[ad_1] If international aggression is allowed to continue, Biden said, “conflict and chaos could spread in other parts of the world.” “Hamas and Putin represent different threats,” Biden said. “But they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy.” He said he would send an urgent funding request to Congress,…
[ad_1] The populist party of former Prime Minister Robert Fico that wants to stop military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the European Union and NATO has won Slovakia’s election, results showed on Sunday. According to international media reports, SMER-SSD party scored 23.3 percent, beating the centrist Progressive Slovakia (PS) that garnered 17 percent…
[ad_1] The Russian defence ministry said that its air defence had downed all nine missiles launched from Ukraine over its western Belgorod region. Belgorod borders Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and has repeatedly come under fire since the beginning of Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022. Russia’s defence ministry said it thwarted Ukraine’s “terror” attack on its objects by…
[ad_1] Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that the Black Sea Grain Initiative allowing safe passage for Ukrainian exports will not be revived and castigated Ukraine’s proposed 10-point peace plan, calling both “not realistic.” Lavrov addressed the United Nations General Assembly at the annual gathering of world leaders at U.N. headquarters in New York. In…
[ad_1] Person to Person: Norah O’Donnell interviews actor and activist Sean Penn – CBS News Watch CBS News In this episode of “Person to Person” with Norah O’Donnell, she speaks with Sean Penn about his new documentary about the invasion of Ukraine, “Superpower,” and his work as an activist. Be the first to know Get…
[ad_1] Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Wednesday said his country would no longer arm Ukraine and would instead focus on its own defense. According to international media reports, the comments came only a few hours after Warsaw summoned Kyiv’s ambassador amid a row over grain exports. “We are no longer transferring weapons to Ukraine,…
[ad_1] Russia hit out at Ukraine at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, as the two warring countries squared off in a legal case over Moscow’s claim that “genocide” in eastern Ukraine was a pretext for last year’s invasion. Moscow’s representative, Gennady Kuzmin, said Ukraine’s case that Russia “abused” the United Nations Genocide…
[ad_1] Two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn was with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when Russia invaded Ukraine — as he filmed a documentary that was intended to be about a comedy superstar-turned-president but ended up being about an existential threat to democracy. Penn said Zelenskyy changed that day in February last year, and he noticed…
[ad_1] Western allies kicked off a major naval exercise in the Baltic Sea amid rising tensions with Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. According to international media reports, about 3,200 soldiers from 14 countries are taking part in the German-led Northern Coasts 23 exercise, the German navy said in a statement on Saturday. The exercise…
[ad_1] British American Tobacco has finalized its exit from Russia about 18 months after it pledged to do so in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The multinational cigarette maker said in a statement Thursday it agreed “to sell its Russian and Belarusian businesses in compliance with local and international laws.” Financial terms of the…
