Greece is forecast to spend some pound 11.5 billion ($12.62 billion) more on arms over the next four years amid a “window of opportunity” in ties with Turkiye, as announced by the country’s defense minister on Saturday.Nineteen major procurements are …
Greece’s new government, led by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, received a vote of confidence from parliament on Saturday.In the 300-seat chamber, 158 deputies of the ruling New Democracy party voted in favor of Mitsotakis’ proposed government, fo…
The number of displaced people in war-torn Yemen has dropped by half in the first six months of 2023, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.In a statement, the UN agency said that 3,482 households, or 20,892 individuals, were displac…
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has accused the army of killing 31 civilians in an airstrike in Omdurman city, west of the capital Khartoum.The RSF “vehemently condemn the deliberate airstrikes conducted by the extremist terroris…
French people took to the streets on Saturday in remembrance of Adama Traore, a Black man who died in police custody in July 2016, local media reported.Hundreds of people, including several left-wing politicians and Traore’s sister and brothers, gathe…
Pope Francis said on Saturday that it was a “shame” that irregular migrants trying to reach Europe for a safe and better life were dying at sea.In a letter to the archbishopric of the Italian island of Lampedusa, Francis said tragedy had befallen migr…
