A Russian missile attack on an east Ukrainian town killed four people and wounded 18, authorities said Monday. Merefa lies southwest of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city that has faced heavy attacks by Russia in the more than four years of its invasion. The Kharkiv region governor, Oleg Synegubov, said the strike targeted the town of Merefa, adding: “The victims…
EgyptAir has cancelled its hajj flights to and from crisis-struck Mali, directly impacting more than 4,000 people, the country’s pilgrimage-organizing body said Saturday. The cancellations come as the west African nation faces a dire security situation, with separatist and jihadist rebels targeting its authoritarian junta.Large-scale attacks at multiple junta strongholds last weekend killed the country’s defence minister, and jihadists…
NATO said on Saturday it was working with the United States to understand Washington’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany as a rift in transatlantic ties deepens over the Middle East war. The Pentagon’s announcement of the troop withdrawal follows a spat between US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said on Monday that Iran…
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of about 5,000 troops from Germany within the next year, the Pentagon said on Friday, in the latest rift in transatlantic ties over the Mideast war. The move came as US President Donald Trump announced that tariffs on cars and trucks from the European Union will increase to 25 percent…
Sweden has approved major reforms to its citizenship framework that will significantly tighten eligibility requirements for foreign nationals, with new rules set to take effect from June 6, 2026. As reported by Nairametrics on Friday, under the revised policy, the minimum residency period required to qualify for Swedish citizenship will increase from five years to eight years, marking one…
UK police announced on Friday that they have charged a 45-year-old man over the stabbing of two Jewish men in north London, the latest in a string of attacks targeting Britain’s Jewish community. The capital’s Metropolitan Police said Essa Suleiman, of Camberwell, south London, had been charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of…
