Blinken in Poland for talks on security, refugees
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Poland’s prime minister and foreign minister on Saturday in a Polish city near the Ukrainian border, which hundreds of thousands of ...
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Putin says Western sanctions are akin to declaration of war
President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Western sanctions on Russia were akin to a declaration of war and defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying Moscow needed to defend ...
As world scrambles for oil, Canadian producers reluctant to spend on growth
The world is scrambling for oil after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent prices rocketing and upended global supply but producers in Canada, home to the world’s third-largest reserves, ...
-Russia’s demand for US guarantees may harm nuclear talks, Iran official says (Updated)
Russia’s demand for written U.S. guarantees that sanctions on Moscow would not damage Russian cooperation with Iran is “not constructive” for talks between Tehran and global powers to ...
‘Please close the sky’ Ukrainians refugees plead
Ukrainians fleeing into central European pleaded for Western nations to take tougher steps against Russia following Moscow’s invasion that has created more than 1 million refugees.
At the Medyka crossing, ...
UK will speed up sanctions against Russians, Johnson says
Britain will be able to move more quickly to sanction Russian businessmen over President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine as a result of new legal measures which will ...
Erdogan will tell Putin to stop Ukraine war during call on Sunday (Update 2)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will tell his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday to stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an Erdogan spokesman said, while adding that it was naive ...
Haas terminate Russian racer Mazepin’s contract
Russian Nikita Mazepin will not race in Formula One this season after his U.S.-owned Haas squad on Saturday severed ties with the 23-year-old and title sponsor Uralkali over ...
Iran says agreed roadmap with IAEA to resolve nuclear issues
Iran said on Saturday it had agreed a roadmap with the U.N. nuclear watchdog to resolve all outstanding questions about the country’s nuclear program by late June, a ...
With fast-weakening rouble and fears for future, Russians rush to shop
In bright sunshine, a long queue of shoppers snaked outside an IKEA store near Moscow this week. Similar scenes were repeated across Russia as families rushed to spend their fast-depreciating ...
Zelenskiy unhappy with Nato decision against no fly zone, says this means more bombing
NATO on Friday rejected Ukrainian calls to help it protect its skies from Russian missiles and warplanes, wary of being dragged into Moscow’s war on its neighbour, but Europe ...
In pope’s homeland of Argentina, court jails powerful bishop for sex abuse
A Catholic bishop accused of sexually abusing young men studying to be priests was found guilty by a court in northern Argentina on Friday, capping over a week of often ...
Russian law on ‘fake news’ prompts media to halt reporting as websites blocked (Updated)
Russia blocked Facebook and some other websites and passed a law that gave Moscow much stronger powers to crack down on independent journalism, prompting the BBC, Bloomberg and other foreign ...
US Supreme Court reinstates Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday reinstated convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence for his role in the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more ...
US calls for help to rehome Afghans who fled chaos of Taliban takeover
The United States still needs other nations to take Afghans who fled their homeland last year, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Friday, six months after Washington’...
BBC suspends reporting in Russia after new law
Britain’s BBC said on Friday it would temporarily suspend the work of all its journalists and support staff in Russia following the introduction of a new law that could ...
Ukraine asks United States and EU to freeze all Russian bank assets
Ukraine‘s central bank governor, Kyrylo Shevchenko, called on the United States and the European Union on Friday to freeze the assets of all Russian banks within their jurisdiction and ...
Ukraine still has ‘significant majority’ of its military aircraft, U.S. official says
Ukraine still has a “significant majority” of its military aircraft available nine days after Russian forces started their invasion of the country, a U.S. defense official said on Friday.
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NATO rejects Ukraine no-fly zone, says ‘not part of this war’ (Update 1)
NATO on Friday rejected Ukrainian calls for help to protect its skies from Russian warplanes, wary of being dragged into Moscow’s war on its neighbour, but Europe promised more ...
Liverpool hoping for favour from old rivals Man United
For a couple of hours on Sunday Liverpool fans will throw off their usual disdain for Manchester United and be rooting for their great rivals as they take on Manchester ...
Australian cricket legend Warne dead at 52 from heart attack
Australian cricketer Shane Warne, one of the finest leg-spin bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended the sport, has died aged 52, his family said on Friday.
Warne, who ...
Most EU women blame pandemic for spike in gender violence
Nearly three out of four European Union women think the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an increase in physical and psychological violence against them, according to a Eurobarometer poll published on ...
Russia seizes Ukraine nuclear power plant as forces lay siege to cities (Update 4)
Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant on Friday in an assault that caused alarm around the world and that Washington said had risked catastrophe, although ...
Tuchel committed to Chelsea amid uncertainty over club ownership
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said the change of the club’s ownership will not affect his future at Stamford Bridge, adding that the London side is a “perfect fit” for ...