an already dire humanitarian...
7 killed in road accident in Egypt's Aswan
Cairo [Egypt], March 22: Seven people were killed and four others injured on Friday in a collision between two pickup cars in southern Egypt's Aswan...
Tunisian new PM leads 1st ministerial meeting
Tunis [Tunisia], March 22: Tunisia's newly appointed Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri chaired her first cabinet meeting on Friday, pledging to prioritize economic reforms, improve...
Russia says Ukrainian drone attack already violates proposed ceasefire
Moscow [Russia], March 22: Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Ukraine had already violated a proposed ceasefire on energy sites in the three-year-old war...
Top Pacific diplomats to talk on Bougainville independence
Buka [Bougainville], March 22: The Pacific's peak diplomatic bodies have signaled they are ready to engage with Papua New Guinea's Autonomous Government of Bougainville as...
Heathrow resumes some flights, aiming for full operations tomorrow
Washington DC [US], March 22: The first plane lands at Heathrow after a fire at a nearby electrical substation shut down Europe's busiest airport for...
Hamas studies US 'bridge' proposal for truce as Israel escalates return to...
Washington DC [US], March 22: Hamas said on Friday it was reviewing a U.S. proposal to restore the Gaza ceasefire as Israel intensified a military...
Venezuela minister says no Tren de Aragua members among US deportees
Caracas [Venezuela ], March 22: Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that none of the hundreds of Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to...
Ukraine strikes Russian strategic bomber airfield
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 21: Ukraine struck a major Russian strategic bomber airfield on Thursday with drones, triggering a huge blast and fire about 700 km...
Zelensky: Ukrainian experts will be in Saudi Arabia on Monday
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 21: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday Ukrainian experts would be present at upcoming talks involving the United States and Russia,...
North Korea's Kim oversees test-fire of anti-aircraft missile system
Pyongyang [North Korea], March 21: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of the country's latest anti-aircraft missile system on Thursday, state media...
Columbia up against Trump deadline
New York [US], March 21: A deadline is looming for Columbia University to respond to nine demands on tightening restrictions on campus protests that U.S....
American citizen Glezmann freed by Taliban, returning to US
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 21: The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen detained in Afghanistan for over two years following direct talks between U.S. hostage...
Russia says Ukrainian drone attack already violates proposed ceasefire
Moscow [Russia], March 21: Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Ukraine had already violated a proposed ceasefire on energy sites in the three-year-old war...
President Trump to order dismantling of US education department
Washington [US], March 21: US President Donald Trump was to sign an executive order on Thursday that aimed to dismantle the Department of Education, the...
Thousands of people mourn victims of North Macedonia nightclub fire
Skopje [North Macedonia], March 21: Thousands of mourners have flocked to funerals in North Macedonia for the dozens of victims of last weekend's devastating nightclub...
Russia appoints negotiators for Monday talks with US
Moscow [Russia], March 21: Russia has selected its negotiators for talks with the US due to be held in Saudi Arabia on Monday to discuss...
Estonia tells Russia it wants stolen buoys
Riga [Latvia], March 21: In its ongoing border dispute with neighbouring Russia, Estonia has once again demanded the return of buoys it says Moscow stole...
Putin will breach peace deal unless it is defended, says British PM...
London [UK], March 21: Russian President Vladimir Putin "will breach" a peace in Ukraine unless any potential deal is defended, British premier Keir Starmer said...