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Russia Won't 'Tolerate' US Pressure Over WSJ Reporter, Says Deputy Foreign Minister

Russia Won't 'Tolerate' US Pressure Over WSJ Reporter, Says Deputy Foreign Minister

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, said on Wednesday that Russia was considering granting US diplomats consular access to Evan Gershkovich — the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on espionage charges — but warned that Moscow 'will not tolerate' any attempts from t...

Weapons

Leaked US Document: Egypt Secretly Planned to Supply Rockets to Russia

Leaked US Document: Egypt Secretly Planned to Supply Rockets to Russia

Egypt, a key US ally in the Middle East, sought to supply Russia with 40K rockets in addition to artillery shells and gunpowder, according to a leaked US intelligence document acquired by the Washington Post this week....

Weapons

British, Australian Lawmakers Call on US to Drop Assange Prosecution

British, Australian Lawmakers Call on US to Drop Assange Prosecution

British and Australian lawmakers on Tuesday called on the US to drop its prosecution of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, marking the four-year anniversary of his imprisonment at Belmarsh prison....

Headlines

US Think Tank: Russia Continues to Make Gains in Bakhmut

US Think Tank: Russia Continues to Make Gains in Bakhmut

On Monday, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US military think tank, confirmed Russian advances in the city of Bakhmut after Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian mercenary force Wagner PMC, claimed to have captured its center and raised the Russian flag over its city hall on Sunday ni...

Terrorism

Twitter Strips Check Mark for New York Times

Twitter Strips Check Mark for New York Times

Twitter has removed its verification check mark from the site's main profile of the New York Times....

Media

Ukraine Rails Against Russia's UN Security Council Presidency

Ukraine Rails Against Russia's UN Security Council Presidency

Russia took up the monthly presidency of the United Nations Security Council on Saturday, which Ukrainian Pres. Zelensky characterized it as an 'absurd and destructive' move....

Russia

Biden Calls on Russia to Release US Journalist

Biden Calls on Russia to Release US Journalist

In making his first remarks on the case, US Pres. Joe Biden on Friday called on Russia to release Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter arrested on espionage charges earlier this week....

Russia

Cambodia Opposition Leader Sentenced to 27 Years House Arrest

Cambodia Opposition Leader Sentenced to 27 Years House Arrest

On Friday, Kem Sokha, formerly Cambodia's most prominent opposition leader of the now-dissolved Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), was sentenced to 27 years under house arrest after being convicted of treason....

Freedom & human rights

Poland Closes Belarus Border Checkpoint

Poland Closes Belarus Border Checkpoint

Poland's Interior Ministry on Thursday announced the indefinite closure of the main Bobrowniki-Bierestowica border checkpoint with Belarus starting on Friday at noon, reportedly leaving only two crossing points open along the whole border....

Media

News Groups Urge US to Drop Assange Charges

News Groups Urge US to Drop Assange Charges

Twelve years on from publishing the “Cablegate” disclosures alongside WikiLeaks, The New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and El País on Monday issued a joint letter urging the US government to drop its prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange....

Headlines