After pandemic, Italian premier faces key economy test
ROME
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte emerged from the peak of the virus pandemic with a bolstered leadership, but faces a tough test this fall, when the economic crisis could...
UK merges Foreign Office with overseas aid department
LONDON
The British foreign office will be combined with the Department for International Development, which oversees the UK overseas aid budget, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday in a...
UK man pleads guilty to manslaughter of 39 migrants
LONDON
A British lorry driver pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 39 people on Friday in the case surrounding the discovery of dead Vietnamese migrants in a lorry container last...
EU Parliament chief under self-quarantine as precaution
BRUSSELS
The head of the European Parliament said he was in self-quarantine at his Brussels home as precaution after having traveled to Italy over the last weekend.
“COVID-19 obliges everyone to...
Netherlands: Virus cases top 26,500, deaths over 2,800
ANKARA
The coronavirus death toll in the Netherlands has crossed 2,800 and confirmed cases are now over 26,500, authorities announced on Monday.
A total of 964 new cases were confirmed in...
Russian election body approves constitutional vote
MOSCOW
The Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) approved the results of the vote on constitutional amendments on Friday.
"Amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation voted by more than...
Protests gather over 20,000 people in Minsk
MOSCOW
Over 20,000 people took part in weekend's protests in Belarusian capital of Minsk, the Interior Ministry said Monday."Citizens gathered in Minsk and other regional centers to participate in the...
For public health amid virus, Northern Cyprus seeks WHO recognition
ISTANBUL
Unrecognized for decades, Turkish Cypriots have launched an online petition campaign calling on the World Health Organization to recognize the country as the novel coronavirus continues to claim thousands...
UK had plan in case virus claimed Boris Johnson
ANKARA
The British government had a plan in place in case Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been claimed by coronavirus, Johnson said in a newspaper interview.
Speaking to The Sun on...
Spain’s former king says he’s leaving country
OVIEDO, Spain
Former Spanish King Juan Carlos I has decided to leave Spain, according to a letter published by the Royal House on Monday.
“Certain events from my private life are...