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…
Ethiopia will delay the next round of filling a major new hydroelectric dam on the Nile River, the country’s prime minister has declared.The filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will be postponed until September, Abiy Ahmed said Frida…
A private jet crashed in the US state of California on Saturday, killing six people on board, according to local media.The Cessna business jet crashed near the French Valley Airport in the town of Murrieta, the Times of San Diego news website reported…
A three-day peace march began Saturday in Bosnia and Herzegovina to mark the 28th year of the Srebrenica genocide.For years, thousands of people from all over the world have come annually to take part in the event, honoring the more than 8,000 Bosnian…
Danish cyclist Mads Pedersen won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday.Mads Pedersen of the Lidl-Trek team completed the 201-kilometer (124-mile) stage from Libourne to Limoges in four hours, 12 minutes, and 26 seconds.Belgian Jasper Phil…