Europe

US Pentagon chief said he felt ‘welcomed’ on European tour

WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan said he felt “very welcomed” during his trip this week…

Bulgarian, Indian Fms Discuss Strengthening Bilateral Ties

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Ekaterina Zaharieva and her Indian counterpart, Sushma Swaraj, discussed here on…

UK’s May to speak to every EU leader in bid to break Brexit deadlock

LONDON, Feb 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday (Feb 16) vowed to speak to every EU…

UK and Russia hold first talks in over a year

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during the 55th Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 16, 2019. Photo…

EU to blacklist eight Russians over Azov Sea stand-off

BRUSSELS, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union will blacklist eight more Russians over a stand-off with Ukraine in the…

Portugal: Police hit smuggling gang on high seas, seize 3.3 tonnes of cocaine

LISBON, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities seized more than three tonnes of cocaine and arrested 11 people off Portugal’s Atlantic…

French to mark three months of ‘yellow vest’ protests

PARIS, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Demonstrators are to hit French citystreets again Saturday, marking three months of “yellow vest” protests…

Prince Charles to make first British royal trip to Cuba

LONDON, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prince Charles will make the first-ever official British royal visit to Cuba in March, his office…

UK says Brexit defeat in parliament ‘a hiccup’

LONDON, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British government has dismissed as a “hiccup” its latest parliamentary defeat over Brexit, saying it would press…

US struggles to convince anti-Daesh allies to secure Syria after it leaves

MUNICH (Germany), Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan struggled on Friday to convince sceptical allies in the coalition…