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[ad_1] Finland will formally become a full-fledged NATO ally on Tuesday, the alliance’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. “This is an historic week,” the NATO chief told reporters. “Tomorrow, we will welcome Finland as the 31st member of NATO, making Finland safer and our alliance stronger.” A ceremony marking Finland’s accession is set to take…
[ad_1] MOSCOW — Jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is “cheerful” and doing well as he sits in pre-trial detention, a Russian prison watchdog claimed Monday — the first report on his condition since his arrest on espionage charges. “At the time of my visit, he was cheerful, there were a lot of jokes…
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin taking on the rotating monthly presidency of the 15-member United Nations Security Council came just after a young boy was killed by artillery launched by Moscow’s invading forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Saturday. “Unfortunately, we … have news that is obviously absurd and destructive,” Zelenskyy said in his…
[ad_1] Ukrainian investigators are searching the home of Metropolitan Pavel Lebed, an Orthodox Church leader, who they accuse of justifying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and inciting inter-religious hatred. Ukraine’s security service (SBU) confirmed on Saturday that Pavel, who runs Ukraine’s most important monastery, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, is suspected of violating the country’s criminal code. Pavel…
[ad_1] An explosion in St. Petersburg killed Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky on Sunday, according to media reports. The Russian Interior Ministry confirmed the incident, the BBC reported. It is not clear who was responsible for the blast. At least 16 people were injured in the attack at the Street Bar Cafe, according to the…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is jetting off on an ambitious diplomatic mission to woo Beijing away from Moscow. Officials in Washington wish him luck with that. France hopes to dissuade China’s leader Xi Jinping from getting any cozier with Russian President…
[ad_1] Russian law enforcement on Monday detained a young woman suspected of bombing a St. Petersburg cafe, in which a pro-Kremlin military blogger was killed and dozens injured on Sunday, according to media reports. In a video from the interior ministry published by state news agency TASS, a woman presented as Darya Trepova can be…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Russia on Friday described India and China as “friendly sovereign global centres of power” and vowed to give particular importance to comprehensive deepening of ties and enhancement of coordination with them. Unveiling its new concept of foreign policy, approved by President Vladimir Putin, Moscow also asserted that its attitude towards other countries…
[ad_1] “We remain concerned that North Korea will provide further support and Russia’s military operations against Ukraine and we have new information that Russia is actively seeking to acquire additional munitions from North Korea,” he said. Russia is exhausting its stores of ammunition while locked in an inch-by-inch battle for territory in Ukraine’s south and…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The Turkish parliament on Thursday unanimously ratified Finland’s accession to NATO, effectively allowing Helsinki to join the military alliance but leaving Sweden out in the cold. Finland could now become a formal member of NATO within days. “All 30 NATO members have now…