EU nations on Med coast renew push for migrant quotas

Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain say in a joint paper that mandatory quotas for sharing out people who qualify for refugee status among the 27 EU countries must be pursued.

Azerbaijan blasts France for its biased resolution on Karabakh

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry criticised the French Senate for passing a “biased” and “provocative” resolution that offers recognition of the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.”

Far-right terrorism in West on rise, while violence elsewhere wanes

Global fatalities from terrorism fell by almost 60 percent for the fifth consecutive year but deaths attributed to far-right terror have increased by 250 percent, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) said in its 2020 Global Terrorism Index.

Scotland becomes first country in the world to make sanitary products free

In 2018, Scotland had become the first country to provide free sanitary products in schools, colleges and universities.

EU chief warns against relaxing Covid-19 measures

Ursula von der Leyen says citizens in the 27-nation bloc could be vaccinated against coronavirus by Christmas.

France orders probe over 'brutal' migrant camp removal amid outrage

The anger over the removal by police of a camp of migrants in central Paris followed the approval of a controversial law that attracted international criticism for curbing the freedom of the press and eroding law enforcement's accountability.

Turkey expects EU to acknowledge its mistakes, calls for dialogue

Turkey applied for EU membership in 1987, and its accession talks began in 2005. But negotiations stalled in 2007 due to objections of the Greek Cypriot Administration, as well as opposition from Germany and France.

Paris police use tear gas to disperse migrant camp

Dismantling of Place de la Republique camp comes a week after authorities evacuated migrants without any relocation from makeshift shelters in northern suburb Saint-Denis.

Pope Francis: China's Muslim Uighurs are 'persecuted'

While the pope has spoken out before about the Rohingya who have fled Myanmar, and the killing of Yazidi by Daesh in Iraq, it was the first time Pope mentioned the Uighurs.

France's Sarkozy graft trial suspended over co-defendant's health concern

The former French president's trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling has been suspended pending health assessment of one of his co-defendants.

Italy's Covid-19 death toll tops 50,000 – latest updates

The global coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 59 million people and killed neary 1.4 million. Here are the updates for November 23:

Turkey: Greek-led EU mission's search of Libya-bound ship illegal

Germany's Hamburg frigate, serving under a Greek-commanded EU naval mission, conducted the raid without informing Turkey, as per international maritime law, Turkish security forces say.