Iran slams Trump’s decision to restart nuclear weapons testing
The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has strongly condemned the order by U.S. President Donald Trump to resume nuclear weapons testing, while h...
Greek police seized 271.15 kilograms of drugs, confirmed to be cocaine valued at more than €5.5 million, and arrested three men in connection with the shipment, according to local authorities on Sunday.
The cocaine was concealed in a container of bananas imported from Ecuador and destined for the northern port of Thessaloniki, according to police.
The UK’s National Crime Agency had alerted Greek authorities about the shipment. Police intercepted the container before it was loaded onto a truck and recovered most of the drugs, packaged in brick-sized parcels.
The truck proceeded to Aspropyrgos, a suburb of Athens more than 500 kilometres south, where officers arrested three men as they opened the container on Saturday.
The suspects include two Greek nationals, one a 40-year-old haulage company owner, and two Bulgarian citizens aged 32 and 47. Police said the 47-year-old Bulgarian organised collection and transport, while the 32-year-old managed distribution through an unnamed gang.
Authorities are seeking additional members of the drug trafficking network. The three arrested will face prosecutors on Monday (11 August).
Reliable sources have confirmed to AnewZ that the United States has asked Azerbaijan to join a Stabilisation Force in Gaza, as part of a proposed international mission to secure the territory.
Centrist liberal party D66, led by 38-year-old Rob Jetten, has made sweeping gains in the Dutch election, emerging neck and neck with Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party (PVV) in early results — a stunning reversal just two years after D66 ranked sixth.
Tanzanian police fired tear gas and live rounds on Thursday to disperse protesters in Dar es Salaam and other cities, a day after a disputed election marked by violence and claims of political repression, witnesses said.
U.S. President Donald Trump agreed with President Xi Jinping to trim tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing cracking down on the illicit fentanyl trade, Trump said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that the most difficult situation on the front line remains the eastern city of Pokrovsk, where fighting continues to be most intense due to a strong concentration of Russian forces.
Dutch centrist party D66 won the most votes in Wednesday's general election, news agency ANP said on Friday, putting its 38-year-old leader Rob Jetten on course to become the youngest-ever prime minister in the Netherlands.
Families gathered at a morgue in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday to identify loved ones killed in what has become Brazil’s deadliest police operation, while funerals were held for four officers who died during the raids.
Torrential rain battered New York on Thursday, leaving two people dead, Mayor Eric Adams confirmed, as severe storms disrupted flights and prompted flood warnings across parts of the city.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced plans to introduce a pension top-up as part of a wider pre-election spending drive ahead of the 2026 national vote.
The United States’ participation at this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea has been “very strong and robust,” a senior U.S. official said on Friday, after President Donald Trump left before the start of the leaders’ meeting.
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