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At least 20 dead after bus plunges off Venice bridge
At least 20 people, including two children, were killed Tuesday when a bus plunged off a bridge straddling a railway line in Venice, a city hall spokesman told AFP.
The crash caused “at least 20 deaths, including two children,” the…
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Court rules against Italian PM over Tunisian migrant detention
Italy’s detention of three Tunisian migrants awaiting asylum decisions has been ruled illegal under domestic and EU law by a Sicilian court, The Times reported on Monday.
The ruling is viewed as a rebuke to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia…
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Donald Trump to appear in New York court for civil fraud trial
Donald Trump said he will appear in a New York court on Monday at the beginning of a civil fraud trial in which the former president will face what he said was a “sham” accusation that he fraudulently inflated the value of properties and…
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Military delegations of Armenia and Azerbaijan attend CIS meeting in Russia -media
Delegations from the defense ministries of Azerbaijan and Armenia arrived in the Russian city of Tula for a meeting of the council of defense ministers of CIS states, Russian state-run news agencies reported on Friday citing the Russian…
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EU’s Mediterranean leaders meet on migration
The leaders of nine Mediterranean and southern European countries, including France’s Emmanuel Macron and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, meet Friday in Malta for talks set to focus on migration.
The summit comes a day after the UN refugee…
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Serbia opens ‘smart’ police station using UAE expertise
Serbia has opened its first “smart” police station, drawing on the technological expertise of the UAE, Emirates News Agency reported on Thursday.
The initiative was inspired by the success of Dubai Police’s smart police stations, which…
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Three killed in twin Dutch shootings
A gunman dressed in combat gear and wearing a bulletproof vest went on a shooting rampage at a house and a hospital in Rotterdam Thursday, killing a 14-year-old girl, her mother and a teacher.
Dutch police said they were still…
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EU impatience builds over thorny migration reform
The EU will seek Thursday to make progress on a troubled reform of its policy toward asylum-seekers and migrants, with many member states looking to coax Germany to agree key measures.
Paralysis on the issue has caused frustration in the…
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Philippines to remove any barrier China installs in the disputed South China Sea
Filipino forces would dismantle any floating barrier that China’s coast guard may install in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine admiral said Wednesday after Manila infuriated China by removing one such obstruction in a contested…
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German police raid premises across the country in connection with migrant smuggling
More than 350 German federal police searched premises across the country early Tuesday in connection with the smuggling of migrants early on Tuesday.
The focus of the raids was on cities and towns in northern and western Germany but also…
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