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Kremlin sees no basis for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky

-- 2022-08-08 17:20:21

The Kremlin said on Monday there was no basis for a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents at the moment. in response to a question about Turkish proposals to broker peace talks, Kremli...

UN demands international access to Ukraine nuclear plant after attack

-- 2022-08-08 12:35:31

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations over the shel...

Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling nuclear plant again

-- 2022-08-07 20:05:40

Ukraine accused Russia on Sunday of again shelling Europe's largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia, and called for new international sanctions on Moscow for "nuclear terror". Ukraine's state n...

Amnesty apologises for ‘distress and anger’ caused by its report on Ukraine

-- 2022-08-07 19:49:45

Amnesty International apologised on Sunday for the "distress and anger" caused by a report accusing Ukraine of endangering civilians which infuriated President Volodymyr Zelensky and triggered the res...

Can Ronaldo ever regain his cult image among the United fans?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-08-07 16:50:04

Manchester United are known for their large and passionate fan base throughout the world. In this century, their huge global fandom can be broken down into three particular names - Sir Alex Ferguson,...

Four cargo ships sail from Ukrainian Black Sea ports

-- 2022-08-07 16:32:51

Four ships carrying Ukrainian foodstuffs sailed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Sunday as part of a deal to unblock the country's sea exports, Ukrainian and Turkish officials said. The four bulk ca...

Putin, Erdogan meet to further Russia-Türkiye ties

-- 2022-08-06 18:04:25

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to strengthen bilateral relations during their talks in Russia's Sochi on Friday. Putin and Erdogan pledged to incre...

Croatia bus crash kills twelve

-- 2022-08-06 16:04:27

Twelve people were killed and 31 injured, 18 of them seriously, when a Polish bus filled with religious pilgrims slipped off a road and crashed near Varazdin in northwestern Croatia early on Saturday,...

New season of Fantasy Premier League returns, Jesus becomes the most picked player

Mahtab Jamil 2022-08-06 15:36:43

Fantasy Premier League is one of the most popular fantasy games on the internet. It is a game relating to the English Premier League. Every season millions of players register and play the game. This...

France going through its most severe drought ever

-- 2022-08-05 18:12:35

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned that France is facing the "most severe drought" ever recorded in the country and announced the activation of a government crisis unit. Borne said, in a wr...

Russia says it is ready to discuss prisoner swap with US

-- 2022-08-05 16:47:35

Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss prisoner swaps with the United States through an existing diplomatic channel, a day a Russian court sentenced basketball star Brittney Griner to nine year...

Three more ships with grain depart Ukrainian ports

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-05 14:26:14

Three more ships with grain have departed Ukrainian ports and are headed to Turkey for inspection, Turkey’s defense ministry said on Friday. The three ships are loaded with a total of 58,000 to...

France discriminated against hijab-wearing vocational trainee: UN document

-- 2022-08-04 17:11:40

A United Nations committee ruled that France discriminated against a Muslim woman who was prevented from attending vocational training in a public school while wearing her Islamic head scarf, accordin...

Ukraine nuclear plant is `out of control'

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-03 15:49:29

The UN nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow exper...

Former German chancellor Schroeder says Ukraine grain deal may pave way for ceasefire

REUTERS 2022-08-03 14:37:04

The deal between Moscow and Kyiv to unblock Ukrainian grain exports may offer a way forward to a possible ceasefire in the five-month conflict, said former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, a...

Ship carrying first Ukrainian grain on track: Turkey

-- 2022-08-02 20:40:34

The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets since Russia's invasion blocked exports more than five months ago is on track to safely arrive in Istanbul on Tuesday night, Turkey said, amid...

Russia says Pelosi's visit to Taiwan a ‘provocation’

-- 2022-08-02 18:52:36

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday that Russia views US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's expected visit to Taiwan as a "provocation" aimed at pressurin...

Putin says no one can win a nuclear war

-- 2022-08-02 10:18:10

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday there could be no winners in a nuclear war and no such war should ever be started, Reuters reports. The Kremlin leader made the comment in a lett...

First grain ship leaves Ukrainian port under safe passage deal

-- 2022-08-01 20:34:22

A ship carrying grain left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe passage agreement, Ukrainian and Turkish officials said, the first departure since the Russian invasion blocke...

Xavi will be under pressure for titles after successful transfer window

Neel Rahman 2022-08-01 17:13:23

FC Barcelona have not held back one bit in the ongoing transfer window, which will now inadvertently put pressure on their manager Xavi Hernandez to deliver. When the former Spanish midfielder took c...

First grain ship to leave Ukraine today

-- 2022-08-01 12:59:38

The first ship carrying grain to depart Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion will leave Odesa port at 0530 GMT on Monday under a guaranteed safe passage agreement, Turkey's defence ministry...

Zelenskiy says harvest could be halved by war

REUTERS 2022-07-31 15:08:23

Ukraine's president said on Sunday that the country's harvest could be half its usual amount this year due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "Ukrainian harvest this year is under the threat to be t...

Ukraine's Zelensky announces mandatory evacuation of Donetsk region

-- 2022-07-31 12:28:42

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday his government was ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia, Reuter...

Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to Latvia

-- 2022-07-30 21:33:51

Russian gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it had stopped sending gas to Latvia after accusing it of violating supply conditions, a move the Baltic country said would have little impact on its gas...

High temperatures across Europe unleash marine heatwave in Mediterranean Sea

-- 2022-07-30 20:19:57

High temperatures across Europe this month have unleashed a prolonged marine heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea that could ravage ecosystems and kill off several species in the coming weeks, scientists...

Spain reports second monkeypox-related death

-- 2022-07-30 19:11:47

Spain reported its second monkeypox-related death on Saturday, in what is thought to be Europe's second death from the disease and only the third outside of Africa in the current outbreak. Spain had...

Russia bars entry to 32 NZ in sanctions response

-- 2022-07-30 18:21:54

Russia's foreign ministry on Saturday announced sanctions against 32 officials and journalists from New Zealand for supporting what it called the country's "Russophobic agenda", reports Reuters. The...

Will Lisandro Martinez make United's defence strong?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-07-30 14:47:47

Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Lisandro Martinez for a fee of £56.7m from Ajax with €10m (£8.4m) in add-ons.  The transfer will see Martinez reunite with his bo...

Ukraine says scores of Russians killed in Kherson fighting

REUTERS 2022-07-30 10:50:41

The Ukrainian military said on Saturday it had killed scores of Russian soldiers and destroyed two ammunition dumps in fighting in the Kherson region, the focus of Kyiv's counter-offensive in the sout...

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of carrying out missile attack

-- 2022-07-29 18:18:55

Russia said on Friday that Ukraine struck a prison in separatist-held territory with US-made HIMARS rockets, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war and wounding 75. Ukraine said Russia carried out the...