“I love you”, Navalny’s widow Yulia says beside a picture of them together
Moscow, Russia Reuters “I love you,” the widow of Alexei Navalny said on Sunday in a post on social media beside a picture of them together, two days after President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic foe died in a Russian jail. Yulia Navalnaya’s post on Instagram, the first since her husband died, showed a picture […]
Zelenskiy urges leaders to send arms as “artificial” shortage helps Putin
Munich, Germany Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged allies at a global security conference on Saturday to plug an “artificial” shortage of weapons that is giving Russian forces the upper hand on the battlefield and said stalled US aid was imperative. Addressing the gathering of politicians, diplomats and military officials from around the world, who […]
Putin foe Alexei Navalny dies in jail, West holds Russia responsible
Moscow, Russia Reuters Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable domestic opponent, fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade sentence, authorities said. The death of Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, robs the disparate Russian opposition of its most prominent […]
Medecins Sans Frontieres gains access to quake zone in Syria
Antakya/Kahramanmaras, Turkey Reuters Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said a convoy of 14 of its trucks had entered northwestern Syria on Sunday to assist in earthquake rescue operations, as concerns grow over lack of access to the war-ravaged area. The World Food Programme has been pressuring authorities in that region of Syria to stop blocking […]
US declares Russia committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine
Munich, GermanyReuters The Biden administration formally concluded that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” during its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine, US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday. “In the case of Russia’s actions in Ukraine we have examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt: these are crimes […]
Earthquake death toll passes 46,000; desperation for signs of life
Antakya/Kahranmanmaras, Turkey Reuters More than 46,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria and the toll is expected to soar, with some 345,000 apartments in Turkey now known to have been destroyed, and many still missing. As Turkey attempts to manage its worst modern disaster, concerns were growing over the […]
Ukrainian troops holding Bakhmut line demand weapons as world powers meet
Near Bakhmut, Ukraine/Munich, GermanyReuters Ukrainian soldiers fighting to hold off a Russian push on the small eastern city of Bakhmut pleaded for more weapons from the outside world as senior Western leaders met in Munich on Friday to assess the year-long war shaking Europe. “Give us more military equipment, more weapons, and we will deal […]