Russia says it will destroy fighter jets sent to Ukraine
Russia said on Friday that all fighter jets supplied to Ukraine by Western nations would be destroyed after NATO members Poland and Slovakia pledged to send MiG-29 jets to Kyiv.
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Top Turkish diplomat to visit Egypt after a decade of tension
Turkey’s foreign minister will travel to Cairo on Saturday in a further sign of thawing relations a decade after diplomatic links were cut by the overthrow of Egypt’s ...
Russian defence minister decorates pilots for downing U.S. drone
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has presented awards to the pilots of two Su-27 fighter planes that intercepted a U.S. drone near the airspace around Russia’s military campaign ...
Greece to increase minimum wage, third rise in just over a year
The Greek government will raise the minimum wage next month, the third rise in more than a year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, months before its term ends.
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Pressure mounts on Macron after violent unrest over pensions
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called Yellow Vest protests after his government’s decision to push through a contested pension ...
China’s Xi to visit Moscow after US-Russia clash over Ukraine
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week, officials from both countries said on Friday, weighing into the Ukraine conflict just as relations between Moscow and Washington hit a ...
After Britian, New Zealand to ban TikTok on devices linked to parliament (Updated)
New Zealand said on Friday it would ban TikTok on devices with access to the country’s parliamentary network due to cybersecurity concerns, becoming the latest nation to limit the ...
US says video shows Russian jet intercepted spy drone near Ukraine
The Pentagon released a video on Thursday that it said provided evidence a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of a U.S. spy drone and caused it to crash ...
Argentina hikes interest rate 300 basis points after inflation breaks 100% barrier
Argentina’s central bank board said it agreed to hike the country’s benchmark interest rate by 300 basis points to 78% on Thursday after annual inflation hit 100% for the first time ...
Mexican president says more fentanyl enters the U.S. and Canada than Mexico
Greater quantities of synthetic opioid fentanyl directly enter the United States and Canada than Mexico, Mexico’s president said on Thursday, pushing back against U.S. criticism of his record ...
US banking system sound but not all deposits guaranteed, Yellen says
The U.S. banking system remains sound and Americans can feel confident that their deposits are safe, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday, but she denied that emergency actions ...
UN backs Turkey, Ukraine in call for 120-day grain deal rollover
The United Nations backed Turkey and Ukraine on Thursday by calling for a 120-day rollover of an agreement allowing the safe export of grain from several Ukrainian Black Sea ports ...
Montenegro president dissolves parliament, paves way for new vote
Montenegro’s President Milo Djukanovic on Thursday issued a decree dissolving the parliament, paving the way for a new parliamentary election in the Adriatic country months after he refused to ...
Anger as French government pushes through pension reform without vote
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne used a special procedure to push an unpopular pensions bill through the National Assembly without a vote on Thursday, amid shouts from left-wing lawmakers brandishing ...
Russia has committed ‘wide range’ of war crimes in Ukraine – UN inquiry
Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine such as wilful killings, torture and the deportation of children, a U.N.-mandated investigative body said in a report published on ...
UK government agrees pay deal with healthcare unions – report
Healthcare workers in England and the British government have reached an agreement on pay, the i newspaper reported on Thursday, in what would be a breakthrough following months of strikes ...
Saddam’s rusting yacht serves as picnic spot for Iraqi fishermen
Capsized in a river in southern Iraq, the rusting wreck of a yacht that belonged to Saddam Hussein serves as a stark reminder of his iron-fisted rule that ended with ...
Striking Greeks protest over deadly train crash
Thousands of Greek workers walked off the job on Thursday and rallied in central Athens in protest at neglected safety standards they say led to the deadliest train crash in ...
UK bans TikTok on government phones over security concerns
Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western countries who have barred the Chinese-owned video app over security ...
Israeli protesters paint ‘red line’ leading to Supreme Court after Netanyahu spurns compromise
Jerusalem woke on Thursday to the sight of a long red line painted by protesters along roads leading to Israel’s Supreme Court, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected ...
Pentagon releases video of drone incident after US, Russia trade accusations
The Pentagon released on Thursday a de-classified video showing a Russian military jet intercept a U.S. drone downed over the Black Sea two days ago, rare footage that highlights ...
Indonesia court jails policeman over deadly football stampede
An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed a policeman but cleared two other officers of negligence over crowd control measures deployed at a local soccer match that led to one of ...
UK’s Labour attacks planned pension changes as giveaway to the rich
Britain’s opposition Labour Party vowed on Thursday to reverse the government’s planned pension changes, saying they were a giveaway to the top 1% of pension savers at a time ...
Biden threatens ban if Chinese owners don’t sell TikTok stakes
The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a possible U.S. ban, the company told Reuters on ...