Paris will open its first refugee camp in mid-October, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Tuesday, announcing a centre solely for men with an initial capacity of 400. The emergency centre, which will be housed in an old railway site in the north of Paris, aims to replace the makeshift camps that ...
Russia on Monday launched large-scale military drills on Ukraine’s eastern border and around the Crimean peninsula. The defense ministry said 12,500 servicemen are taking part in the drills across its southern military region, which encompasses Russia’s North Caucasus and the annexed Crimea region. The Russian navy in the Black Sea ...