[ad_1] President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia took a less strident tone on the possibility of nuclear war in an interview released on Wednesday, an apparent attempt to bolster his domestic image as a guarantor of stability before the Russian…
[ad_1] The European Union has lifted sanctions against a Russian technology tycoon, in a rare break from a policy of punishing the country’s elites for the invasion of Ukraine. Arkady Volozh, who co-founded Russia’s largest tech company, Yandex, was taken…
[ad_1] Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are welcoming Ramadan with little of the usual cheer. Amid Israel’s continuing attacks in Gaza and rising violence in the West Bank, the holy month’s festive decorations and celebratory mood are being replaced…
[ad_1] President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to Russian statehood, sovereignty or independence, but said he hoped that the U.S. would refrain from actions that could trigger a nuclear…
[ad_1] Children in England will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, according to the country’s National Health Service (NHS). In a policy document released Tuesday, the NHS said that following a review of published research, “we…
[ad_1] Early on Tuesday morning, brothers Mahmoud and Abdelrahman Kouta, each wearing a slim backpack, waited in line to board an idling white tour bus in Rafah just a few minutes’ drive from Gaza’s border with Egypt. Abdelrahman climbed the steps and…
[ad_1] The U.S. Congress is inching toward a crackdown on a popular platform that could have far-reaching implications for social media in the country. It involves a bill with major implications for the fast-growing site TikTok, renowned for addictive videos…
[ad_1] Leonid Volkov, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s close associate and top strategist, on Wednesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “henchmen” of being behind a brutal attack that left him hospitalized in Lithuania’s capital and vowed to “not give…
[ad_1] SpaceX will attempt to launch its 122-metre tall — or 37-storey — mega-rocket on its third test flight on Thursday. The Starship rocket is SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s pet project that he says will not only be able to spit out ever more…
[ad_1] As Vladimir Putin spoke to a crowd in early February attending the “Everything for Victory” forum in Tula, a city 180 kilometres south of Moscow, he joked that he wanted to give the sanction-imposing West a “well-known gesture,” but wouldn’t because…