It’s New Year (nearly) as usual in wartime Moscow
There will be no fireworks in Moscow again this year on Russia’s biggest family holiday, but in almost every other way, the capital is as bright and bustling as ...
England goalkeeper Earps, Glastonbury’s Eavis named in king’s New Year honours
England women’s goalkeeper Mary Earps, Glastonbury music festival founder Michael Eavis and the widow of children’s author Roald Dahl were among hundreds of people recognised by Britain in ...
Russia’s air assault on Ukraine draws criticism at UN Security Council
Russia drew sharp criticism at the UN Security Council on Friday for launching massive missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, after Kyiv and its supporters called for an urgent meeting ...
Turkish central bank says it will continue increasing FX reserves in 2024
Turkey’s central bank said on Friday it would maintain a reserve “build-up strategy” in 2024 in order to continue an uptrend in its international foreign currency reserves, adding that a ...
Russia’s biggest air attack of war kills 31 in Ukraine, officials say
Russia unleashed its biggest air attack of the war on Ukraine on Friday, killing 31 civilians, wounding more than 160 others and hitting cities and infrastructure across the country, officials said.
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Poland says Russian rocket likely to have entered its airspace
A Russian missile appears likely to have entered the airspace of NATO-member Poland on Friday, a Polish general said, after an unidentified aerial object was spotted in the early morning ...
South Africa seeks International Court of Justice genocide order against Israel
South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the Genocide Convention in its ...
Trump foes hope Constitution’s ‘insurrection’ ban will keep him off 2024 ballot
Maine on Thursday became the second U.S. state to bar Donald Trump from a Republican presidential primary ballot, part of a flurry of legal challenges to his eligibility to ...
Displaced Gazans flee again as Israel launches more tank, air assaults
Tens of thousands of newly displaced Gazans huddled under tarpaulins on Friday in the centre of the Palestinian enclave after fleeing an Israeli tank offensive, while warplanes attacking the south ...
British MPs call for punishment for unlawfully entering matches
British members of parliament are calling for the creation of a new criminal offence of unlawfully entering a soccer match, plus better collaboration between United Kingdom and overseas police to ...
Eighteen dead in one of Russia’s biggest missile strikes of war
Russia on Friday unleashed one of its biggest missile attacks on Ukraine of the war, killing 18 civilians, wounding more than 130 others and hitting residential buildings in Kyiv, the south and ...
Kremlin has list of Western assets to be seized if Russian assets confiscated
The Kremlin on Friday warned the West that it had a list of U.S., European and other assets that would be seized if G7 leaders decided to go ahead ...
Iran executes four accused of sabotage, links to Israel’s Mossad
Iran executed on Friday four people, including a woman, whom it accused of being “saboteurs” with links to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, the Mizan news agency affiliated to the ...
In Gaza, rows of white shrouds symbolise mounting civilian deaths
“My life, my eyes, my soul,” a husband writes on the white shroud wrapped around his wife after the war devastating Gaza took her life.
A bereaved son writes “my ...
Russian factory activity expands at fastest pace in seven years in December
Activity in Russia’s manufacturing sector expanded at its fastest pace in almost seven years in December, a business survey showed on Friday, though new export orders contracted for the ...
Israeli tanks, missiles strike Gaza in offensive against Hamas
Israeli forces attacked areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip where residents have been expecting a renewed ground offensive in areas crammed with tens of thousands of Palestinians already ...
UK post-Christmas shopping provides some cheer for retailers
British shopper numbers at stores on Boxing Day rose from a year earlier, especially in London, research data showed on Wednesday, marking a strong start to the post-Christmas bargain-hunting spree.
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Israeli troops killed hostages, mistaking their cries for help as ambush -military
Israeli troops killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Dec. 15 when it mistook their cries for help as a ruse by Hamas militants to draw them into an ambush, the ...
Argentine powerful union calls for January strike action
One of the most influential workers unions in Argentina has called for a national strike next month as opposition to the government’s overhaul of the economy builds.
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Bulk carrier hits mine in Black Sea, two people injured, Ukraine says
A Panama-flagged bulk carrier that was heading to the River Danube port to load grain hit a Russian mine in the Black Sea, injuring two crew members, Ukrainian officials said ...
Nikki Haley, asked about cause of U.S. Civil War, declines to mention slavery
Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley declined on Wednesday night to say that slavery was one of the main causes of the U.S. Civil War, an omission she corrected on ...
Venezuela’s Maduro slams deployment of British warship to Guyana
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said the deployment of a British warship to waters off the coast of Guyana breaches the “spirit” of an agreement reached between Venezuelan and ...
Ukraine and Hungary prepare for Zelenskiy, Orban meeting amid tensions
Ukraine and Hungary are preparing a meeting of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the near future, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff said on Thursday, ...
US allies reluctant on Red Sea task force
U.S. President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen’s Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force, but a week ...