Russia has announced a package of economic sanctions against Turkey over the shooting down of a Russian jet on the Syrian border. A decree signed by President Vladimir Putin covers imports from Turkey, the work of Turkish companies in Russia and any Turkish nationals working for Russian companies. The decree also calls for an end […]
Turkish Military has allegedly shot down a Russian Military aircraft on the Syrian border. Confirming the development, Russian Defence Ministry, said a Su-24 had crashed on Syrian territory after being fired from the ground. In contrast, the Turkish Military officials, in reply said the country’s F-16s shot down the plane after persistent warning to the […]
France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders after at least 120 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris. Eighty people were reported killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took hostages before security forces stormed the hall. People were shot dead at […]
Turkey has named the notorious terrorist group, ISIS as the first suspect that responsible for the deadly bomb attack, last Saturday in Ankara, the country’s capital, which led to the killing of almost 100 people and several others injured. Turkish Prime Minister (PM) Ahmet Davutoglu Monday said despite that no group has claimed responsibility for […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Nigeria, Michael Zenner has reiterated the need for the promotion of human rights in efforts aimed at advancing global peace, freedom and democracy. Zenner said the promotion of human rights must be the supreme goal of policy makers worldwide, adding that […]
By Ayo Balogun – In what appears like a display of unrestricted solidarity, the German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, has declared that the country will accommodate not less than 500,000 asylum-seekers for several years. Gabriel who announced that Germany expected more than 800,000 asylum-seekers, which is four times more than 2014 figure, called on other […]
The desperate journey by the immigrants from Syria has taken a new dimension, as convoy of cars by German and Austrian activists have traveled to Hungary to move the settlers into Western Europe. The development occurred barely 24 hours after the first set of immigrants arrived Austria, after trekking 180km along a motorway, from Budapest […]
Thousands of migrants who have stuck at a Budapest railway station for some days have resulted to trekking, vowing the walk will be terminated at the Austrian border. This is amidst the Hungarian authority’s effort to contain the desperate migrants from accessing the Western Europe. Alongside drive by the European Union states to agree on […]
Trainloads of migrants arrived in Austria and Germany from Hungary on Monday as European Union asylum rules collapsed under the strain of a wave of migration unprecedented in the EU. As thousands of men, women and children – many fleeing Syria’s civil war – continued to arrive from the east, authorities let thousands of undocumented […]
An Orthodox Jew who stabbed marchers at a Jerusalem gay pride parade 10 years ago launched another knife attack at the same type of parade in the same city Thursday, stabbing and wounding six people who were on the streets for the event, police said. Video aired on Israel’s Channel 10 shows what appears to […]
Eighteen people have been evacuated from a shopping centre north of Paris, after up to three armed men entered the building early on Monday. A police source said they had been hiding in a canteen in the Qwartz centre in Villeneuve-la-Garenne. It was unclear whether anyone else was still trapped in the centre or whether […]
France has summoned the US envoy in Paris over claims that the US spied on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors, officials say. Whistleblower website Wikileaks reports the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on Mr Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac between 2006-12. Mr Hollande called an emergency meeting and said France would […]
Reuters – Around 1,400 passengers of the Polish airline LOT were grounded at Warsaw’s Chopin airport on Sunday after hackers attacked the airline ground computer systems used to issue flight plans, the company said. The computer system was hacked in the afternoon and fixed after around five hours, during which 10 of the state-owned carrier’s […]
Efforts initiated by the European Union (EU) Leaders to check lingering crisis associated with the transit of migrants to the continent via sea, has begun to manifest as the body pleaded Monday to the United Nations (UN) to dismantle the syndicates that responsible for the illegal human movement. EU Foreign Policy Chief, Federica Mogherini at […]
Some leaders including the German, Angela Merkel, French Francois Hollande and Spanish Mariano Rajoy have visited the scene of Tuesday, Germanwings plane crash. During the visit, the leaders were briefed on their mission at the crash site of the Airbus A320 – flight 4U 9525 flying from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, but came down after an […]
The French Prime Minister (PM) Manuel Valls, Monday morning resigned his appointment, following torrent criticism of poor economy. Consequently, Valls has been directed by President Francois Hollande to constitute a new cabinet that would suit the economic direction of the country and present administration. Former PM has earlier been criticized by the economy Minister, Arnaud […]
As a way of enhancing and promoting investment opportunities to Nigeria, a group of Nigerians based in France is to hold Nigeria-France Business and Investment Forum in October. Tagged : “Nigerian-France Business Forum 2013’’ will parade who-is-who in business world as they all congregate in Salon Hoche, Paris between Oct. 25 and 26. In a statement by […]
President Goodluck Jonathan congratulates Mr. Tony Abbot of Australia’s Liberal National Coalition on the coalition’s victory in the country’s elections today. As Mr. Abbot and the Liberal Coalition return to power in Australia for the first time in six years, President Jonathan hopes that they will maintain and build on the cordial and friendly relations developed between […]
