The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement published on its official website that the financial pledges announced during the virtual Yemen High-Level Pledging Event 2021, organized by (...)
Russia is responsible for the poisoning and attempted killing of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny, two independent UN rights experts said on Monday, issuing an "open call" for an international investigation into the incident.
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Brussels announced on Tuesday that it has launched an in-depth probe into plans by Berlin to compensate coal-fired power plants for their early closure.
Germany has planned to phase out coal from its energy mix by 2038. As part of this, it has (...)
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 4,732 to 2,447,068, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday, according to Reuters.
The reported death toll rose by 60 to 70,105, the tally (...)
With new infections soaring due to a highly-contagious coronavirus variant and hospitals filling up, one of the hardest-hit countries in the European Union is facing the inevitable: the tightest lockdown since the start of the pandemic.
The Czech (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that her country could be caught in a third wave of COVID-19 if it lifts its lockdown too quickly.
Her comments come as daycare centers and elementary schools were reopened in 10 of the Germany's 16 states (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia has been ranked second in the Arab region and 24th worldwide, up from last year's 26th ranking, in the Global Soft Power Index 2021.
The Kingdom has recorded an impressive 0.8-point increase in the governance pillar, with (...)
Authorities in Germany and Belgium seized more than 23,000 kilograms (50,700 pounds) of cocaine, worth billions of dollars, in an international operation that resulted in one arrest, officials said on Wednesday, calling it the largest amount of (...)
HALCON, a regional leader in the production and supply of precision-guided weapons, Tuesday unveiled SkyKnight — the first UAE designed and manufactured counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) missile system, at the International Defense and (...)
Foreign ministers from EU countries have agreed to place further sanctions against Russian officials over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
If approved by the European Council, it will be the first time the EU has used a new mechanism to (...)
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 4,369 to 2,390,928, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday, according to Reuters.
The reported death toll rose by 62 to 67,903, the tally (...)
Central European countries warned of a COVID-19 surge on Friday due to the discovery of new variants.
The region, which includes countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, saw few infections during the first wave of the (...)
Facebook's decision to block people from sharing news in Australia has been rebuked by lawmakers around the world, raising the specter of a much wider showdown between the world's biggest social media platform and the governments and news (...)
The United States must work with other leading global powers to curb Iran's "destabilizing" nuclear ambitions, said President Joe Biden on Friday.
In his address to the Munich Security Conference, the US president said his administration was (...)
The world's richest countries are on Friday boosting their commitment to a COVID-19 vaccination program for poorer countries.
The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States are holding virtual talks (...)
Central European countries warned of a COVID-19 surge on Friday due to the discovery of new variants.
The region, which includes countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, saw few infections during the first wave of the (...)
Foreign ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany have affirmed their resolve to "de-escalate tensions" in the Arabian Gulf region and sought to ensure Iran can never develop a nuclear weapon.
This came on Thursday in a (...)
In a significant move to jumpstart diplomacy, the Biden administration said Thursday that the US is willing to sit down for talks with Tehran and other signatories to the Iran nuclear deal before either side has taken any tangible action to salvage (...)
The foreign ministers of five countries have condemned in the strongest terms the Feb. 15 rocket attack in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, offering their support to the government of Iraq's investigation into the attack.
"We the foreign ministers of (...)
The European Union has secured another 350 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for delivery this year, the Commission announced on Wednesday.
Pfizer/BioNTech will provide the bloc's 27 countries with an additional 200 million doses — with an option (...)
New guidelines published on Tuesday by the UN and partners aim to put young people at the forefront of humanitarian action.
The document is the first of its kind, and has been described as the ‘go-to' guide for working with, and for, young people in (...)
Thousands of people have been turned back at the German border since Sunday, when controls were established to stop the spread of coronavirus variants.
Germany authorities say police have stopped some 5,000 people at the country's borders with the (...)
Aid workers are warning that the sharp drop in temperatures across parts of northern Europe this month has put homeless people at serious risk.
German homeless aid group BAGW said Friday that four people have been found frozen to death since a blast (...)
RIYADH — The Arab Coalition on Saturday morning intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia toward Saudi Arabia.
The drone attack targeted civilians and civilian facilities in the southern region of (...)
Police in Denmark and Germany have arrested a total of 14 people on suspicion of planning a bomb attack.
Thirteen of the arrests were made in Denmark during a major counterterrorism operation carried out last weekend in the greater Copenhagen (...)
