US journalist Evan Gershkovich will go on trial on espionage charges in Russia’s Urals city of Yekaterinburg behind closed doors on June 26, the court overseeing the process said on Monday. The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested in March…
Europe’s gas imports from Russia overtook supplies from the US for the first time in almost two years in May, despite the region’s efforts to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels since the full scale invasion of Ukraine. While one-off…
RUSSIA will send additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to bolster the West African nation’s defence capabilities and fight terrorism. This announcement was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Burkina Faso, as reported…
RUSSIA air defences have shot down 10 U.S.-made ATACMS missiles over the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea overnight, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday morning. It was not possible to independently verify the claim. The Defence Ministry…
IN a landmark ruling, the Press Council of South Africa ruled that Die Vrye Weekblad, a South African online publication, breached various clauses of the Press Code that governs South African media in its reporting on the African Peace Mission to Ukraine and Russia,…
UKRAINE has received the bodies of 140 soldiers killed while trying to defend the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson from Russian attacks. The authority responsible for prisoner of war matters said on Telegram on Friday. Five bodies were…
IN a fervent display of dissent, hundreds of demonstrators converged on the streets of Niger’s capital, Niamey, on Saturday, demanding the withdrawal of US troops. The protest follows a significant policy shift by the ruling junta, which terminated a military agreement with…
UKRAINE has accused Russia of illegal chemical gas attacks against its soldiers. Ukrainian troops told the UK Daily Telegraph that Russia has regularly attacked them with small drones dropping teargas and other chemicals. Trojan News reports that the use of…
RUSSIAN President, Vladimir Putin, had said last month that the country was “one step away” from developing vaccines against cancer. With adequate funding and support from lawmakers, Russian medical researchers might be able to roll out oncological vaccines within the…
AN Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed in Russia on Tuesday, after one of its engines failed during take-off, the Defense Ministry has reported. RT reports that the aircraft had 15 people on board, including eight crew members and seven…
