Does Sweden joining make Baltic Sea ‘Nato lake’?

Sweden’s accession to Nato adds a final puzzle piece to the alliance around the shores of the strategically important Baltic Sea -- but Russia still poses a threat above and below water.
26 February 2024, 18:00 PM

‘UN lightening rod for propaganda’

The UN rights chief decried yesterday disinformation and other attacks that aim to “undermine the legitimacy” and work of the United Nations and other institutions, describing them as “profoundly destructive”.
26 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Sweden to join Nato as Hungary ratifies bid

Hungary’s parliament approved Sweden’s Nato accession yesterday, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country whose neutrality lasted through two world wars and the simmering conflict of the Cold War.
26 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Navalny was close to being freed in prisoner swap

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was close to being freed in a prisoner swap at the time of his death, a close ally said yesterday, repeating an allegation by his family and supporters that President Vladimir Putin had him killed.
26 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Peace talks without Moscow is absurd

The Kremlin said yesterday that the idea of holding peace talks without Russia was ridiculous, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he hoped to hold a spring summit in Switzerland to discuss his peace vision with Kyiv’s allies.
26 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Sweden clears final hurdle to join NATO as Hungary approves accession

Hungary's parliament approved Sweden's NATO accession today, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country whose neutrality lasted through two world wars and the simmering conflict of the Cold War
26 February 2024, 16:31 PM

Navalny’s body handed over to his mother

The body of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed to his mother, more than a week after he died in an Arctic prison colony, his spokesperson said yesterday.
24 February 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Putin is fake’

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, yesterday demanded that Russian authorities release his body for burial and accused a “demonic” Russian President Vladimir Putin of “torturing” his corpse.
24 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Navalny's 'tortured' body handed over to his mother: spokesperson

The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died unexpectedly in prison nine days ago, was handed over to his mother on Saturday in the remote Arctic city of Salekhard, his spokeswoman said
24 February 2024, 17:21 PM
23 February 2024, 19:03 PM

‘IS bride’ loses appeal against removal of UK citizenship

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State lost her latest appeal yesterday over the removal of her British citizenship.
23 February 2024, 18:00 PM

10 dead as fire guts Spanish tower block

At least 10 people died in a huge fire that ripped through a 14-storey tower block in Valencia, eastern Spain, and at least 14 were reported missing, with officials warning yesterday the death toll could rise.
23 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Das Kapital sent to Darwin by 'admirer' Marx returns home

A rare book gifted to Charles Darwin by Karl Marx in 1873, which may not have been read by its recipient, is returning to the English naturalist’s home for public display after undergoing conservation work.
22 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia sent hitmen to kill deserter in Spain: report

Moscow sent hitmen who gunned down a Russian deserter in Spain last week, six months after fleeing to Ukraine in his helicopter, El Pais newspaper reported yesterday, citing Spanish intelligence sources.
22 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Navalny’s Death: UK sanctions six officials at Russian prison

UK Foreign minister David Cameron said yesterday that London had imposed sanctions on six officials at the head of the Siberian penal colony where Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny died.
21 February 2024, 18:00 PM

US envoy visits Navalny shrine amid police curbs

The US ambassador to Moscow visited a makeshift shrine to Alexei Navalny yesterday, as Russian authorities suppressed memorials and tributes to the late opposition leader.
18 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Navalny’s Death: 270 mourners held at events in Russia

Alexei Navalny’s mother was told yesterday that Russia’s most prominent opposition leader had been struck down by “sudden death syndrome” and that his body would not be handed over to the family until an investigation was completed, his team said.
17 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Putin’s critics: dead, exiled

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died yesterday at the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year-term, is the latest critic to fall foul of President Vladimir Putin.
16 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny dies

Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable opponent, collapsed and died yesterday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade jail term, the Russian prison service said.
16 February 2024, 18:00 PM

UK, US, Canada ‘deeply concerned’ about foreign info manipulation

Britain, the United States and Canada remain “deeply concerned” about foreign information manipulation and other actions aimed at undermining democracies and human rights globally, the three Western countries said in a joint statement.
16 February 2024, 18:00 PM