Athens: The death toll from a capsized fishing boat carrying migrants off the coast of southern Greece has risen to 78, the Greek coast guard has announced. A large-scale search and rescue operation was underway on Wednesday morning after the boat, which is believed to have been transporting up to 400 people from near the Libyan…
ISTANBUL: The foreign ministers of Turkiye and Syria will hold their first official meeting on Wednesday since the start of Syrian civil war more than a decade ago, officials said.The talks in Moscow will also involve the top diplomats of Russia and Iran, Turkiye’s foreign ministry said in a statement.The announcement delivers a diplomatic boost…
LONDON: Ministers have been warned that WhatsApp could quit the UK if the government pushes ahead with the Online Safety Bill, the controversial piece of legislation that intends to improve internet safety. “These services, such as WhatsApp, will potentially leave the UK,” Claire Fox, founder of the think tank Institute of Ideas, told the government…
Manchester : The Premier League witnessed yet another thrilling encounter, where Brighton Hove & Albion defeated Manchester United in the dying moments of the match, registering a 1-0 win at American Express Community Stadium on Friday. Brighton & Hove Albion’s, Alexis Mac Allister scored from the penalty spot in the additional time (90+9), taking all three…
An attacker armed with an automatic weapon opened fire from a moving vehicle before fleeing. At least eight people were killed and 13 injured in a drive-by shooting near Belgrade late Thursday, state-run media reported, a day after nine people were shot dead at an elementary school in the Serbian capital. Near Mladenovac on Thursday,…
LONDON: In this kind of mood, it will take something special to halt Manchester City’s pursuit of the treble. Just days after Pep Guardiola’s team advanced to the Champions League semifinals, a place in the FA Cup final was secured by beating Sheffield United 3-0 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, with Riyad Mahrez scoring a…
Britain’s Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have reached a proposed agreement over pay and employment terms, which will be considered by the union’s executive before being voted on by members, the two sides said in a joint statement. More than 110,000 postal staff at Royal Mail held several nationwide strikes in 2022,…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni acknowledged “anomalies” in the handling of a Russian businessman who escaped from house arrest in Italy to avoid extradition to the United States and said on Saturday she would speak with the justice minister to understand what happened. During a visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Meloni termed the case of…
