Long air raid alert lifted in Kharkiv after drone strikes, missile warning
A protracted air raid alert in most of Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region was lifted early on Friday after officials reported Russian drone strikes and a missile warning in the city…
US House votes to force weapons shipments to Israel, rebuking Biden
WASHINGTON – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for…
From Kennedy-Nixon to Trump-Biden: Six decades of US presidential debates
Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump plan to face off in a presidential debate on June 27 and another Sept. 10 ahead of a Nov. 5…
From Kennedy-Nixon to Trump-Biden: six decades of U.S. presidential debates
Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump plan to face off in a presidential debate on June 27 and another Sept. 10 ahead of a Nov. 5…
G-7 to back EU line on frozen Russian assets, Italian official says
ROME – Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies meeting in Italy next week will back a European Union plan to use the profits from frozen Russian…
Chad’s Mahamat Deby confirmed as winner of disputed election
N’DJAMENA – Chad’s constitutional council confirmed Mahamat Idriss Deby as winner of the May 6 presidential election on Thursday after dismissing challenges by two losing candidates – cementing a victory…
Moldovan parliament votes to hold EU referendum, presidential election on Oct 20
CHISINAU – Parliament in ex-Soviet Moldova voted on Thursday to hold a referendum on October 20 on European Union membership simultaneously with a presidential election. Read More
Grief and anger as Congo mourners blame Rwanda-backed rebels for attack
KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo – Families huddled near the line of small coffins in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all mourning the children and others killed in a rocket…
Russia declares independent news outlet SOTA an ‘undesirable’ organisation
LONDON – Russian prosecutors on Thursday labelled the independent media outlet SOTA an “undesirable” organisation, in what amounts to ban of its work in the country. Read More
Turkey convicts former pro-Kurdish party officials over Kobani protests
ANKARA – A Turkish court convicted former leading officials from the pro-Kurdish HDP party, including co-leader Figen Yuksekdag, on Thursday for instigating 2014 protests triggered by an Islamic State attack…