KYIV: Air-raid sirens blared across Ukraine on Wednesday, local officials said, but there was no immediate word of a new wave of Russian attacks. Russia has carried out a series of missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure since mid-October, knocking out power and causing emergency blackouts in many areas.
KYIV: Ukraine accused the Kremlin on Saturday of using the same “genocidal” tactics that it used against it in the 1930s under Josef Stalin as Kyiv commemorated a Soviet-era famine that left millions of Ukrainians dead during the winter of 1932-33. Ukraine this year holds its memorial day for the victims of the “Holodomor” famine […]
PARIS: Fresh from their brilliant performances at the World Cup, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are among the nominees for FIFA‘s The Best award for last year, world football’s governing body announced on Thursday.Messi, who has won the prize once before, captained Argentina to victory in Qatar, a career-defining triumph that has boosted his chances […]
JERUSALEM: An Israeli military body has released a list of rules and restrictions for foreigners wanting to enter Palestinian areas of the West Bank, extending its control of daily life and movement in and out of the occupied territory. COGAT, the Israeli body in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs, stepped back from a number of […]