Europe

US law enforcement on Thursday raided two New York properties belonging to Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin and the target of sanctions. Federal agents and local police officers…

Germany and France have issued a joint warning against a ban on tourist visas for Russians, saying such a step, advocated by other European Union member states, would be counter-productive. The split on tourist visas will be at the heart…

Britain’s unemployment rate remains close to 50-year lows, but wage values are falling at a record pace with inflation at the highest level in decades, official data showed Tuesday. Unemployment stood at 3.8 percent…

Euro and Dollar have emerged with an equal value for the first time in 20 years. One U.S. dollar is equal to one euro for the first time in almost two decades. After nearly 20 years of euro superiority, the two countries…

As Muslims around the world started Ramadan, a lot of people, Muslims and non-Muslims, especially in the West, have been asking why Fasting is made compulsory for Muslims in the lunar month of Ramadan and how important is this month to…

American politician, attorney, and accountant who is the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd district, Thomas Richard Suozzi, has called on New Yorkers to seek the State's assistance to crush Russia economically. Disclosing this via his…

The French Senate has voted to ban hijabs in sports competitions, echoing an already longstanding hijab ban by the French football federation. This was disclosed on Wednesday February 23, 2022, by an American sabre fencer and member of…

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has rejected the decision issued by the European Parliament on human rights in Bahrain. While condemning the decision, the GCC underlined the importance of committing to credibility in obtaining…

Thousands of people have protested against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic. The gathering on Saturday August 1, 2020, estimated by police at 17,000, demanded the removal of the measures because they violated…

France has commenced coronavirus test for the arriving passengers from 16 high-risk countries, entering the country at the French airports and seaports. The regulation stipulates that travellers, entering from the 16 identified countries…

Not less than sixty-five migrants among a group of 94 people rescued at sea and taken to Malta on Monday have tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed by Malta's health ministry said on Tuesday July 28, 2020. It was the single…

German Health Minister, Jens Spahn has disclosed that Germany would introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holidaymakers returning from hard-hit places from around the world as the cases of coronavirus infections surge in the country.…

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan have joined huge crowds on Friday for the first prayers at Hagia Sophia Erdogan reiterated his commitment to restoring Muslim worship at an ancient site long revered in both Christianity and Islam. After…

By Dr. Mehnaz Afiridi As a Muslim woman and Professor, I have been teaching a class in Venice, Italy every winter on “Venice and the Other,” it is a class that focuses on the Jewish and Muslim historical and artistic influences in…

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has warned that European Union leaders might not reach a conclusion over the EU recovery fund which has been the pivot of the EU summit since it started on Friday July 17, 2020.Talks over coronavirus…

At a G20 meeting of finance ministers, German Finance Ministry disclosed that the country would provide monetary assistance worth 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) to the low-income countries in the world. While disclosing this on 18th…

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the country's plan to provide medical aid and supplies to the Kurdistan region of Iraq in order to help them fight the coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed by French Foreign…

The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has announced that the EU’s plan to base its coronavirus recovery funding on rule of law would be unacceptable and that his country would be all ready to veto any deal as a last course of action.…

Foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, France and Germany have said they had discussed how to re-initiate 'a fruitful engagement' between the Israeli and Palestinian sides. The joint statement was released by the German Foreign Ministry after…

Croatia has held an election despite increasing coronavirus infections and a sharp economic downturn from the pandemic. Polling stations was opened at 0500 GMT on Sunday July 5, 2020, and will be close at 1700 GMT when the exit polls will…

French court has rejected a request to reopen an investigation into the 1994 assassination of Rwanda's President, Juvenal Habyarimana, The France's supreme court was on Friday July 3, 2020 asked to review its decision on the assassination…

According to the Pentagon spokesperson, Jonathan Hoffman, a plan to withdraw 9,500 US troops from Germany has been approved by the US President, Donald Trump. This was disclosed in a statement released by Pentagon on Tuesday June 30, 2020.…

A French court in Paris has sentenced former French Prime Minister, François Fillon, to five years in prison, with three suspended, for using public funds to pay his wife and children for work they never performed. His wife, Penelope…

Spain has opened its border to all European countries except Portugal and lifted coronavirus state of emergency. Portugal’s border is set to reopen on 1st of July. Many passengers arrived Madrid's International Adolfo Suarez-Barajas…

Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands have signed an agreement with pharmaceutical group, AstraZeneca, to guarantee 300 million doses of a possible coronavirus vaccine. The German government through the Ministry of Health announced…

The European Union has criticized China’s role in the spread of false information about the Covid-19 pandemic. While disclosing this on Wednesday June 10, 2020, EU stated that the country had engaged in “targeted influence operations and…

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has rejected Donald Trump's invite to attend a G7 summit in Washington. The US president is pushing for an in-person event as member countries ease coronavirus restrictions. This was disclosed on Friday…

French President Emmanuel Macron has disclosed plan to attend a face-to-face G7 meeting of world leaders which would be hosted by the Republican President, Donald Trump, if the current health condition allows. This announcement came after…

The German government has disclosed plan to approve better protections for workers in the meat industry. The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted German authorities to improve the poor living and working conditions in the industry. Following…

The fight against coronavirus pandemic in Germany has impacted the country's economy, tipping it into acute recession. According to the official data released on Friday May 15, 2020, Europe's top economy is currently suffering its…