Washington: Africa is struggling with the triple shock of rising debt burdens, an ongoing food crisis and climate change fallout and needs more help from international institutions and wealthy nations to cope, African finance ministers said. Developing African economies were only beginning to recover from the
Athens: Five migrants and a Greek motorist were killed in a car crash on a highway near the border between Greece and Turkiye, police said. The car, carrying 10 migrants, was traveling at a high speed on the wrong side to avoid a police checkpoint and
Helsinki: Finland’s much-delayed Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor, Europe’s largest, began regular output early on Sunday, its operator said, boosting energy security in a region to which Russia has cut gas and power supplies. Nuclear power remains controversial in Europe, primarily due to safety concerns, and
Islamabad: Pakistan demanded answers from the Indian government after the revelations made by former governor of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) Satya Pal Malik about Pulwama attack. According to a statement issued by Foreign Office, Malik's — who was governor during the Pulwama terrorist
London: Over 220,000 visitors are expected to attend London Eid Festival from April 29 to May 1, as the event returns for the fourth year to Westfield Square, making it Europe’s biggest Eid Al-Fitr festival. Scheduled to take place at the Atrium and Westfield Square, London
Jerusalem: Muslim worshippers packed Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa compound for noon prayers on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan under heightened Israeli police presence. The prayers ended peacefully amid simmering tensions in a year-long escalation of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Israeli police raids at the sacred compound last
Jerusalem: Thousands of Palestinian Christians and pilgrims from around the world filled Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday to celebrate the Orthodox Holy Light ceremony, under a heavy Israeli police presence that has drawn anger from churches. The millennium-old celebration, symbolising Jesus's resurrection, usually draws thousands of
Vienna: Five former Austrian officials went on trial in Vienna accused of granting asylum to a suspected Syrian war criminal in Austria at the request of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. The five are accused of abusing their positions by bringing Khaled Halabi, a former Syrian general,
London: Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt MP has assured that she will raise the issue of short-seller Viceroy Research and its head Fraser John Perring’s Russian state links with Britain’s Security Minister Tom Tugendhat MBE. Penny Mordaunt made this assurance after a high-profile
Berlin: Germany will pull the plug on its last three nuclear power stations, ending a six-decade programme that spawned one of Europe's strongest protest movements but saw a brief reprieve due to the Ukraine war. The smoking towers of Isar II, Emsland and Neckarwestheim II reactors