Baltic countries fume as China’s envoy in France questions sovereignty of post-Soviet states
The comments on French television by China’s ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, have infuriated the three Baltic states, which have demanded a retraction.
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Russian ambassador interferes in Bulgarian elections
Sweden can join NATO before July summit: Turkey opposition
Polish court convicts women for “offending religious feelings” with rainbow Virgin Mary at LGBT march
Singapore to execute man over 1 kg of cannabis
A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for conspiring to smuggle a kilogram of cannabis, rights groups said, in the city-state's first execution in six months. Singaporean Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, will be sent to the gallows on Wednesday, according to a notice from the prisons department received by his family and posted on social media by rights activists. Amnesty International condemned the decision on Friday, calling it "extremely cruel".
China's ambassador to France says former Soviet countries have ‘no status in international law’
He also said Crimea was "Russian at the beginning," without specifying what he meant by beginning.
Russia cancelled Immortal Regiment march because it fears showing scale of losses – UK Intelligence
The Russian authorities have cancelled the Immortal Regiment march, most likely to avoid emphasising the scale of their losses in the war in Ukraine.
Murder, alcohol and prostitutes: Wagner convicts pardoned by Putin return to terrorise home towns
Violent criminals who served with the notorious Russian militia in Ukraine are terrorising the communities they return to
Russian billionaires see wealth rise to over half a trillion dollars
After Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, the West imposed what it casts as the most severe sanctions in modern history on Russia's economy.
Greenland's melt goes into hyper-drive with unprecedented ice loss in modern times
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing more than three times as much ice a year as they were 30 years ago, according to a new, comprehensive international study.
The Big One: Extinction Rebellion activists descend on central London to continue four-day campaign
The campaign is the first since te group pledged to move away from controversial methods and to ‘prioritise attendance over arrest and relationships over roadblocks’
Muslim pupils tell Hindu classmates in UK to convert: Report
The Telegraph reported quoting a study by the Henry Jackson Society that Muslim pupils called for Hindus to convert or face "threats of hell for disbelievers" using terms such as "kaffir".
Russia's air force accidentally bombs own city of Belgorod
Russia's military acknowledged that a bomb accidentally dropped by one of its warplanes caused a powerful blast in a Russian city not far from Ukraine's border, injuring two and scaring local residents.
Japanese ship Montevideo Maru that sank with 979 Australians found in South China Sea after 81 years
Civilians from 13 other countries were also aboard the vessel found off the Philippines after it was sunk by a US submarine in 1942.
Ukraine war: Bakhmut defender remembered by comrades - Senior lieutenant Pavel Kuzin took his position at the machine gun - the only soldier still able to fight. Everyone else in his troop lay dead or injured.
Pavel Kuzin single-handedly manned a machine gun in Bakhmut so his comrades could be evacuated.
Kremlin influencing anti-war coalition in Germany: report
Documents reviewed by The Washington Post reportedly show how Russia has attempted to forge a coalition between Germany's far-left and the far-right to oppose support for Ukraine.
US Forces Sent to Djibouti to prep for possible Sudan evacuation.
U.S. forces have been sent to Djibouti as U.S. military plans for possible evacuation of American diplomats from Sudan.
Germany needs alternatives to China, says finance minister
China remains an important economic partner for Germany, but liberal values should not be tossed out in the na
Latvia to deliver all available Stinger MANPADS to Ukraine
At the meeting of the Contact Group on the Defence of Ukraine on Friday, the Minister of Defence of Latvia, Ināra Mūrniece, announced the decision to hand over all Latvian Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile systems to Kyiv.
US Abrams Tanks Arriving in May for Ukraine Training in Germany
Defense Secretary Austin confirms Abrams training tanks will arrive in coming weeks