Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo The bloc is allowing member states to spend up to 1.5% of their GDP on defence over the next four years without the usual budgetary limits. More than half of all EU countries intend to make use of an exemption allowing them to go over budgetary limits …
Read More »Seven Irish EPP congress delegates refuse to call for Hamas hostage release
Muhamad Yehia..Cairo Resolution calling for release of hostages snatched during Hamas’ October 2023 attacks on Israel was among several emergency motions passed at Valencia congress, but seven delegates declined to support it. Seven Fine Gael delegates at the European People’s Party’s Valencia congress on Wednesday refused to put their names …
Read More »‘Situation calm but confused’ as ‘everything stopped working’
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo In Portugal, official sources told domestic media that the outage, which hit around late morning local time, was nationwide, while similar reports emerged from Spain. Spain and Portugal experienced a widespread power outage on Monday, leaving millions without electricity in a snap blackout. Euronews reporter Jeremy Wilks …
Read More »Greece welcomes Vatican’s return of Parthenon fragments to Acropolis
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo The ecumenical “donation” by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago. Greece has welcomed the return of ancient artefacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign …
Read More »Iran executes a man convicted of spying for the Israeli Mossad
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo TEHRAN, Iran — Iran executed Wednesday a man it said worked for Israel’s foreign intelligence agency and played a role in the 2022 killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported. The report identified the man as Mohsen Langarneshin and said …
Read More »Wisconsin high court suspends Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities
Muhamad Yehia..Cairo MADISON, Wis.— The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, saying Tuesday that it is in the public interest to relieve her of her duties as she faces two federal charges. The FBI took Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan into custody Friday …
Read More »President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery. Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas city councilwoman and …
Read More »Von der Leyen and Trump will meet at ‘right moment’ when EU-US trade deal is ready
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo The European Commission hopes to schedule a meeting between Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump once trade talks yield results. Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump will seek to meet at “the right moment” when an agreement to resolve the tariffs imposed by the …
Read More »French prime minister shocked by daughter’s school abuse revelation
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo François Bayrou denies knowing about abuse allegations at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram during his time as education minister in the 1990s. The daughter of French Prime Minister François Bayrou has claimed that she was physically abused as a child at the Catholic school which is at the …
Read More »Germany’s incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz announces cabinet posts
Muhamad Yehia.. cairo Seven ministries will go to the CDU, seven to the SPD and three to the CSU. It is now clear who the CDU and CSU want to send to the cabinet as ministers. German election winner Friedrich Merz’s CDU party has approved an agreement to form a coalition government …
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