A harsher era under Putin in the works?
Video and photos of suspects in a mass shooting show them apparently being brutalised by Russian security forces — without any rebuke from authorities. A top Kremlin official urges that hit squads be sent to assassinate Ukrainian officials. Senior lawmakers call for restoring capital punishment, abolished decades ago. The aftermath of...
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Russian minister casts prospective Ukraine peace talks
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Finland to keep border with Russia closed
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‘Muslim community members in US decline WH Iftar dinner invitation’
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S Korea’s pres meets leader of doctors’ strike as he seeks to end their walkouts
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Free blue checks are back for some accounts on X
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UK’s higher salary thresholds for overseas skilled work visas kick in
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18 gunmen, ten security members die in Iran clashes
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Austrian min aims to tighten espionage law to ban spying
Austria’s justice minister said Thursday that she plans to tighten the country’s rules on espionage, which currently is explicitly banned if directed against Austria itself but not if it targets other countries or international organisations. Justice Minister Alma Zadic’s push to tighten Austria’s laws comes as the arrest of a former...
Rescuers in Taiwan search for those missing after major quake kills 10
Rescuers searched Thursday for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded when Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years sent boulders and mud tumbling down mountainsides, blocking roads. Ten people died and more than 1,000 were injured. The powerful quake struck during the morning rush hour a day earlier, sending schoolchildren rushing...
Myanmar resistance drones hit capital target
Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said on Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed the drones as they attacked. The opposition National Unity Government’s “Defence Ministry” said in a statement that...
UK jurists join calls to stop arms sales to Israel
More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the UK Supreme Court, are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the deaths of three UK aid workers in an Israeli strike. Britain is just one of a...
Diplomatic crisis erupts between Poland & Israel
A new diplomatic crisis between Poland and Israel has erupted following the death of a Polish aid worker in Gaza, with the Polish president on Thursday denouncing a comment by the Israeli ambassador as “outrageous” and the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw saying it was summoning him for a meeting. A 35-year-old...
Pope exposes confidential details of past conclaves
Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes, while denying he is planning to reform the process for future conclaves, in a book-length interview published on Tuesday. The revelations are contained in “Pope Francis, Successor: My Memories of Pope Benedict...
Fire at Istanbul nightclub kills at least 29 people
A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning. At least one person was being treated at a hospital, the Istanbul governor’s office said in a statement. The Masquerade nightclub, which...
