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Migrants disembark from a boat that rescued them after two vessels sank off the coast of Italy's Lampedusa island
Dozens of migrants killed after boats capsize off Italian coast
ROME — At least 27 migrants have died after two boats capsized as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy.Around 60 survivors were rescued from the seas off the island of Lampedusa, while the search for others continues.More than 700 people have died trying to cross the central Mediterranean this year, according to the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR).Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni offered her "deepest condolences" to the victims. A UNHCR spokesperson said there was "deep anguish" felt over the incident.More than 90 people were aboard the two boats before they capsized, Flavio Di Giacomo, spokesperson for the UN's International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.A Somalian woman onboard one of the vessels gave a harrowing account to the...
August 14, 2025

Dozens of migrants killed after boats capsize off Italian coast

Pedestrians look at their phones while walking through St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 14, 2025
Russia blocks calls via WhatsApp and Telegram as it tightens control over the internet
MOSCOW — Russian authorities announced Wednesday they were “partially” restricting calls through the messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp, the latest step in an effort to tighten control over the internet.In a statement, government media and internet regulator Roskomnadzor justified the measure as necessary for fighting crime, saying that “according to law enforcement agencies and numerous appeals from citizens, foreign messengers Telegram and WhatsApp have become the main voice services used to deceive and extort money, and to involve Russian citizens in sabotage and terrorist activities”.The regulator also alleged that “repeated requests to take countermeasures have been ignored by the owners of the messengers”.A Whatsapp spokesperson said in a statement that the encrypted...
August 14, 2025

Russia blocks calls via WhatsApp and Telegram as it tightens control over the internet

A woman touches the photo at the grave of her relative, killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, in Nicosia, 20 July 2024
Greek and Turkish Cypriots unite to restore cemeteries along Green Line
NICOSIA — More than half a century after the Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus, the island's communities are restoring each other's cemeteries.So far, restoration is under way at 15 cemeteries inside the Green Line, the demilitarised zone between the two parts of the island.There are also talks of extending the project, which is costing €700,000.After the Turkish invasion in 1974, churches, mosques and cemeteries were vandalised, damaged or abandoned.For decades, people were not allowed to cross over to the other side to leave flowers beside their relatives' graves."People come to our village to see their graves, their houses, we have people visiting to see where their ancestors are," said Haroula Efstratiou, president of the Greek Cypriot community of...
August 14, 2025

Greek and Turkish Cypriots unite to restore cemeteries along Green Line

Germany's Friedrich Merz hosted President Zelensky in Munich on Wednesday
European leaders tentatively hopeful after call with Trump ahead of Putin summit
MUNICH — European leaders appeared cautiously optimistic after holding a virtual meeting with Donald Trump on Wednesday, two days before he meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.Trump reportedly told the Europeans that his goal for the summit was to obtain a ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv.He also agreed that any territorial issues had to be decided with Volodymyr Zelensky's involvement, and that security guarantees had to be part of the deal, according to France's Emmanuel Macron.Speaking to Trump had allowed him to "clarify his intentions" and gave the Europeans a chance to "express our expectations," Macron said.Trump and Vice-President JD Vance spoke to the leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Italy,...
August 14, 2025

European leaders tentatively hopeful after call with Trump ahead of Putin summit

Dozens of people have been evacuated from the Greek island of Chios
Greece battles wildfires as heatwave rages across southern Europe
ATHENS — Firefighters are battling several wildfires in Greece as a scorching heatwave wreaks havoc across southern Europe.In the past 24 hours alone, more than 152 new fires have broken out across Greece - and thousands of people have been evacuated. Around 4,850 firefighters are engaged in a multi-front battle to contain the flames.At least three people have died in Spain, Albania and Turkey, with dozens more, inlcuding firefighters, taken to hospiitals with smoke inhalation and burns.Temperatures surpassed 40C in several locations earlier this week, with record temperatures hitting France and Slovenia.In Greece, thousands of people have been evacuated from the tourist islands of Chios and Zakynthos.In the western Peloponnese, flames swept into the city of Patras overnight, destroying...
August 13, 2025

