UK mortgage approvals hit six-month high as rates ease
London: UK Mortgage approvals climbed to the highest level in six months in a further sign that falling borrowing costs...
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Greece hit record high green energy output last year
Athens: Greece hit a record high in wind, solar and hydroelectric energy output last year, its power grid operator IPTO...
Italy: Impressive turnaround with investors
Rome: The performance of Italian government bonds over the last year has been nothing short of remarkable. Italy’s 10-year bond...
Sick and injured children from Gaza arrive for care in Italy
Rome: A special flight transported from the Gaza Strip the first 11 children - who are seriously ill or injured...
Two-state solution fundamental way out of Palestine-Israeli conflict: China
Beijing: China on Monday said that the fundamental way out of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was to implement the two-state solution...
PM reaffirms Pakistan’s commitment to strengthen ties with Iran
Celina Ali Islamabad: Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday called on Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and discussed...
Diplomats, international journalists invited to Xinjiang’s annual political meetings
Beijing: International representatives and media outlets have for the first time been invited to sit in on or cover the...
COAS, Iranian FM reaffirm to remain closely engaged, bar any spoilers to divide brotherly nations
Liaquat Ali Rawalpindi: Foreign Minister of Iran Amir Abdollahian called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir...
UK and France’s small boats pact and doubling in drownings ‘directly linked’
London: The most recent illegal migration pact between the UK and France is “directly linked” to a doubling of the...
UK says it thwarted Houthis’ drone attack in the Red Sea
A UK vessel shot down a Houthi drone in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has said,...
Cool nights needed for olive trees in Greece
Athens: Winter has finally arrived in Greece, with temperatures dropping from 20 ºC to around 14 ºC in the south...
Italy: Meloni targets energy, migration with ‘non-predatory’ Africa plan
Rome: Far-right leader Meloni, who came to power in 2022 on an anti-migrant ticket, has vowed to reshape relations with...
Albanian Court Approves Deal with Italy on Processing Migrants
Rome: Albania’s Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that the protocol on migrants agreed with Italy was constitutional after it had...
European Union fulfils pledge of additional Euro 100 million grant to enhance post-flood resilience in Pakistan
Celina Ali Islamabad: European Union (EU) Ambassador to Pakistan, Ms. Riina Kionka, and Dr. Kazim Niaz, Secretary of the Ministry...
India’s support for terrorism in neighboring countries violates UN Charter: Prof Cheng
Beijing: India’s support for terrorism and continuous masterminding and implementation of overseas assassinations with terrorist organizations is one of the...
Xinjiang ports register record high cargo throughput in 2023
Urumqi: The import and export cargo volume through land ports in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reached a record...
Iran offers condolences to Pakistan over killing of nine labourers
Islamabad: Iran has offered condolences to Pakistan over the killing of nine of its labourers on its soil. Iranian envoy...
China’s public offering fund value hits 27.6 trln yuan
Beijing: The assets under the management of China's public offering funds totaled 27.6 trillion yuan (about 3.88 trillion U.S. dollars)...
UK Post Office chief sacked as firm reels from IT scandal
London: UK Business Minister Kemi Badenoch on Sunday (Jan 28) said she had sacked the chairman of the Post Office...
Greece’s Turkish minority keeps ‘spirit of resistance’ alive
Athens: Western Thrace Turks remember the day of resistance against the Greek erasure of their minority identity while lamenting conditions...
4 years’ jail for woman who poured boiling soup on friend after argument
Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Sunday for the European Union to complete its creation of a banking and...
Iran wraps up trial of Swedish EU diplomat
Tehran: The trial of a Swedish EU diplomat wrapped up in Tehran on Sunday, with Iranian prosecutors seeking the maximum...
Italy: New U212 NFS submarines to feature advanced Li-Ion batteries
Taranto: The 6th Programme Committee Meeting took place at the Taranto Military shipyard and was attended by OCCAR-EA Director, Mr....
Pakistan, Marshall Islands formally establish diplomatic ties
Pakistan and Republic of Marshall Islands, a Pacific Island country, have signed a joint communique to formally establish diplomatic relations....
Four Rwandans ‘granted refugee status in UK over fears of persecution’
Four Rwandans have reportedly been granted refugee status in Britain over “well-founded” fears of persecution, as Rishi Sunak pushes forward...
US to store nuclear weapons in UK’s RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, reports suggest
The US is planning to store nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years due to...
Italian PM reveals “Mattei Plan” for African development ahead of Italy-Africa Summit
On the 28th and 29th of January, the Italian government will hold the much-anticipated Africa summit. Over 50 delegations, mainly...
Italy suspends funding to UNRWA – Tajani
Italy has joined the United States and Canada in suspending funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA...
Boeing 737 MAX lands in China, ending import freeze on order backlog
Islamabad: The first Boeing 737 MAX jet delivered to a Chinese airline since March 2019 landed in China on Saturday, ending...
‘No country is able to cope alone’: EU Commissioner for Crisis Management
Call it the "crisis crisis". A record surge in the number and frequency of extreme climate events afflicting millions of...
