Russia’s new T-14 Armata battle tank debuts in Ukraine
Russia has begun using its new T-14 Armata battle tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions “but they have not yet participated in direct assault operations,” the RIA state news agency ...
Eighty ancient Cypriot artifacts repatriated from US
More than 80 Cypriot antiquities are being repatriated from the USA to Cyprus it was announced on Tuesday in a ceremony held in Washington for the occasion.
Cyprus Ambassador to the ...
Sudan factions agree to 72-hour ceasefire as foreigners are evacuated
Sudan’s warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country.
The Sudan Armed Forces (...
Fox News, Tucker Carlson part ways days after Fox settles Dominion lawsuit
Fox News Media and top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the media company said,less than a week after it and its parent Fox Corp FOXA.Osettled ...
Tunisia finds 70 drowned migrants, morgues running out of space
Coastguards have pulled the bodies of at least 70 drowned migrants from waters off Tunisia, where morgues are running out of space and authorities are struggling to contain a surge in ...
China says it respects sovereignty of ex-Soviet states, after EU uproar
China respects the status of former Soviet member states as sovereign nations, its foreign ministry said on Monday, distancing itself from comments by its envoy to Paris that triggered an ...
Trial of David Hunter continues as psychiatrist takes the stand
David Hunter told his psychiatrist he knew killing his wife was “horrible and wrong” but he would do it again so he wouldn’t see her suffer, Paphos criminal court ...
Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military
Global military spending rose to a record last year as Russia’s war in Ukraine drove the biggest annual increase in expenditure in Europe since the end of the Cold ...
Fake ‘Hitler diaries’, one of world’s biggest hoaxes, head for German archive
The forged diaries of Adolf Hitler, whose publication in the 1980s was one of the world’s greatest hoaxes, are to be handed over to Germany’s national archive, Bertelsmann ...
Former ‘Strictly’ judge Len Goodman dies aged 78
Len Goodman, the head judge on British television dancing competition “Strictly Come Dancing” and its U.S. version “Dancing with the Stars”, has died aged 78, the BBC said on Monday.
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Russia says it repels naval drone attack on Sevastopol
Russia repelled a drone attack on its Black Sea fleet stationed in the Crimean port of Sevastopol in the early hours of Monday, Russia’s defence ministry said.
Sevastopol, which ...
Russian oil slashes OPEC’s share of Indian market to 22-year low
OPEC’s share of India’s oil imports fell at the fastest pace in 2022/23 to the lowest in at least 22 years, as intake of cheaper Russian oil surged, data obtained ...
China says it respects sovereignty of ex-Soviet states, after EU uproar over Ukraine comment
China respects the status of former Soviet member states as sovereign nations, its foreign ministry said on Monday, after comments by its envoy to Paris triggered an uproar among European ...
Sudan evacuations speed up during fighting lull
European nations, China and others from around the world raced to extract thousands of their citizens from Khartoum on Monday during an apparent lull in fierce fighting between the army ...
Turkey’s key tourism sector slow to recover after huge earthquake
After months of hosting displaced survivors of Turkey’s massive earthquake in his Antalya hotels, Hakan Saatcioglu hopes his rooms will soon be filled with tourists again after the temporary ...
Strikes ground flights at German airports, railway walkouts to follow
Industrial action grounded dozens of flights at two major German airports on Monday as security workers and ground services employees in the capital, Berlin, and in Hamburg held a one-day ...
Seaplanes and tech gods: Spain’s drive to dish out $84 billion of EU cash
A request for seaplanes needed to fight forest fires is red-flagged because it could harm the environment. Companies seeking aid after being hammered by COVID are asked to show proof ...
The European economy and the prospects for enhanced macroeconomic coordination
By Pierre Jaillet
Inflation has been elevated in 2021-22 in Europe and elsewhere, driven by higher energy and food prices, from exogenous influences, but also driven by mark ups on ...
More companies quit CBI as crisis at UK lobby group deepens
Major British corporate names NatWest, John Lewis and Virgin Media O2 quit the Confederation of British Industry on Friday as a fresh media report about rape allegations deepened a crisis ...
Tensions over Karabakh rise after Azerbaijan blocks land route from Armenia
Azerbaijan said on Sunday it had established a checkpoint on the only land route to the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a step that was followed by claims of border shootings ...
Number of bodies exhumed from suspected Kenyan cult graves jumps to 47
Kenyan police have now exhumed the bodies of 47 people thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death.
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Son of Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says he served with Wagner in Ukraine
The son of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said in an interview published on Saturday that he had served in Ukraine under an assumed name as an artilleryman in ...
Foreign states seek Sudan evacuations after US pulls out diplomats (Update 2)
The United States said its special forces helped embassy staff get out of Sudan, but evacuations by some other countries appeared to face problems on Sunday amid battles between rival ...
In polycrisis world, Europe gains from sharing emergency supplies and tapping expertise
As disaster readiness climbs up the EU agenda, a chief scientific advisor offers views on how Europe can harness its strengths.
Of all the areas of EU activity, crisis management ...