News archive of July 2018

Spain said July 28 it had rescued more than 1,200 migrants from the sea in two days as the country's interior minister called for a European-wide solution to illegal immigration.

At least six people died when an inflatable boat carrying 16 people from the Turkish coast en route to the Greek Island of Lesbos capsized on July 29.

The Day of National Anthem was celebrated on Sunday morning in the Bucharest's Tricolour's Square in front of the National Military Circle, being attended by several dignitaries, through a military and religious ceremony.

The religious service was delivered by the chaplain of the 30 Guard Brigade "Mihai Viteazul".

The new bill on animal rights will be approved by the parliament "very soon," the Turkish justice minister has said in a message posted on his Twitter account.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi suspended his electricity minister on July 29 amid continuing protests over poor public services especially power cuts and rampant corruption, the premier's office said.

With the dead still unburied, with the eyes of the missing watching from their photographs, we can only feel shame for their fate and for our own responsibility.

The number of migrants held trying to reach Europe from Turkey using illegal routes has increased by 60 percent this year, according to data from the Coast Guard Command.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on July 28 the spat between Turkey and the United States over imprisoned American pastor Andrew Brunson and the threat of sanctions coming from Washington amounts to "pyschological warfare."

Six people including three babies died on Sunday when an inflatable boat carrying 16 people capsized off the coast of western Turkey, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Nine people were rescued by the coast guard overnight, it said, adding that search and rescue efforts were continuing for one missing person after the incident off the coastal province of Ayvalik.

The soot-smothered mermaid doll lying among the detritus of a fire-gutted home may have been in a child's hands just before the flames swept through.