Russia said Monday it had placed Piotr Hofmanski, the president of the International Criminal Court, which is seeking the arrest of President Vladimir Putin, on its wanted list."Hofmanski Piotr Jozef, Polish. Wanted under an article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation," said a notice in
Ukraine’s special forces said that the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, and 33 other officers were killed in a Ukrainian missile attack on the fleet’s headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol last week, reports aljazeera.com. Ukraine’s cl
Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia's most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy's No. 1 fugitive and following decades on the run, Italian state radio said. Rai state radio, reporting from L
President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country as a result of the coup that removed the democratically elected president. Niger's junta said in response that the announcement signals a "new step towards the
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday portrayed the United States and Europe as "looking down" on the rest of the world amid a battle to win over developing countries, and said that while Moscow does not reject UN efforts to revive a Black Sea grain deal, a recent proposal was unreali
Russia plans to increase budget spending by 25.8 per cent to 36.6 trillion roubles ($383 billion) in 2024, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Friday, with hefty increases in military and social spending expected ahead of a March presidential election. Moscow has heavily diverted funds toward
Poland's prime minister told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday not to ‘insult’ Poles, maintaining harsh rhetoric towards Kyiv after the Polish president had sought to defuse a simmering row over grain imports. Poland decided last week to extend a ban on Ukrainian grain i
A Ukrainian missile strike has hit the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet in Crimea. A serviceman is missing after the missile attack, according to Moscow. Footage on social media shows plumes of smoke over the building in Sevastopol. The fleet is an important target for
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing measures that would ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, reports Reuters citing a British daily newspaper. Sunak is looking at anti-smoking measures similar to laws New Zealand announced last year, which inclu
Workers at Apple (AAPL.O) stores in France began a nationwide strike over pay and working conditions on Friday in a protest designed to coincide with the launch of the iPhone 15. It is the latest headache for the tech giant in France after it was forced to stop selling its iPhone 12 model earlier
One of Ukraine's staunchest allies, Poland, has said it is no longer supplying weapons to its neighbour, as a diplomatic dispute over grain escalates. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Poland's focus was instead on defending itself with more modern weapons. Poland has already sent Ukraine 32
Germany has banned the right-wing extremist group Hammerskins, the Ministry of the Interior (BMI) announced on Tuesday. The ban includes the group's regional chapters and the sub-organization Crew 38, reporter UNB citing Xinhua. "With this ban, we are putting an end to the inhuman activities
A top NATO military official warned on Saturday that a drastic rise in ammunition prices means that allies' higher defence spending does not automatically translate into greater security and called for more private investment in defence companies. "Prices for equipment and ammunition are shooting
