Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
Ukrainian forces staged a new attack on the town of Lgov in southern Russia’s Kursk region on Monday, badly damaging a two-storey apartment building, the region’s acting governor said, a week after four people were killed in another strike. Alexander Khinshtein, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one person was injured in the latest attack in the region, where Ukrainian forces have seized a chunk of territory after launching an incursion in August. Khinshtein said power lines were down in two areas. “Their purpose is to frighten people, sow confusion, panic and chaos,” Khinshtein said of the Ukrainian attack.…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to solidify the country’s comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in his letter to President Vladimir Putin on Monday, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to solidify the country’s comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in his letter to President Vladimir Putin on Monday, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday.
Ukrainian forces staged a new attack on the town of Lgov in southern Russia’s Kursk region on Monday, badly damaging a two-storey apartment building, the region’s acting governor said, a week after four people were killed in another strike. Alexander Khinshtein, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one person was injured in the latest attack in the region, where Ukrainian forces have seized a chunk of territory after launching an incursion in August. Khinshtein said power lines were down in two areas. “Their purpose is to frighten people, sow confusion, panic and chaos,” Khinshtein said of the Ukrainian attack.…
President Vladimir Putin told Russians in a New Year address that the country would move forward with confidence in 2025, though he offered no specific promises on the economy or the war in Ukraine. At a time when many ordinary people are worried about rising prices and the central bank’s 21% interest rate is squeezing businesses and homebuyers, Putin reassured Russians that their wellbeing was his top priority. He framed Russia’s challenges as part of a wider historic mission, evoking past victories including its role in the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. Russia, he said, had overcome…
Ukrainian forces staged a new attack on the town of Lgov in southern Russia’s Kursk region on Monday, badly damaging a two-storey apartment building, the region’s acting governor said, a week after four people were killed in another strike. Alexander Khinshtein, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one person was injured in the latest attack in the region, where Ukrainian forces have seized a chunk of territory after launching an incursion in August. Khinshtein said power lines were down in two areas. “Their purpose is to frighten people, sow confusion, panic and chaos,” Khinshtein said of the Ukrainian attack.…
Aleksei Bugayev, a former member of Russia’s national football team who competed in Euro 2004, has been killed in the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian media reported Sunday, citing his father and agent. “Unfortunately, the news of Aleksei’s death is true. It happened today,” his father, Ivan Bugayev, told TASS, as reported by Sport24. Bugayev’s agent, Anton Smirnov, told RIA that intense fighting had made it impossible to recover Bugayev’s body for burial. Bugayev, 43, played two matches for the Russian national team in the 2004 European Championship. He also played for Moscow clubs Torpedo and Lokomotiv, as well as…
The Iraqi cabinet has given approval for a Basrah-Haditha oil pipeline project, a statement from the Prime Minister’s office said on Monday. The pipeline will cost about 5.97 trillion Iraqi dinars ($4.56 billion), the statement said.
The German government accused US business magnate Elon Musk on Monday of attempting to influence the country’s election campaign by reaffirming his support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. While he is free to express his opinion, “in fact, Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election through his statements,” deputy government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said at a press briefing in Berlin. Elections are decided by the voters when they vote and are a German matter, she stressed. Musk, who also owns social media platform X, had written a guest editorial in the daily WELT newspaper voicing…
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, appointed by the new rulers, said on X on Monday that he had accepted an invitation from his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah to visit, in what would be his first foreign trip.