UN okays ties with Afghanistan without recognising Taliban
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council voted on Thursday to establish formal ties with the Taliban-run Afghanistan without extending diplomatic recognition to the regime. Fourteen of the 15 members voted for the resolution while Russia abstained. The resolution “recognises the need to help address the substantial challenges facing Afghanistan’s economy, including through efforts to restore […]
Ukraine, Russia talk of compromise, but killings continue
KYIV: New talk of compromise from both Moscow and Kyiv on a status for Ukraine outside of Nato lifted hope on Wednesday for a potential breakthrough after three weeks of war, but the hostilities, including the killing of civilians, continued on the ground. In other notable developments of the day, the UN’s top court asked […]
Anti-war activist interrupts live Russian TV show
MOSCOW: A live evening news programme on Russia’s state television channel was interrupted on Monday by a person who walked into the studio holding a poster protesting the war in Ukraine. The moment was a risky protest in a country where independent media has been blocked or shuttered and it has become illegal to contradict […]
Ukraine talks to continue despite deadly strikes
KYIV: Russia and Ukraine conducted fresh talks on Monday in an effort to end Moscow’s devastating war, despite deadly strikes on a Ukrainian television tower, the capital and a pro-Moscow separatist region. On the 19th day of the invasion, the fourth round of talks made no breakthrough other than a planned resumption on Tuesday, as Russian-backed separatists […]
Iran suspends talks with Saudi Arabia
DUBAI: Iran has suspended talks with regional rival Saudi Arabia, a website affiliated to Iran’s top security body reported on Sunday, without giving a reason for the decision which comes as a fifth round of negotiations was due to start this week. A day earlier Saudi Arabia carried out mass executions that activists said included […]
Russia widens war, bombs new targets
LVIV: Russia widened its offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and an industrial city in the east, while the huge armoured column that had been stalled for over a week outside Kyiv was on the move again, spreading out into forests and towns near the capital. The US and its allies […]
Facebook allows Ukraine war posts urging violence against invading Russians, Putin
Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails seen by Reuters on Thursday, in a temporary change to its hate speech policy. The social media company is also temporarily allowing some posts that call for […]
Ukraine crisis: Chernobyl site knocked off power grid
Ukrainian authorities say the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been knocked off the power grid. Emergency generators are now supplying backup power. The state communications agency says the outage could put systems for cooling nuclear material at risk. The cause of the damage to the power line serving […]
Weather could slow down Russian advance
PARIS: Having failed to make a decisive advance in the early phase of its Ukraine campaign, the Russian army is now facing a thaw that could make progression on key routes problematic due to mud. Like the armies of Napoleon and Hitler before them, Russian mechanised divisions are likely to be slowed down or halted […]
Ukraine parades captured Russian soldiers for cameras
KYIV: The Ukrainian military has paraded captured Russian soldiers before the media and made them recite repentances for their invasion, prompting the Red Cross to warn prisoners must not be mistreated. Eyes red, faces gaunt and in some cases scratched, 10 young Russians in green fatigues were lined up before the press and cameras at […]
