MOSCOW — The United States harshly criticized Russia’s detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and hundreds of other protesters Sunday in central Moscow. A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who called the rally to protest corruption, on Moscow’s Tverskaya Street and
Putin orders Russian army to recruit another 137,000 troops after losing an estimated 75,000 since Ukraine invasion began
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Ukrainians in an emotional speech to mark 31 years of independence that Ukraine was reborn when Russia invaded on February 24 and will recapture annexed Crimea and occupied areas in the east. In the recorded speech aired on the six-month anniversary of Russia’s February 24 invasion, Mr Zelensky said Ukraine
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Australia will lift a ban on citizens travelling overseas without permission, the government announced Wednesday, with the country’s border set to open to skilled workers and international students by the year’s end. More than 18 months after Australia closed its international borders, fully vaccinated citizens will no longer have to seek an exemption to leave the country,
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Ecuador’s highest court has approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in the small and traditionally Catholic country. The Court said same-sex marriage had been approved in a five-to-four vote of its nine judges in a closed hearing. Ecuador, where the church is very influential, thus joins Argentina, Brazil and Colombia in recognising same-sex marriage. The four dissenting judges argued
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s top aides has disappeared from public life, prompting speculation that he may have been executed. General Hwang Pyong-so was once at the heart of Kim’s inner circle within the Workers’ Party Central Committee. As a Vice-Marshall he also held the most senior military position after the supreme commander. Before he reportedly
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President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Marc Kasowitz, who is representing the Republican in the investigation into potential connections between his campaign and Russia, was quick to email attacks to a stranger who told him to resign, Pro Publica reported Thursday. Kasowitz sent numerous profane email messages, telling the person, “Watch your back, bitch” and saying, “F*ck you.”
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Former Spanish teacher at Franklin High in Reisterstown has pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors in a sexual offense against a student. Ekatherine Pappas, 25, was charged after police said they discovered a video of her engaged in a sex act with a male student. Pappas pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court last month to
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North Korea claims that it has launched its first ever intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and now has the power to deliver a nuclear-capable strike on any location on the planet. State officials announced the launch early Tuesday morning after South Korea had warned that the test appeared more advanced than usual. The missile’s trajectory had
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A fiery editorial in a Pyongyang-based newspaper said an “all-out confrontation” was ongoing but told its readers “victory is just in store”. The country has been acting increasingly erratically in recent months with a series of missile tests and threats and this latest outburst will set alarm bells ringing once again in Washington, Seoul and
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A teenager tried to prevent her father marrying his fiancée by having sex with him because of “misplaced love”, a court in Hon Kong reportedly heard. As her father’s marriage approached in 2008, the 19-year-old tried to change his mind, according to the South China Morning Post. Her lawyer told the District Court that it happened because
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