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Zelensky adviser quits after claim Ukraine shot down missile that hit flats

Wednesday 18-01-2023 03:41 PM

A high-profile Ukrainian presidential adviser has resigned after he sparked fury by saying that a Russian missile that killed dozens of people was deflected on to a block of flats by Ukraine’s air ...

Shamima Begum tells her story in new podcast I’m Not a Monster

Tuesday 17-01-2023 04:49 PM

The BBC series features testimony from the former Isis recruit and those who know her “I felt like I was not inside my body, it felt like a dream,” says Shamima Begum of the moment she left ...

Turkey seeks to reassure allies on Nato enlargement

Tuesday 17-01-2023 04:44 PM

Turkey has called on Sweden and Finland to do more to settle a dispute over the Nordic pair’s bid to join Nato and said expansion of the military alliance was vital to stability in its own ...

UK weighs designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organisation

Tuesday 17-01-2023 04:37 PM

Foreign secretary James Cleverly says Tehran will be ‘held to account’ after execution of Iranian-British man UK foreign secretary James Cleverly on Monday warned the Iranian government it ...

Qatar's German Empire

Tuesday 17-01-2023 04:11 PM

Last summer, as European media became increasingly critical of Qatar’s hosting of the World Cup, Doha decided to go on the offensive and dispatched Hassan Al Thawadi, the event’s chief organizer, ...

Qatargate: Italian court rules Panzeri’s daughter can be extradited

Tuesday 17-01-2023 03:52 PM

An Italian court ruled Monday that the daughter of former MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri can be extradited to Belgium for charges in the alleged Qatar corruption investigation engulfing the European ...

South Korea president, in UAE, backs return to nuclear power

Tuesday 17-01-2023 03:46 PM

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that his nation’s efforts to be carbon neutral by 2050 would rely in part on returning to nuclear power, even though his predecessor had tried to ...

John Kerry tells AP he backs UAE oil chief overseeing COP28

Tuesday 17-01-2023 03:33 PM

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry backs the United Arab Emirates’ decision to appoint the CEO of a state-run oil company to preside over the upcoming U.N. climate negotiations in Dubai, citing his ...

Saudi Arabia in talks to harness British plan for solar power in space

Tuesday 17-01-2023 02:26 PM

Saudi Arabia is investing in a groundbreaking British plan to beam solar power generated in space to Earth for a round-the-clock supply of renewable energy. Business secretary Grant Shapps ...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard given extra billions as economy collapses

Tuesday 17-01-2023 01:44 PM

Iran’s feared state security forces, which have played a violent role in suppressing nationwide protests, have been allocated $3 billion in the latest budget, despite the country’s collapsing ...

Russian Strikes Sap Ukraine Mobile Network of Vital Power

Monday 16-01-2023 06:37 PM

Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s electrical grid are straining the war-torn country’s mobile-telephone network, leading to a global hunt for batteries and other equipment critical for keeping the ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Supports Indefinite U.S. Troop Presence

Monday 16-01-2023 06:30 PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani defended the presence of U.S. troops in his country and set no timetable for their withdrawal, signaling a less confrontational posture toward Washington ...

Iran Plans Penalties for Women Breaking the Hijab Rule

Monday 16-01-2023 06:19 PM

Following months of protests, authorities are shifting tactics on how they enforce a law requiring women to cover their head in public in an attempt to weaken the support for the antigovernment ...

Dozens die in Russian missile strike on Dnipro block of flats

Monday 16-01-2023 03:59 PM

When the missile hit, Anastasia Shvets’ apartment crumpled around her. By some freak of fate, she was the only thing left intact as she lay on her bed. Sheets of concrete were suspended ...

Ancient Egyptian tomb may be royal female from rule of Thutmosid pharaohs

Monday 16-01-2023 03:32 PM

A tomb dating back 3,500 years to a golden age of ancient Egypt has been uncovered by a joint British and Egyptian team near the Valley of the Kings. The discovery on the western bank of the ...