Iran’s leader says Ukraine is ‘victim’ of US policy
BSS :Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday said US policies are to blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling for an end to the war that...
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‘Virus-hit Hong Kong considering lockdown’
BSS :Hong Kong may impose a China-style hard lockdown that confines people to their homes, authorities signalled Monday, with the city’s zero-Covid strategy in tatters...
Putin orders nuclear arsenal mobilization
BSS :Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his nuclear forces were on alert sparked outcry in the West as the invading troops faced stiff resistance...
Venue for Ukraine-Russia talks ‘ready’: Belarus
BSS :Belarus said on Monday that it had prepared the venue to host talks between the delegations from Ukraine and Russia, as Moscow’s offensive against...
Another war’: Afghan flees Russian bombs in Ukraine
BSS :After leaving Afghanistan a year ago, Ajmal Rahmani believed he had found a haven of peace in Ukraine. This week, he and his family...
Paki-Afghan border reopens days after deadly clash
BSS :A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan has reopened, officials said Sunday, days after fighting between security forces left at least three dead.Since...
Four stories have been missed amid Russia-Ukraine crisis
Al Jazeera :As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth day, below is a roundup of some of the major international stories you might...
Ukrainian refugee tally tops 368,000: UN
Agency :The UN refugee agency said on Sunday that more than 368,000 people had fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on Thursday.“The current total is now...
Ukraine lodges case against Russia in The Hague
BSS :Ukraine has lodged a complaint against Russia at the International Court of Justice in the Hague to get it to halt its invasion, President...
Syria president praises Ukraine invasion
Al Jazeera :Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a phone with President Vladimir Putin praised Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine, denouncing what he called Western “hysteria”...
Turkey says cannot stop Russian warships accessing Black Sea
Agency :Ukraine appealed to Turkey to block Russian warships from passing through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits which lead to the Black Sea.But Turkey expressed...
Western allies to expel key Russian banks from global system
Reuters :Western allies announced sweeping new sanctions against Moscow on Saturday, including kicking key Russian banks off the main global payments system, as a defiant...