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Italian island runs out of room to quarantine new migrants

11:19 pm August 1, 2020

Rome: About 250 Tunisian migrants in several small boats have reached a tiny Italian island that has run out of room to quarantine them as required by Italy’s anti-coronavirus measures, local officials said Saturday. The Sicilian newspaper Giornale di Sicilia quoted Lampedusa Mayor Toto’ Martello as saying the island can’t wait until the government sends a chartered ferry where the migrants can be held for […]

Passenger train crash in Portugal kills 2, seriously hurts 7 Passenger

11:30 pm July 31, 2020

Lisbon: An intercity passenger train rammed into a maintenance vehicle on the track in northern Portugal on Friday, killing two people and seriously injuring at least seven others, authorities said. A spokesman for national relief operations authority CNOS says two medical helicopters, as well as more than 160 rescue personnel including firefighters, were at the scene of […]

Catalan separatists sue Spain’s ex-spy chief over phone hack

6:20 pm July 30, 2020

Barcelona: Two Catalan separatist politicians filed a lawsuit Thursday against the former head of Spain’s intelligence agency and an Israeli technology company for allegedly trying to hack their cell phones. Roger Torrent, the speaker of Catalonia’s regional parliament, and Ernest Maragall, a member of Barcelona’s town council, filed the suit at a Barcelona courthouse against former spy chief Félix Sanz Roldán and the Israeli company […]

5 Rafale jets take off from France for India; likely to be deployed in Ladakh

5:52 pm July 27, 2020

New Delhi: The first batch of five Rafale jets on Monday took off from France for India, officials said. The multi-role fighter aircraft are scheduled to arrive at Ambala air force station on Wednesday, nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to procure 36 Rafale jets for the Indian Air Force […]

3 killed in small plane crash in western Germany

10:56 pm July 25, 2020

Berlin: Three people were killed Saturday when an ultralight aircraft crashed into a multi-family home in western Germany, police said. North Rhine-Westphalia police said the aircraft crashed into the roof of the house in the town of Wesel, sparking a fire, the DPA news agency reported. A small child suffered minor injures before the blaze was put […]