Speaking on Ukrainian TV, military spokeswoman Natalia Humeniuk reminded viewers that Dzhankoi was a hub station for the occupying force and that, from the start of the Russians’ full-scale invasion, it had been made clear that defeating their logistics would play a
Amritpal Singh claims to draw inspiration from Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a preacher accused by the Indian government of leading an armed insurgency for a separate Sikh homeland – Khalistan. Bhindranwale was killed in the Indian army’s storming of the Golden Temple, the
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called it a war crime but Russia’s embassy in London claimed the hospital had no longer been in use, and was instead being used by members of the Azov regiment, which was set up as a volunteer militia
On Saturday Lahore police used a digger to gain entry to Mr Khan’s residence in an operation involving nearly 1,000 security personnel, according to local media. Police later said they had arrested Khan supporters who had been involved in violence against police
In an interview with the BBC before President Xi’s visit was announced, Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said: “I don’t think China has reached the moment now when it wants to, when it’s ready to arm Russia. Nor do I think that
Although their policies are very much focused on opposing the government’s environmental policies, he told the BBC most people would characterise them as a right-wing, populist party that was quite anti-EU, anti-immigration and in favour of banning burkas for Muslims.
Eintracht Frankfurt fans have clashed with police in Italy ahead of their club’s Champions League last-16 match against Napoli. Footage showed them hurling chairs at riot police, who responded with tear gas. Naples authorities had banned residents of the German city from
In the US, shares in a number of regional banks had plunged on Monday on worries over wider problems. But as trading began on Tuesday, San Francisco-based First Republic Bank – which had seen its share price tank by 62% on Monday
Empathy, an organisation supporting victims of torture in Georgia, alleged on 1 December that Saakashvili had been diagnosed with illnesses “incompatible with imprisonment” and that Georgian and foreign medical experts had found evidence of heavy-metal poisoning.
The Gulf kingdom has been condemned for a range of human rights abuses: its involvement in the conflict in neighbouring Yemen, the murder in 2018 of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, for jailing dissidents, and for the widespread use of capital punishment.