Europe

Brussels: Last month was the warmest May on record globally, marking the 12th consecutive month of record-high global average temperatures, the European Union's (EU) climate monitoring network has said. Data from the EU's Copernicus…

LONDON; UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi, congratulating him on his election victory and wishing him success for a third term in office. "Today I spoke to Narendra Modi to congratulate him…

Moscow: Russia has announced entry bans on several British politicians, journalists, and experts, the country's Foreign Ministry said on Monday. "In response to the hostile actions of the UK, it was decided to include a number of…

The greater the participation, the more likely it will be that Russia will have to listen, he said.

Budapest: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has highlighted the urgency of a ceasefire and the need for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to prevent the armed conflict from spreading. Orban made the remarks on Saturday when…

Stockholm; Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland issued a joint statement here, pledging continued support for Ukraine. The statement came as Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Danish Prime…

Prague: Foreign Ministers of the NATO member states gathered in the Czech capital for a two-day informal meeting to discuss support for Ukraine and preparations for the July NATO summit in Washington D.C., the US. Speaking at a joint…

Kiev, May 31 (IANS) US President Joe Biden's administration has given Ukraine permission to strike certain areas inside Russia with US-provided weapons, the Ukrayinska Pravda media outlet reported, citing foreign media. According to…

Bratislava: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was released from hospital and taken to his apartment in Bratislava, the media reported. The F.D. Roosevelt Hospital in the central city of Banska Bystrica said on Thursday that Fico had a…

Kiev: Ukraine's existing security agreements with foreign partners envisage providing more than $23 billion in aid to Kiev, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "New security agreements for Ukraine provide more strength and…

Nicosia: Cypriot government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis has said that international aid is still on its way to Gaza despite damage caused by rough seas to the temporary pier there. "Aid is being loaded on ships at Larnaca and is…

Helsinki: Local authorities have ordered an evacuation of the village of Grindavik and the iconic Blue Lagoon resort in southwest Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula after a volcano nearby erupted. The volcano located north of Grindavik…

Madrid; Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez held a meeting on Gaza with a delegation of the Ministerial Committee commissioned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit here, a day after Spain's official recognition of Palestinian…

Minsk: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed the document to suspend the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), the media reported. The document was signed by Lukashenko on May 24, Xinhua news agency…

Moscow: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is in direct confrontation with Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said. Earlier on Monday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called…

Moscow: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened Poland with the prospect of "radioactive ash" in response to remarks on the use of nuclear weapons from Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski over the weekend. Sikorski…

Rome, May 26 The Group of Seven (G7) finance meeting has concluded, touching upon global economic trends, financial support for Ukraine and multilateral development banking. After a 3-day meeting in Italy's Stresa, G7 finance ministers…

London, May 26 A British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot was killed after a Spitfire crashed near an RAF base in Lincolnshire, an RAF spokesperson has said. "It is with great sadness that we must confirm the death of an RAF pilot in a…

London, May 26 Eighteen-year-olds would be forced to carry out a form of national service if the Tories are voted back in at the July 4 election, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced. The Prime Minister said Britain has…

Those killed were two German women, aged 20 and 30, a 44-year-old Senegalese man and a 23-year-old Spanish woman who worked at the venue, a police spokesman said.