Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready for “compromises” over Ukraine in possible talks with President-elect Donald Trump but said Russian forces were in a strong position. Speaking in Moscow during his annual end-of-year press conference, Putin said the military was “advancing” toward achieving its goals in Ukraine. While Putin said Russian forces were […]

A French court has found Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband and multiple other men guilty of rape after a high-profile trial in France, which revealed how she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her spouse in abuse that lasted nearly a decade. Dominique Pelicot, 72, was found guilty after the three-month trial in the city of Avignon, […]

An Uzbekistan national who allegedly planted a scooter bomb which killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov has been arrested in Moscow, says the Russian investigative committee. The Russian news agency TASS said the Federal Security Service (FSB) had published a statement saying the 29-year-old suspect had confessed to having been recruited by the Ukrainian security services. […]

The head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, was killed on Dec. 17 by a bomb planted near an apartment block in Moscow. Russia’s Investigative Committee said that Kirillov’s assistant also died when an explosive device, hidden in a scooter parked near the apartment block, detonated. The committee’s spokesperson […]

Israel has said it has destroyed the Syrian navy, and several missile stockpiles to “prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorist elements.” The Israeli Navy attacked the ports of Latakia and al-Bayda, where 15 Syrian vessels were docked. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF), writing on social media platform X, said, “In 48 hours, […]

The Syrian prime minister, who was appointed by the ousted president Bashar al-Assad, has officially handed over power to a so-called salvation government, led by rebel factions based in north-west Syria. Mohammed Jalali, who was appointed by Assad in September, met with Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), on Monday […]

Romania’s top court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, which was won by a populist, Calin Georgescu, who campaigned largely on TikTok. The Constitutional Court’s decision, on Friday, was made days after the current president, Klaus Iohannis, declassified intelligence reports from the Romanian security service that suggest Russia was behind a […]

Israel has told the International Criminal Court (ICC) it will appeal against arrest warrants which were issued last week for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. On Nov. 21 the ICC, seated in The Hague, issued warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and the military leader of Hamas, Ibrahim Al-Masri, known as Mohammed […]

Thousands of residents of towns and villages in southern Lebanon have started returning to their homes as the cease-fire between Israel and the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah took effect. The cease-fire came into effect at 4 a.m. local time on Nov. 27 (9 p.m. ET on Nov. 26) and within hours hundreds of cars were […]

The Metropolitan Police say they have carried out a controlled explosion outside the U.S. embassy in London, after reports of a suspicious package. The police wrote on X on Friday morning, “We can confirm that the ‘loud bang’ reported in the area a short time ago was a controlled explosion carried out by officers. Enquiries […]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has issued warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and its former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The court has also issued a warrant for Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, who is sometimes known as Mohammed Deif. The court said the warrants were for […]

Brazil’s federal police say they have arrested five people over an attempted coup in late 2022, in which they allegedly planned to kill Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shortly before he took office as president. One of the accused men is a federal police officer, Wladimir Matos Soares, and the other four are army officers […]

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a new doctrine lowering the threshold for using nuclear weapons, his spokesperson said on Monday. The doctrine now states that an attack on Russia by any nation using conventional missiles supplied by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack. The announcement, made via the Tass news agency, […]

The Kremlin has accused President Joe Biden of, “adding fuel to the fire” after it was reported he had given his approval to Ukraine using U.S.-made missiles to strike targets deep inside Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov is reported by the BBC to have said on Monday that the Biden administration was […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said it would be “unacceptable” for Kyiv to make concessions to Russia and “suicidal for Europe.” His comments at the European Political Community summit in Budapest, on Thursday, come two days after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. Trump has promised to end the war in Ukraine within “24 […]

Hezbollah has said it will escalate the conflict with Israel after Israeli troops killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, while Iran stated that the “resistance will endure.” Sinwar, 61, was regarded by Israel as the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, invasion, during which Hamas terrorists carried out a massacre across southern Israel, leaving about 1,200 […]

Israel’s military said on Oct. 17 that Israeli troops in Gaza have killed the Hamas terrorist group’s top leader, Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war. “The IDF and ISA confirm that after a year-long pursuit, yesterday (Wednesday), October 16, 2024, IDF soldiers from the Southern Command eliminated […]

The United States said on Wednesday it has launched bombing raids, using long-range B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, on underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to store missiles and drones. The U.S. Central Command (Centcom), said that it was assessing the damage inflicted by navy and air force pilots, and there was no indication of civilian […]

The U.N. Security Council has refused to bow to Israeli pressure and withdraw peacekeepers from southern Lebanon and has urged both sides to respect their neutrality. In a statement issued on Monday, the security council also expressed “deep concern” at mounting civilian casualties, the destruction of infrastructure and the number of homeless people in Lebanon. U.N. […]

Social media users in the European Union unhappy with decisions taken by TikTok, YouTube, or Facebook about the removal of posts or videos will now be able to appeal to a new body. Appeals Center Europe, which was announced on Tuesday, is an “out of court dispute settlement body” that has been certified by regulators […]