World / Europe

Macron launches re-election bid to protect French from 'world's disorders' 03 Mar 2022 - 11:23 pm

PARIS- French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would run for a second term in April's elections, seeking a mandate to steer...

Ukraine, Russia make progress on evacuation corridors as war rages 03 Mar 2022 - 10:03 pm

BORODYANKA/LVIV, Ukraine- Russia and Ukraine have agreed on the need to set up humanitarian corridors and a possible ceasefire around them for Ukrainian...

Ukraine president says Russia and Ukraine must compromise to end war 03 Mar 2022 - 09:54 pm

LVIV, Ukraine- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday said Ukraine and Russia could find a way out of the war if the Kremlin...

Putin says Russian operation in Ukraine is going to plan 03 Mar 2022 - 08:44 pm

MOSCOW- President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia's military operations in Ukraine were going according to plan and he praised its soldiers...

Ukrainians say hackers used local government sites to spread fake 'capitulation' news 03 Mar 2022 - 08:36 pm

WASHINGTON- Ukrainian officials say hackers have broken into local government websites to spread false reports that Kyiv had capitulated and signed a peace...

Biden seeks $10B for aid to Ukraine, $22.5B for coronavirus 03 Mar 2022 - 05:39 pm

The Biden administration is seeking another $10 billion to help protect Ukraine against the Russian invasion and an additional $22.5 billion to cover...

Hundreds of Africans cross into Spain's Melilla for 2nd day 03 Mar 2022 - 04:17 pm

MADRID: Hundreds of people tried for a second day to climb over the fences that separate a Spanish city in North Africa from...

Tide of Ukrainian refugees grows as UN says a million have fled 03 Mar 2022 - 03:51 pm

MEDYKA, Poland/SIGHETU MARMATIEI, Romania:A growing tide of Ukrainian refugees fleeing a brutal Russian invasion streamed into central Europe on Thursday, as volunteers and...

Foreign tourism to Spain jumped to 60% of pre-pandemic levels in January 03 Mar 2022 - 03:35 pm

MADRID: Spain received almost 2.5 million foreign tourists in January, a fivefold jump from the same month a year ago and roughly 60%...

Bangladesh cargo ship hit in Ukraine, crew member killed: Ship owner 03 Mar 2022 - 03:28 pm

Dhaka: A missile or bomb hit a Bangladeshi-owned cargo ship in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Olvia, killing one of its crew...

International Cat Federation bans Russian cats from competitions 03 Mar 2022 - 02:58 pm

The International Cat Federation says it has banned Russian cats from any of its international competitions in the latest rebuke to Russia since...

Covid vaccine passport rules to be lifted in France on March 14: BFM TV 03 Mar 2022 - 02:35 pm

Paris: Rules requiring people to show a COVID-19 vaccine passport to access venues will be lifted in France on March 14, reported BFM...

"We are being destroyed," city council of Ukraine's Mariupol says 03 Mar 2022 - 01:34 pm

Lviv, Ukraine: Mariupol city council said Russian forces were constantly and deliberately shelling vital civilian infrastructure in the southeastern Ukrainian port, leaving it...

Russian troops enter strategic Ukrainian port of Kherson 03 Mar 2022 - 09:19 am

Kyiv/Kharkiv:Russian troops were in the centre of the Ukrainian port of Kherson on Thursday after a day of conflicting claims over whether Moscow...

Civilian toll in Ukraine climbs to 227 dead, 525 injured -U.N. 03 Mar 2022 - 12:50 am

GENEVA- The United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday that it confirmed 227 civilians had been killed and 525 injured in Ukraine...

Ukraine and Russia send mixed messages over plan for peace talks 02 Mar 2022 - 10:09 pm

MOSCOW/LVIV- Russian negotiators expect Ukrainian officials to arrive in Belarus to kick off the next round of peace talks on Thursday morning, Russian...

Anger and disbelief amidst the rubble in Ukraine's Kharkiv 02 Mar 2022 - 09:28 pm

KHARKIV, Ukraine- On a residential street in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, debris was strewn all around, blood stained the ground and the...

Europe’s Biggest Logistics Firms Halt Deliveries Into Russia 02 Mar 2022 - 02:16 pm

Europe’s biggest logistics firms halted shipments to Russia, further isolating the country’s businesses and consumers after its military invaded Ukraine. DHL and Kuehne...