Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 shocked the world but President Vladimir Putin shows no sign of pulling back. Here are possible scenarios for the weeks and months ahead, according to Western government sources and think-tank experts. 1) Military quagmire Ukrainian forces have resisted Russia’s invasion so far, defeating[…]
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has joined several other organisations in urging the South African government to take a stand in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. In a statement released on Saturday, the foundation said it has been closely monitoring the ongoing conflict that has now entered its 10th day[…]
A fire at Tehran’s main telecommunications building disrupted internet services on Friday, Iran’s communications ministry said. It said the fire was caused by a malfunction in a power connection. “A minor internet outage that occurred today in some areas of Tehran due to a power outage led to a fire[…]
Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with the international community to do more, saying sanctions announced so far were not enough. Air raid sirens wailed over Kyiv amid unconfirmed reports that a Russian plane had been shot[…]
INTERNATIONAL The United States and other United Nations Security Council members slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday for attacking Ukraine as the 15-member body met in New York to try and defuse weeks of mounting tensions. “At the exact time as we are gathered in the council seeking peace,[…]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Istanbul over the weekend to mark the 10th anniversary of his country’s strategic partnership with Turkey and shore up support from his Black Sea neighbour as tensions escalate with Russia over Ukraine’s simmering war in Donbas. “Turkey’s support for the restoration of our sovereignty and[…]
Searchers combing the area where a Ukrainian military aircraft crashed found two more bodies Saturday, bringing the death toll to 26. One person survived. The plane, a twin-turboprop Antonov-26 belonging to the Ukrainian air force, was carrying a crew of seven and 20 cadets of a military aviation school when[…]
Iran’s judiciary has announced the arrests of an unspecified number of suspects in the accidental downing of a commercial passenger jet during a major confrontation with the United States last week. In comments carried by state media, spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said on Tuesday that “extensive investigations have taken place and[…]
Police in the Iranian capital did not fire on protesters on Sunday and officers have been under orders to show restraint, Tehran’s police chief said in a statement carried by the state broadcaster’s website on Monday. Thousands of people have been demonstrating over the downing of a Ukrainian plane by Iran’s[…]
Iran’s admission that it shot down a Ukrainian airliner, killing all 176 aboard, has provoked international outrage and triggered growing protests against Iranian authorities in Tehran and other cities including one in which Britain’s ambassador was detained. In what President Hassan Rouhani called a “disastrous mistake”, Iran said on Saturday[…]
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