CNN — It’s a stark image in 2023: police in riot gear flood a village, pulling people out of homes and demolishing structures to make way for the arrival of digging machinery to access the rich seam of coal beneath. ground. Since Wednesday, as rain and winds battered the small West German village of Lützerath, … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Kyiv was rocked by several powerful explosions on Saturday morning, with officials in the Ukrainian capital reporting a missile attack on critical infrastructure. “There is an attack on the capital,” the Kyiv City Military Administration said on Saturday. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said the strikes took place on the eastern side … Read more
CNN — It’s a stark image in 2023: police in riot gear flood a village, pulling people out of homes and demolishing structures to make way for the arrival of digging machinery to access the rich seam of coal beneath. ground. Since Wednesday, as rain and winds battered the small West German village of Lützerath, … Read more
CNN — Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been executed, Iranian justice affiliate media Mizan reported on Saturday. He was hanged for crimes such as “corruption on earth”, according to tweets from Mizan, who did not specify when the execution took place. Two media tweets on Saturday accused Akbari of … Read more
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – The Biden administration has told Congress it is preparing a potential $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, prompting an immediate objection from a senior US lawmaker who has long opposed the deal. The State Department sent the informal notice … Read more
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would result in heavy casualties not only in China and Taiwan, but also in the United States and Japan, one of Washington’s leading think tanks discovered after conducting war game simulations, mimicking a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2026. These war games, conducted by the Center for Strategic & International … Read more
The leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had accused the Russian military establishment of trying to “steal victory” from Soledar. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has mocked the infighting between the Russian Defense Ministry and the Wagner mercenary group over who should take credit for efforts to seize the town of Soledar, saying it … Read more
Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi said on Instagram on Friday that he was on 24/7 oxygen support after suffering from both “Covid-19 and deep pneumonia”. In a series of messages, Lalit opened up about his condition and said he was in Mexico when he contracted the infection and has now arrived in London by … Read more
Fire extinguished at the site of a gas pipeline explosion in northern Lithuania with no signs of an attack or casualties. A gas pipeline connecting Lithuania and Latvia was hit by an explosion in northern Lithuania with no immediate evidence of an attack. A raging fire was later extinguished at the site of the explosion … Read more
But in a statement drafted by Menendez’s office for the media and obtained in advance by POLITICO, the senator said he had not changed his mind. “I strongly oppose the Biden administration’s proposal to sell new F-16 jets to Turkey,” Menendez said, slamming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for continuing to “undermine international law, not … Read more