Paris police shoot and wound man with knife at Montparnasse station
PARIS:(Web News) French police shot and wounded a knife-wielding man in Montparnasse train station in central Paris on Friday, the city prosecutor’s office said.A police officer shot in the leg the 34-year-old man who then stabbed himself in the throat, the prosecutor’s office
Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 4 people and injures at least 34
KYIV, Ukraine (Web News) — Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing four people, starting fires and scattering debris as the sound of explosions boomed across the city, Ukrainian authorities said. A pregnant woman was among at
Italy probes if ‘war tourists’ paid to shoot civilians in Sarajevo siege
ROME: (Web News)Prosecutors in Italy are investigating possible Italian snipers who may have paid the Bosnian Serb army during the 1990s siege of Sarajevo to be allowed to shoot civilians for sport, local media reported.According to La Repubblica daily, the investigation opened by
EU funnels fresh money to Ukraine for Naftogaz
WARSAW:(Web News) Europe’s top development banks and Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz signed a deal on Thursday to provide hundreds of millions of euros to secure Ukraine’s natural gas supply amid the ongoing attacks on its infrastructure by Russia.Ukrainian gas imports have risen as
EU chief insists using Russian assets best way to fund Ukraine
BRUSSELS:(Web News) EU chief Ursula von der Leyen insisted Thursday that using frozen Russian assets to fund a new loan was the “most effective way” to finance Ukraine, as she laid out other options after opposition from Belgium.The 27-nation bloc is scrambling for
France, Germany, Spain to resume delayed fighter talks, sources say
BERLIN/PARIS:(Web News) France, Germany and Spain are set to resume high-level talks on the next phase of a major fighter project after delays caused by the recent political crisis in France, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.A ministerial meeting is
Spain’s top prosecutor defends his innocence in leak trial
MADRID (Web News) – Spain’s top prosecutor, Alvaro Garcia Ortiz, who is on trial for allegedly leaking confidential information about a tax fraud case, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he did not leak the information. The case has attracted intense political
UN food agencies warn of 16 hunger hotspots — 4 of the top 6 are Middle East countries
Rome:(Web News) Two UN food agencies warned Wednesday that millions more people around the globe could face famine, with funding shortfalls worsening already dire conditions.The joint report from the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme said conflict and violence were
Ukraine detains 5 people in $100M energy sector graft investigation
KYIV, Ukraine (Web news) — A Ukrainian anti-corruption agency said Tuesday it has detained five people and identified seven other suspects in a major graft investigation that is centering on alleged kickbacks worth some $100 million in the country’s energy sector. The National
Germany jails three Syrians who fought for ‘terror group’
BERLIN: A German court on Tuesday sentenced three Syrian men to prison for involvement in a foreign terrorist group during the civil war after a trial that lasted more than a year.The three defendants, identified only partially as Amer Tarak A., Sohail A.
