Category: Europe News
US readies $2 billion-plus Ukraine aid package with longer-range weapons -sources
WASHINGTON: The United States is readying more than $2 billion worth of military aid for Ukraine that is expected to include longer-range rockets for the…
‘Total torture’: Sick Ukrainians gasp for oxygen amid blackouts
KYIV, UKRAINE: Valentyn Mozgovy cannot breathe on his own, and keeping his ventilator powered during Ukraine’s blackouts has become a matter of life or death.Regular…
WHO says Covid-19 remains ‘global health emergency’
UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA: The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be a ‘global health emergency‘ and the deadly virus will remain a ‘permanently established pathogen’ in humans and…
Under-funded WHO seeks ‘reinforced’ role in global health at key meeting
GENEVA: The World Health Organization will push at its board meeting this week for an expanded role in tackling the next global health emergency after…
Russia claims gains in relentless battles in east Ukraine
KYIV: Russian forces claimed incremental gains in eastern Ukraine on Monday adding up to their biggest advances in months, after wave upon wave of attacks…
British tanks to arrive on Ukraine’s front lines ‘this side of summer’ – defence minister
LONDON: Tanks donated by Britain to Ukraine will be on the front line before summer, defence minister Ben Wallace said on Monday, without giving an…
Russia claims advancing near Vugledar
KYIV: A Moscow proxy official said Monday that Russian forces were advancing near Vugledar, a town in the eastern Donetsk region, which is the epicentre…
Russia says documentary on PM Modi evidence of BBC waging information war on different fronts
MOSCOW: Moscow said the banned BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi is another evidence of the BBC waging an information war on different fronts and…
New US ambassador to Russia heckled by pro-Kremlin protesters
The United States’ new ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy, was heckled by a crowd of people chanting anti-U.S. slogans on Monday as she entered the…
World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for next crisis: Red Cross
GENEVA: All countries remain “dangerously unprepared” for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned on Monday, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly…