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Russia targets critical infrastructure in drone attacks, officials say

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-02 10:05:25

Russia has been targeting Ukraine's critical infrastructure in a series of drone attacks early on Monday on Kyiv and the region surrounding it, officials said, Reuters reports. Russia kept poun...

Ukraine's Zelensky in New Year message: "I want to wish all of us one thing – victory"

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-01 12:31:35

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that his only wish for all Ukrainians for 2023 was victory and resolved to stay the course while the country fights for it, Reuters reports. "I w...

Croatia rings in New Year as fully integrated EU member

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-01 10:07:05

At the stroke of midnight on Saturday, Croatia switched to the shared European currency, the euro, and removed dozens of border checkpoints to join the world’s largest passport-free travel area....

West using Ukraine to destroy Russia, says Putin in New Year message

-- 2022-12-31 20:40:53

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday his country would never give in to the West's attempts to use Ukraine as a tool to destroy Russia. In a New Year's video message broadcast on Russian...

Russia grants tax amnesty to encourage its troops fighting in Ukraine

-- 2022-12-31 18:52:52

Russian authorities have announced that soldiers and state employees deployed to fight in Ukraine will be exempt from income tax. According to Al Jazeera, this announcement is Moscow’s latest e...

Former Pope Benedict dies aged 95

-- 2022-12-31 16:18:10

Former Pope Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, died on Saturday aged 95 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican where he had lived since his resignation,...

Putin wants to strengthen military cooperation with China

-- 2022-12-30 19:49:28

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to make a state visit early next year, in what would be a public show of solidarity from Beijing amid Russ...

Belarus protests to Ukraine after downing stray air defence missile

-- 2022-12-30 16:22:39

Belarus protested to Ukraine's ambassador on Thursday after saying it had downed a Ukrainian S-300 air defence missile in a field, during one of Russia's heaviest aerial onslaughts against Ukraine sin...

Kyiv residents urged to shelter as sirens wail across city

-- 2022-12-30 15:47:05

Residents of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were urged to head to air raid shelters early on Friday as sirens wailed across the city, a day after Russia carried out the biggest aerial assault since it sta...

Romania detains ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate in human trafficking case

-- 2022-12-30 11:12:42

Romanian prosecutors said on Thursday they have detained divisive internet personality and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised cr...

Russia hits key infrastructure with missiles across Ukraine

-- 2022-12-29 22:38:21

Russian missiles hit Ukraine Thursday in the biggest wave of strikes in weeks, damaging power stations and other critical infrastructure during freezing winter weather, according to AP. Russia fired...

Ukraine reports 'massive' Russian missile strike

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-29 13:33:55

Ukraine reported a fresh Russian missile strike on Thursday morning as blasts were heard in several cities which the authorities said came from air defence systems shooting down incoming missile...

Russian forces step up mortar, artillery attacks on Kherson

-- 2022-12-28 18:39:58

Russian forces stepped up mortar and artillery attacks on the recently liberated city of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, Ukraine's military said, while also exerting constant pressure along...

Kosovo closes main border crossing after roadblock in Serbia

-- 2022-12-28 18:04:28

Kosovo closed its biggest border crossing on Wednesday after protesters blocked it on the Serbian side to support their ethnic kin in Kosovo in refusing to recognise the country's independence. With...

What is Zelenskiy's 10-point peace plan?

REUTERS 2022-12-28 12:31:47

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has been vigorously promoting his 10-point peace plan, discussing it with US President Joe Biden among others, and urging world leaders to hold a Global Pe...

Former Russian president predicts war between Germany, France next year

-- 2022-12-27 20:59:02

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an arch loyalist of Vladimir Putin given a new job this week, predicted war between Germany and France next year and a civil war in the United States that wou...

Ukraine's Zelensky seeks India PM Modi's help with 'peace formula'

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 10:23:19

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said he sought India's help with implementing a "peace formula" in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reut...

Moscow's ultimatum: Ukraine fulfils its proposals or Russian army will decide

REUTERS 2022-12-27 09:28:13

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave Ukraine an ultimatum on Monday to fulfil Moscow's proposals, including surrendering territory Russia controls, or its army would decide the issue, a day aft...

Three killed in drone attack on Engels base inside Russia

-- 2022-12-26 17:10:26

Russia has said it had shot down a Ukrainian drone close to one of its air bases for long-range bombers deep inside its own territory and that three Russian air force personnel had been killed in the...

Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping to confer this week

-- 2022-12-26 16:13:09

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will speak before the end of the year, Russian state news agency TASS said on Monday, without giving details of the timing or fo...

EU strongly condemns Taliban ban on female staff at NGOs

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-26 11:29:10

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday strongly condemned Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration's order to ban women from working at all local and foreign non-governmental organisati...

Only Russia's nuclear arms preventing West from declaring war: Putin ally

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-26 10:58:59

Russia's nuclear arsenal and the rules Moscow has laid out for its use are the only factors preventing the West from starting a war against Russia, a top ally of President Vladimir Putin sai...

Russia ready to resume gas supplies to Europe

-- 2022-12-26 10:45:30

Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe through the Yamal-Europe Pipeline, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told state TASS news agency. "The European market remains relevant, a...

Paris shooting suspect expressed 'hatred of foreigners', says prosecutor

-- 2022-12-25 18:49:03

The suspect detained over the killing of three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his "hatred of foreigners", the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. The 69-year-old man was arrested on Frida...

Russia ready to negotiate over Ukraine, says Putin

-- 2022-12-25 17:09:59

Russia is ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the conflict in Ukraine but Kyiv and its Western backers had refused to engage in talks, said President Vladimir Putin, according to Reuters....

Remember the war weary and the poor, pope urges on Christmas Eve

-- 2022-12-25 15:32:48

Pope Francis on Saturday led the world's Catholics into Christmas, saying in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts that the level of greed and hunger for power was such that...

Russian gold removed from some Western funds after Ukraine

-- 2022-12-25 15:01:22

Hidden inside high-security bank vaults in London, Zurich and New York, billions of dollars' worth of gold of Russian origin has quietly changed hands in recent months in response to Moscow's invasion...

Kurds, anti-racism groups gather after deadly Paris shooting

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-25 10:25:00

Members of France’s Kurdish community and anti-racism activists joined together in mourning and anger on Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attac...

Ukraine says Russia strike kills at least 10; Moscow blames pro-Kyiv forces

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-25 09:58:53

A Russian strike on Ukraine's recently recaptured city of Kherson killed at least 10 people, wounded 58 and left bloodied corpses on the road, authorities said...

Head of major Russian shipyard dies suddenly, no cause given

REUTERS 2022-12-25 09:20:16

A major Russian shipyard that specialises in building non-nuclear submarines said its general director had died suddenly on Saturday after 11 years in the job, but gave no details. Admiralty Shipyard...