Europe

Italy: Open Arms allowed to land 27 minors at the Lampedusa Port

ROME, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Defeated by international pressure and pressured by divisions in the far-right ruling class, Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo…

Deforestation in Brazil, vote in Argentina endanger EU-Mercosur pact

BRASILIA, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s backsliding on Amazon conservation under President Jair Bolsonaro and a likely Peronist return to…

Turkish Defence Minister Visits Border Area Of Safe Zone In Syria

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug 17 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish Minister of Defence, Hulusi Akar, paid a visit to the border military post,…

UK: British PM Johnson to meet French Pres Macron, German Chancellor Merkel next week

LONDON, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to meet his French and German counterparts on…

Greenland: US Pres Trump warned that island cannot be bought from Denmark

COPENHAGEN/WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greenland has said it is “not for sale” following reports that US President Donald Trump…

Children’s lives in Mediterranean Sea must take priority over politics, says UNICEF

Two teenage brothers from Gambia who travelled across the Mediterranean Sea without their parents walk along a beach in Italy…

Nigerian government ordered by British court to pay $9bn to private gas firm

 LONDON, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A British judge has ordered the Nigerian government to pay $9bn in assets to a small private…

Malta migrants: Sole survivor describes 11 days in dinghy

Mohammed Adam Oga is being treated at Malta’s Mater Dei hospital for dehydration  VALETTA, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) —“There were 15 of us…

Hungary seeks Facebook guarantees on user info protection

BUDAPEST, Aug 17 (NNN-XINHUA) —Hungary is demanding guarantees from Facebook that it will not pass on the conversations of its Hungarian users to third…

Rome court says migrant ship can enter Italy’s waters, overriding Salvini

ROME/MADRID, Aug 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An administrative court in Rome ruled that a Spanish rescue ship carrying around 150 migrants…