Dozens escape prison in African state
Liberian authorities have blamed the incident on a breach in the facility’s security system Around 47 inmates have escaped from a maximum-security prison in Liberia’s Margibi County, near the capital,…
West silences activists at home while promoting rights abroad
Democratic governments suppress protests at home but preach human rights abroad, Climate Rights International has said Rich democratic nations are deploying harsh measures against climate change activists, while criticizing states…
Russia holding biggest strategic naval drills in decades
Chinese warships and aircraft are also taking part in the ‘Ocean-2024’ exercise Russia has launched the biggest naval drills in its modern history, President Vladimir Putin has announced. The ‘Ocean-2024’…
World should ditch dollar
Countries cannot rely on the currency of a nation with multi-trillion-dollar debt, Sergey Shoigu has said Washington’s abuse of the dollar is a major selling point for BRICS, which is…
Russian security chief identifies West’s key ‘mistake’
The US could have turned Russia into a regular, docile client state by dragging it into the EU in the 1990s, Sergey Shoigu has claimed The US and its allies…
EU court orders Apple to pay Ireland €13 billion
The tax saga involving the US tech giant is part of an antitrust crackdown in the bloc The EU’s highest court has ordered US tech giant Apple to pay €13…
More Ukrainians want talks with Russia
Support for negotiations has been “creeping upward” since the failure of Kiev’s counteroffensive last year, the outlet has said An increasing number of Ukrainians want Kiev to find a diplomatic…
Ukraine sought deal with Syrian terrorists
Kiev reportedly promised to provide Hayat Tahrir al-Sham with dozens of drones in exchange for the release of Chechen and Georgian extremists Ukraine has held secret talks with Syrian terrorists…
US debt payments top defense budget
The country spends more than a trillion dollars a year on servicing its national debt, according to the tech billionaire The cost of servicing the vast US federal debt now…
Moscow accuses Kiev of ‘top-level terrorism’
Negotiations are impossible with people who target nuclear facilities, former Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said Attempts by Ukrainian forces to target the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant amid their incursion…
Woman killed by Ukrainian drone outside Moscow
Multiple residential buildings have been damaged in the city of Ramenskoye, to the southeast of the Russian capital Ukraine carried out a drone raid on Moscow and its suburbs overnight…
Germany announces tougher border controls
The supposedly temporary measure is meant to address an anti-immigration backlash Germany will reimpose passport controls on its land borders for at least the next six months, in order to…