Latvian PM resigns due to split in alliance over Russian drones The Latvian prime minister, Evika Silina, tendered her resignation on Thursday after disagreements over incidents involving drones from Ukraine led to the fall of her coalition government only months before the country holds an election in October. The political situation became more complicated when […]
A rescue worker walks in front of residential building which was heavily damaged after a Russian strike in Odesa (AP photo) Russian drone strikes hit the Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight into Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring two others, local authorities said, just hours before a proposed Easter ceasefire was expected […]
The United Kingdom has issued a strong warning to Russia after detecting what it described as a covert submarine operation targeting vital undersea cables and pipelines in the North Atlantic. Defence Secretary John Healey said British forces had successfully tracked multiple Russian vessels operating near sensitive infrastructure, stressing that any attempt to cause damage would […]
A Russian tourist was physically restrained in Bali after allegedly harassing women/ Instagram A confrontation involving a Russian tourist and local residents in Bali has drawn widespread attention after a video surfaced showing the man being restrained in a chokehold following allegations that he had inappropriately touched women during a night out. The footage, filmed […]
At least 29 people were killed after a Russian An-26 military transport aircraft crashed into a cliff in Crimea.Russia’s defence ministry said the crash likely occurred due to a technical malfunction. The aircraft was on a planned flight when contact was lost at around 6 pm local time on Tuesday, according to Reuters.A search team […]
Rescue workers try to put out a fire of a residential building burning after a Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (AP photo) Russia launched a massive overnight assault on Ukraine, firing 392 drones and 34 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said on Tuesday, in one of the largest barrages in recent months.At least five people […]
Russian hackers have targeted US officials and other high-value individuals through the encrypted messaging app Signal, with thousands of accounts already compromised, FBI Director Kash Patel warned on Friday. In a post on X, Patel said the FBI had identified cyber actors linked to Russian intelligence services carrying out a widespread campaign against users of […]
Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi (ANI photo) Iran’s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Sunday sharply criticised the United States over its stance on Russian crude oil, claiming Washington was now “begging” countries, including India, to buy Russian oil after earlier pressuring them to halt such imports.In a post on X, Araghchi said, “The […]
President Donald Trump said the US was going to be hitting Iran “very hard over the next week”, shortly after issuing a partial 30-day waiver for purchases of sanctioned Russian oil, hoping to ease prices fuelled by the US-Israeli war on Iran. Prices have been whipsawing on Trump’s changing comments on the likely duration of […]
File photo: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy (Picture credit: AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said a US decision to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian oil sales could hand Moscow about $10 billion in extra revenue, warning the move would directly undermine efforts to end the war in Ukraine.“This one concession alone by the United States […]
