Europe

Macedonia signs NATO accession accord

BRUSSELS, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Macedonia signed accession papers with NATO on Wednesday, a key step on the way to…

Trump: End of Daesh territory to be announced next week

WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The formal end to Daesh’s territorial holdings in Iraq and Syria is likely to be…

French lawmakers approve anti-riot bill

PARIS, Feb 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — The French National Assembly gave the green light to the government to implement an anti-riot…

Dutch former anti-Islam MP says he’s become a Muslim

THE HAGUE, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Dutch former far-right MP and right-hand man of anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has…

UK rescuers launch bid to recover body from Sala’s plane

LONDON, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British crash investigators launched an underwater operation to recover a body from the wreckage of the…

Pope admits priests, bishops sexually abused nuns

VATICAN, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis admitted that Catholic priests and bishops had sexually abused nuns, the latest scandal…

Fake bomb threats prompt mass evacuations in Moscow area

MOSCOW, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of school children, officeworkers and shoppers were evacuated from over 100 buildings in and…

Brexit: British PM May to meet EU leaders Thursday

BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — EU president Jean-Claude Juncker willmeet Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday, an EU spokesman…

France to have national day marking ‘Armenian genocide’

PARIS, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said France would make April 24 a “national day…

Residential building blaze in French capital kills 10, police arrest 1

FRANCE, FEB 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) A fire that quickly spread through a multi-story residential building in Paris on Tuesday morning has…