Finland to become member in coming days: Stoltenberg
AFP :Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that Finland would formally become a member within days, as he congratulated its president on clearing the...
International
1,334 killed in DR Congo violence: UN
AFP :The UN rights chief decried on Thursday surging violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with rampant sexual violence and more than 1,300 people,...
King Charles at Hamburg memorial for Allied wartime air raids
BBC Online :King Charles, on his state visit to Germany, laid a wreath remembering those who died in Allied bombings of Hamburg in World War...
ex-PM Najib loses final bid to review graft conviction
Reuters :Malaysia’s top court on Friday dismissed a bid by jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the multi-billion dollar...
Russia’s isolation over Ukraine grows with US reporter arrest
Reuters :Russia has charged an American journalist with spying while Finland moved closer to becoming a NATO member, deepening tensions between Moscow and the West...
Two US Army helicopters crash in Kentucky, deaths feared
AP :Two military helicopters crashed Wednesday night in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission, the U.S. Army’s Fort Campbell said in a statement. The...
Bolsonaro returns to Brazil, complicating life for Lula
AFP :Three months after leaving for the United States in the final hours of his term, Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro is returning home Thursday to...
French Constitutional Council to issue verdict on pension bill on 14 April
Reuters :France’s Constitutional Council will issue a much-awaited verdict on 14 April on whether or not the government’s plans to increase the French retirement age...
Ukraine: Russian forces making no headway in Bakhmut, Avdiivka
Reuters :Russian forces remain relentless in their attempts to capture the bombed-out eastern Ukrainian towns of Bakhmut and Avdiivka but were not making progress, Ukraine’s...
World’s usable nuke arsenal rose in 2022: Study
AFP :The world’s number of operational atomic warheads increased in 2022, driven largely by Russia and China, a new report out Wednesday said as nuclear...
Kim Jong Un seeks expanding nuclear arsenal
Deutsche Welle :North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un called on his officials to focus “on increasing nuclear arsenals exponentially,” the state’s Korean Central News Agency...