Brussels: ‘Frontex’, a prominent agency which is the border agency of the European Union (EU) warned that the influx of refugees continuing for the last few years, will continue in this year too. ‘Frontex’ Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri has cautioned that there are flocks of refugees coming to South European countries from the Mediterranean Sea […]
Munich : Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, indicated the changes in the international systems saying, ‘The power centre at the international level is shifting. The United States is still a super power but it seem to be withdrawing from the international politics. China is trying to fill up this political vacuum.’ At the same time, he […]
Brussels: ‘The social integration of the refugees entering into Europe with the local population, will be a very important concern in the coming times. If the European countries create independent and separate settlements for these refugees, it could become a nuclear bomb of unrest waiting to explode’, was the blunt warning issued by Corina Cretu, […]
Rome: More than 600,000 refugees that have entered Italy are illegal and these refugees are nothing but a ‘Social Time Bomb’, warned former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. He stated that if his government comes to power in the coming elections scheduled next month, 600,000 illegal refugees will be expelled from the country. Berlusconi’s statement […]
Lagos: The Nigerian army has claimed a decisive victory against the terrorist organisation ‘Boko Haram’ under the operation ‘Operation Deep Punch 2’. Major General Rogers Nicholas of the ‘Theatre Command’ in Northeast Nigeria gave this information. But, even after this claim, there have been attacks by ‘Boko Haram’ in Nigeria as well as Cameroon putting […]
New Delhi : India signed a significant military agreement with Seychelles, an archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean. This agreement states that India will set up military infrastructural facilities for Seychelles on Assumption Island, and also have access to use them. Last year China had erected a military base on Djibouti Island in the Indian […]
Washington: The Democratic party passed the short-term additional spending bill after assurance from the ruling Republican Party. The US shutdown of 69 hours ended on Monday night because of this. The US president Donald Trump has hailed this as a major victory. It is claimed that this has avoided a major disaster. ‘Shutdown’ was announced […]
Tunis: Tunisia, formed seven years ago as a result of the Arab Spring protests, is once again reeling with anti-government agitations. The demonstrations which broke out because of the taxes and expenditure cut back policies imposed by the government, leading to lower wage costs and inflation, have taken a violent turn in the last two […]
Jerusalem: The plan to launch suicide attacks on major cities of Israel has failed, declared Israel’s internal intelligence agency, ‘Shin Bet’. Three terrorists have been arrested in connection with the failed plot, amongst whom one has confessed to be part of the crime, declared ‘Shin Bet’. Information about Iran‘s ‘terror cell’ being functional in the […]
New Delhi: To increase and facilitate trade with neighbouring countries, the main expressways will be linked with “International trade points”. Minister of Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari announced on Sunday that a scheme of 25000 crores has been planned for this purpose. Gadkari informed that under this project, 2000 kilometers of “highways” will be constructed […]