Over the past month, the Russian military has advanced along seven directions in the Donbass and Kursk Region, with significant progress reported in key areas. The Kurakhovo operation in the western part of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) is nearing completion, while Russian forces are beginning to encircle the Pokrovsk …
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Queen Elizabeth II has passed away at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. Her reign lasted 70 years, making her the longest-serving British monarch and female head of state in history. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Thursday evening. …
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Accounts of seven Serbian embassies and a consulate in the US have been “suspended” by Twitter, the foreign ministry in Belgrade said on Monday. Serbia has asked Twitter to unblock the accounts, arguing that such censorship of a pro-European democracy that upholds freedom of speech was unacceptable. The embassies in …
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At least seven people died in massive wildfires raging through parts of Siberia on Saturday, Russian media have reported, citing emergency services. At least 17 people were reportedly injured in the fires, and 14 have been hospitalized, according to TASS news agency. Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region was also buffeted by high winds …
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Seven people, including a pregnant woman and a child, were injured on Thursday in a shelling that targeted a village in Russia located close to the border with Ukraine, Russian officials said. A separate attack targeting a nearby border crossing was reported by the guards. The first incident happened in …
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A massive early-morning fire in Philadelphia engulfed a building with two apartments, killing at least 13 people and injuring two. All smoke detectors in the rowhouse apparently didn’t work. The fire started on the second story at around 6.30am on Wednesday and was brought under control about an hour later, …
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The 21st year of the new millennium began with high hopes. The world had just endured its first lockdown Christmas and we were all expecting that godawful Covid-19 to fizzle out so we could return to work, shopping, holidays and even sharing a few drinks on a night out at …
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In a press release on Thursday, the CTP claimed to have diverted a total of 32 “late-stage” planned terrorism incidents since March 2017, seven of which took place after the start of the pandemic. The cases were most commonly linked with Islamic extremism (18), extreme right-wing terrorism (12), and left/anarchist/single issue terrorism …
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April Benayoum, who was crowned Miss Provence and finished second in the Miss France contest in December, became the target of a slew of anti-Semitic hate online after she had revealed that her mother is Serbian-Croatian and her father is Israeli-Italian. French government officials and Jewish groups condemned the hateful …
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