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Zelensky becomes dull in war-torn east Ukraine
KLEBAN-BYK: Olena Semykina, the owner of a village shop in east Ukraine, voted for President Volodymyr Zelensky five and a half years ago, hoping the fresh-faced political newcomer would end the fighting unleashed by Russian proxy forces in…
Russia claims two more villages in eastern Ukraine
Moscow: Russia said Thursday that it took two more east Ukrainian villages - in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions - as its forces continue their advance deeper into the country.
The defence ministry said Russian forces captured the village…
Russia bombs Ukraine with missiles and drones for third time in four days.
KYIV: Russia conducted a heavy aerial attack on Ukraine for the third time in four days Thursday, again launching missiles and scores of drones that mostly were intercepted, Ukraine’s air force said.
Russian forces fired five missiles…
French authorities issue preliminary charges against Telegram CEO
PARIS: French authorities handed preliminary charges to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Wednesday for allowing alleged criminal activity on his messaging app, and barred him from leaving France pending further investigation.
Both free-speech…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
FRANCE: Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested in Paris over the weekend over allegations that his platform is being used for illicit activity such as drug trafficking and the distribution of child…
Russia unleashes massive drone, missile attack on Ukraine: Zelensky
KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia had carried out strikes on Ukraine using more than 100 missiles and around 100 drones.
"It was one of the largest strikes -- a combined one. More than a hundred missiles of…
A German city attack kills three and critically injures at least five.
SOLINGEN: An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late on Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said.
Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9:30 p.m. to an…
UN watchdog wants action on UK ‘racist acts and violence’
GENEVA: A United Nations committee voiced concern Friday about recurring racist violence in Britain, calling for measures to curb "racist hate speech" by politicians after recent anti-immigration riots.
The Committee on the Elimination…
PM reiterated India’s commitment to Ukraine peace process: EAM Jaishankar
Kyiv: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Ukraine as a "landmark" moment, noting that Modi reaffirmed India's readiness to support efforts for an early return to peace in…
PM Modi holds security and trade talks with Poland’s leaders
WARSAW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted on Thursday by his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk before heading to Kyiv for top-level meetings. The two leaders are expected to sign bilateral strategic cooperation agreements covering…
Sicily divers seek last missing from UK tycoon shipwreck
PORTICELLO: Searches resumed Thursday for the last person missing after a superyacht carrying UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch sank off Sicily, with divers recovering a fifth body from the wreck.
Specialist divers working with an underwater…
Moscow comes under one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks
MOSCOW: Moscow came under one of the largest attacks yet by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, Russian authorities reported Wednesday, saying they destroyed all of those headed toward the capital.
Russia downed 45…
Ukraine damages all three bridges over Russia’s Seym River
KYIV: Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia, according to Russian sources, as Kyiv's incursion into western Russia entered its third week Tuesday.
Kyiv's…
German captain Gundogan announces retirement from international football
BERLIN: German captain Ilkay Gundogan, who will be 34 on October 24, announced his retirement from international football on Monday after leading his country at Euro 2024, citing "a certain tiredness" both physically and mentally. Germany…
Ukraine says it repelled Russian missile attack on Kyiv
Kyiv: Ukrainian forces said they thwarted a Russian missile attack on the capital Kyiv where air raid sirens sounded before dawn on Sunday.
"This is the third ballistic missile attack on the capital in August with a clear interval of six…
Bangladeshi and Indian diaspora in Germany protest against atrocities in B’Desh
'Save Hindus in Bangladesh' Call at Rathenau Platz in front of Goethe Statue, in Frankfurt a M Main
Ukraine’s rapid advance into Kursk startled Russia and revealed its weaknesses.
Kyiv: A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia’s Kursk region has seen Kyiv's forces seize scores of villages, take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians in what has become the largest attack…
Poland to bid for hosting Summer Olympics in 2040 or 2044
WARSAW: Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Friday that his country will strive to host the Summer Olympics for the first time, with a particular eye on the Games in 2040 and 2044.
Tusk was speaking at a sports field in Karczew,…
Olympics Gold Medal winner Oliver Zeidler visits his Club and gets rousing welcome
Frankfurt: Oliver Zeidler, the 28 year old German Rowing Scull Singles event Gold medalist at Paris Olympics 2024 visited his Club at Frankfurt on Thursday, August 15. He was welcomed at Geschaftelle Praventionsrat, Frankfurt a M, …
Following the far-right flight path in Britain
Since those early days, when workers from South Asia and West Indies arrived in relatively small numbers, kept their heads down and avoided eye contact with whites, the nature of immigration has changed.