Europe

Portugal’s fuel-tanker drivers back down, walkout continues

LISBON, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Portuguese fuel-tanker drivers will maintain their strike indefinitely after a 10-hour meeting of union leaders…

Update: Italy prosecutors probe Salvini over migrant ship limbo

ROME, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into alleged kidnapping and abuse of office after Interior…

Russian opposition activists picket for free elections

MOSCOW, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian opposition staged a string of pickets in central Moscow on Saturday to call for…

Bulgaria seizes cocaine smuggled in banana shipment from South America

SOFIA, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A warehouse employee has found 75kg of cocaine hidden amongst bananas shipped from Ecuador to…

Turkey Supports Peaceful Settlement Of Libya Crisis: FM

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug 18 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, voiced his country’s support for a peaceful settlement of…

British MPs press PM Johnson to recall parliament over Brexit

LONDON, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under pressure Sunday to immediately recall lawmakers from their…

Spain: Evacuations as Gran Canaria hit by new blaze

MADRID, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria were set to evacuate more residents as…

Yemeni Houthis, European Diplomats Meet In Tehran: Report

TEHRAN, Iran, Aug 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Yemen’s Houthi movement and diplomats of a number of European countries, recently held a…

Saudi Arabia Issues Advisory To Citizens In Istanbul Following Attack

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Aug 18 (NNN-SPA) – The Kingdom’s embassy in Turkey, has warned citizens in Istanbul, to be vigilant,…

Eight killed in Ukraine hotel fire

KIEV, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight people were killed and ten wereinjured in a hotel fire in Ukraine’s port city…