Netherlands to impose extra border checks from December 9
The Hague, Nov 12 (IANS) The Netherlands will temporarily impose extra border checks starting on December 9 in order to limit “irregular migration and human trafficking,” Minister of Asylum and Migration Marjolein Faber announced. “It is time to tackle irregular migration and migrant smuggling in a concrete way,” said Faber in a statement on Monday. […]
Hungary’s Finance Minister submits 2025 ‘peace budget’ amid recession concerns
Budapest, Nov 12 (IANS) Hungarian Finance Minister Mihaly Varga submitted the government’s 2025 budget proposal to Parliament, branding it ‘the peacetime budget.’ The draft aims to counter recessionary pressures and support growth. “We will restore the Hungarian economy to the high growth trajectory seen in the past decade,” Varga said on Monday in a video […]
South Korean independence fighter’s remains to return home after 105 years
Seoul, Nov 12 (IANS) The remains of South Korean independence fighter Lee Ui-gyeong, known for the autobiographical fiction ‘The Yalu River Flows’ that portrays life during Japan’s 1910-45 colonisation, will return home from Germany this week, 105 years after Lee left the nation, the veterans ministry said on Tuesday. Lee’s remains are set to arrive […]
Tunisia dismantles human trafficking network near capital
Tunis, Nov 12 (IANS) Tunisia’s National Guard announced that it had dismantled a human trafficking network involved in smuggling undocumented migrants, arresting five individuals in the operation. The raid, carried out in Ben Arous province near the capital Tunis on Monday, uncovered a network transporting African migrants from sub-Saharan countries. The migrants were moved from […]
Israeli army says officer killed in Gaza
Jerusalem, Nov 12 (IANS) An Israeli military major was killed in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said in a statement. Itamar Levin Fridman, a 34-year-old squad commander, “fell during combat,” the army reported on Monday, adding he was struck and killed by an anti-tank missile during an Israeli raid on the northern Gaza […]
Spanish PM unveils new flood relief package for Valencia
Madrid, Nov 12 (IANS) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a second aid package for those affected by the devastating flash floods that struck the Valencia region on October 29. In a press conference from his official residence at the Palacio de la Moncloa on Monday, Sanchez detailed the new package, which includes 110 measures […]
Trump entrusts key supporter with remaking environment agency, dismantling onerous rules
New York, Nov 12 (IANS) US President-Elect Donald Trump has entrusted one of his loyal supporters, Lee Zeldin, with the task of remaking the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to align it with his campaign promise of dismantling its onerous regulations. As EPA’s administrator — a cabinet-level job — “he will ensure fair and swift deregulatory […]
India Caucus co-chair in Congress is Trump’s new NSA
Washington, Nov 12 (IANS) In the most significant appointment yet for India from the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday announced Mike Waltz, a Congressman from Florida who is the co-chair of the India Caucus, as his new National Security Adviser. Waltz, 50, is a retired Army colonel who served as a Green […]
25 killed in Israeli bombings in Gaza
Gaza, Nov 12 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and more than 30 others injured due to intense Israeli bombings in a refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, and a tent sheltering displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip. At least five people were killed and several others injured on Monday evening during […]
Palestinians in West Bank mark 20th anniversary of Arafat’s death
Ramallah, Nov 12 (IANS) Palestinians in the West Bank have commemorated the 20th anniversary of the death of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. A speech festival was held on Monday at Arafat’s tomb in the Palestinian Presidential Compound in Ramallah, central West Bank, organised by the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) and attended by both […]
