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Europe
Russia jails former governor for 14 years over kickbacks
Russia on Monday jailed a former governor of the Kursk border region, where Ukraine's army broke through in 2024, for 14 years over kickbacks for government contracts.
By AFP
11h ago
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged "those who have the power to unleash wars" to "choose peace" in his first Easter blessing as pontiff with the Middle East conflict raging.
By AFP
1d ago
By AFP
1d ago
A pregnant Syrian woman and her five young children died when a fire ripped through containers housing agricultural workers near the southwestern Antalya resort.
By AFP
2w ago
Russia has sentenced 15 men to life in prison over the Crocus concert hall attack, the deadliest onslaught in Russia in more than two decades.
By AFP
3w ago
Putin's four-year-long invasion of Ukraine is the culmination of a quarter-century spent tightening his grip on power, crushing opponents and trying to expand Russia's influence.
By AFP
1mo ago
As the Ukraine crisis marked its fourth anniversary on Tuesday, the conflict remains entrenched in a stalemate, with mounting human and economic costs
By Xinhua
1mo ago
Britain's government committed Tuesday to releasing documents on ex-prince Andrew's past role as a trade envoy, after the Jeffrey Epstein scandal widened.
By AFP
1mo ago
Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict.
By The Coversation
1mo ago
United Nations warn "the rule of force" was spreading, as the powerful trample on international law and wield artificial intelligence and other technologies to attack human rights.
By AFP
1mo ago
The French foreign ministry will summon the US ambassador to Paris over comments made by the Trump administration about the killing of a French far-right activist.
By AFP
1mo ago
King Charles III has been left wrestling with a new test after the arrest of his brother Andrew, the latest in a series of painful personal shocks to mar his reign.
By AFP
1mo ago
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told AFP on Friday that his country is not losing its war against Russia, has taken hundreds of square kilometres in a new counteroffensive.
By AFP
1mo ago
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