Ukrainian forces were holding their positions in intense street fighting and under day and night shelling in Sievierodonetsk, officials said, as Russia pushes to control the bombed-out city, key to its objective of controlling eastern Ukraine. Sieviero…
Champions League fiasco showed the nature of French policing
“Indescribable chaos” is how Liverpool fans reacted to the Champions League final fiasco in Paris. “We have never seen such hostility” said one supporter. What was supposed to be a celebration of sports turned into a nightmare for thousands of football…
SEC opens probe into Ericsson over 2019 Iraq bribery report
Ericsson said on Thursday that the US securities regulator has opened an investigation concerning the matters described in the company’s 2019 Iraq investigation report. The Swedish telecom equipment maker said it was fully cooperating with the United S…
Ukraine capital Kyiv in ‘no danger’ but prepared: minister
Ukraine’s interior minister said on Thursday there was no imminent risk of Russians marching on Kyiv, more than 100 days after Russia’s invasion, but the capital would not let its guard down. “There is no danger of an attack on Kyiv today,” Interior Mi…
Sudan: Opposition coalition FFC begins meeting with military
Sudan’s main civilian opposition coalition has begun an “unofficial” meeting with the military mediated by the United States and Saudi Arabia, two political sources said on Thursday. The meeting is the first of its kind since the military seized power …
Riad Salameh corruption probe referred to Beirut court
A year-long corruption investigation into Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh took a significant step forward on Thursday, when the country’s top public prosecutor referred the case to a Beirut court. Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat ordered Salameh…
Macron wants Zidane back in French football amid PSG rumours
French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed his desire to see the return of footballing icon Zinedine Zidane to domestic football’s top flight. In an interview with RMC Sport, Macron expressed his admiration for the former Real Madrid coach and Fran…
Afghanistan’s drug trade: Will the Taliban’s poppy ban work?
After using the opium trade to fund decades of war, in April the Taliban announced a ban across the country on the cultivation of poppies. “We are committed to bringing poppy cultivation to zero,” Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor told the A…
Moroccan and British fighters sentenced to death
Pro-Moscow separatists sentenced to death two British fighters and a third from Morocco, who were captured by Russian troops while fighting for Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday. The “supreme court of the Donetsk People’s Republic” or…
IAEA warns of ‘fatal blow’ to nuclear deal
Iran is removing essentially all the extra International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring equipment installed under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and there are only three to four weeks before it becomes impossible to revive the deal, the IAEA’s chief said….