US prosecutors have started negotiating a plea deal with Pakistani terrorist and 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others currently lodged in the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a move which could result in the commutation of their death sentence to life imprisonment, according to a media report. The New York Times’ report said that […]
The White House said India taking up Russia’s offer of discounted crude oil would not be a violation of US sanctions, but appealing to all countries amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said ‘think about where you want to stand’. “But also think about where you want to stand when […]
A Russian court on Tuesday fined a woman 30,000 roubles ($280) after finding her guilty of flouting protest legislation when she interrupted a live news bulletin on state TV and condemned the war in neighbouring Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported. Marina Ovsyannikova, a Channel One employee, however, pleaded not guilty of violating demonstration laws. […]
Russia on Tuesday slapped sanctions on US President Joe Biden, secretary of state Antony Blinken and a several other senior officials. Moscow said it had put the top officials on a “stop list” that barred their entry into Russia. Among other officials named in the list of 13 were defence secretary Lloyd Austin, CIA chief […]
US president Joe Biden on Tuesday said that he would provide support to Ukraine in the form of “weapons, food, and money” as Kyiv continues to resist Russia’s offensive, which has entered the 20th day. The US also expressed its willingness to welcome the refugees with “open arms” as Ukrainians continue to flee the war-torn […]
Diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine are stepping up, with Ukrainian and Russian negotiators set to talk again after both sides cited progress over the weekend, while high-level U.S. officials are talking to European and Chinese counterparts. There’s been no let up in violence, however, with Russian missiles hitting a large Ukrainian base […]
Former US President Barack Obama has said that he had tested positive for Covid-19. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise”, Obama tweeted on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.He also wrote that he and his wife, Michelle, “are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested […]
A senior Ukrainian police officer has accused the Russian forces of using phosphorous bomb attacks in the separatist-controlled Lugansk, news agency AFP reported. The startling revelations have heightened fears of chemical and biological weapons being used in the ongoing fighting between the Russian and Ukrainian forces for the 18th straight day. “It’s what the Nazis […]
A US journalist has been shot dead in Irpin, news agency AFP reported quoting medics and witnesses. Danylo Shapovalov, a surgeon volunteering for the Ukrainian territorial defence, said American journalist Brent Renaud was killed died instantly. Two other journalists were injured and have been hospitalised, the Kyiv Independent reported.According to the Kyiv-based news website, the […]
Russian forces pounded the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, shelling its downtown as residents hid in an iconic mosque and elsewhere to avoid the explosions. Fighting also raged on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv, as Russia kept up its bombardment of other cities throughout the country. Mariupol has endured some of Ukraine’s worst punishment […]