Yemen: How One of the World’s Poorest Countries Became a War Zone Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Yemen as a theatre of regional conflict In 2014, the Houthis, a previously little-known Shiite armed militia, took control of the capital, Sanaa, and then the port of Aden, a hub for international trade. According
Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that it is closing Germany’s consulate in St. Petersburg. The German consulate in St. Petersburg must cease operations by September 18 at the latest, according to the ministry. “It was the German authorities who, once again, provoked a new round of escalation in bilateral relations,” the Foreign Ministry said,
Putin orders halt to Kyiv strikes during Trump envoys’ visit The Russian president and supreme commander-in-chief, Vladimir Putin, has ordered that Kyiv not be struck for three days from midnight on Saturday, the Kremlin said, according to TASS. “Le président russe et commandant en chef suprême (Vladimir) Poutine a donné l’ordre de ne pas frapper
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a first round of talks in Kyiv with Donald Trump’s top envoys, in their first visit since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Steve Witkoff told reporters the US team felt “encouraged” by what he called a “substantive” and important discussion. Jared Kushner said the US president had instructed them to find
Ukraine’s third-biggest city Odesa will decide this week whether to back a controversial plan to ban the Russian language in the arts.The proposal being considered by councillors in Odesa on the Black Sea coast aims to add to existing restrictions on Russian imposed by national legislation.It is particularly significant because Odesa is overwhelmingly Russian-speaking, although
President Donald Trump avoided condemning President Vladimir Putin on Friday over allegations that Russia has carried out espionage attacks on NATO countries. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump brushed aside a question about one apparent incident: the discovery of explosive-laden drones on Aug. 4 at Leipzig airport in Germany, which officials have linked
The United Nations on Friday largely endorsed a resolution promoting maps that reflect the true scale of continents, following an African-led campaign to move away from the widely used 16th-century Mercator projection. The United States was the only country to vote against the initiative, denouncing it as part of a “much larger and more radical
UK pausing weapon sales to Israel would be a ‘significant political and symbolic step’ and despite Israel bullish and dismissive
The trial of a man accused of building the bomb which destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie has been delayed after new evidence came to light
Palestinians have been told to leave their homes at gunpoint by the IDF in village where Israeli settlers have besieged