Greece battles wildfires as heatwave rages across southern Europe

Then-US President-elect Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Elysee Palace in Paris, 7 Dec. 2024
European leaders hope to sway Trump on Ukraine during virtual meeting
BRUSSELS — European leaders will on Wednesday use a virtual meeting with Donald Trump to try to ensure the US president truly understands what is at stake for the continent before he meets Vladimir Putin later this week, but experts are doubtful they will succeed.Trump and his vice-president, JD Vance, will join a meeting convened by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the early afternoon (central European time) that will also include the leaders of Finland, France, Italy, Poland, the UK, the NATO Secretary-General and the chiefs of the European Commission and Council.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also take part from Berlin where he will meet with Merz.The German Chancellor, France's Emmanuel Macron and British premier Keir Starmer will then chair a meeting of the...
August 13, 2025

European leaders hope to sway Trump on Ukraine during virtual meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a signing ceremony of the new partnership in Pyongyang, North Korea
Kim Jong-un and Putin discuss alliance and war efforts against Ukraine
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call to discuss their deepening ties and war efforts against Ukraine, both countries’ state media said Wednesday.The phone call comes as Putin gets set to meet with US President Donald Trump in the US state of Alaska this Friday to discuss a ceasefire proposal on Moscow's all-out war in Ukraine.According to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, Putin praised the “bravery, heroism and self-sacrificing spirit” displayed by North Korean troops as they fought together with Russian forces against a Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, during the call.Putin also shared with Kim information about his upcoming talks with Trump, scheduled to take place Friday in...
August 13, 2025

Kim Jong-un and Putin discuss alliance and war efforts against Ukraine

Ukrainian firefighters respond to a blaze after a Russian drone strike in the town of Bilozerske in Donetsk on Sunday
Russian troops pierce Ukraine’s patchy defenses in Donetsk
KYIV — Small groups of Russian troops have pierced parts of Ukraine’s defenses in its eastern Donetsk region, according to local officials, as Russia appears to be making an 11th-hour dash to snatch as much territory as possible ahead of the planned meeting between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump on Friday.Russian forces are making a push towards Dobropillia, the Ukrainian battlefield monitoring group DeepState reported Tuesday. The town is around 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the key strategic city of Pokrovsk, which has been in the Kremlin’s crosshairs for more than a year.“Groups of Russians have advanced about 10 kilometers (6 miles) in several places. All of them have no equipment, only weapons in their hands. Some have already been found,...
August 13, 2025

Russian troops pierce Ukraine’s patchy defenses in Donetsk

Jurors deliberated for almost 21 hours before convicting Aimee Betro of conspiracy to murder
US woman convicted over failed assassination in UK
LONDON — A US woman who was hired as a killer and tried to shoot a man in the UK at point-blank range has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.Would-be assassin Aimee Betro, from West Allis in Wisconsin, flew into the country as part of a plot to attack a British family in Birmingham in 2019, before going on the run for nearly five years.Her co-conspirators had been involved in a feud with the family of intended target Sikander Ali, her trial heard.During the case at Birmingham Crown Court, jurors heard Betro hid her identity using a niqab when she tried to fire shots on Measham Grove, Yardley, but her gun jammed and Mr Ali fled the scene unharmed.Jurors deliberated for almost 21 hours before convicting Betro of conspiracy to murder, possessing a self-loading pistol with intent to...
August 12, 2025

US woman convicted over failed assassination in UK

Dust rises as a Ukrainian soldier drives a tank down a dirt road in Kherson, Ukraine on 8 August
Ukraine's borders must not be changed by force, EU leaders say
BRUSSELS — European leaders have warned against Ukrainian borders being redrawn by force – three days before Russia's Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are due to hold a summit on Ukraine in Alaska.In a statement, European leaders said "the people of Ukraine must have the freedom to decide their future".It added the principles of "territorial integrity" must be respected and "international borders must not be changed by force".The statement was signed by 26 of 27 leaders. Missing from the signatories was Hungary's leader Viktor Orban, who has maintained friendly relations with Russia and has repeatedly tried to block European Union support for Ukraine.The statement underscored the nervousness felt by Europeans about Moscow's actions...
August 12, 2025

Ukraine's borders must not be changed by force, EU leaders say

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