Russia’s armed forces announced on Wednesday that they had inflicted heavy casualties on the Ukrainian army and were tightening the siege on Lisichansk. Yesterday’s fighting remained concentrated in Donbas, but Russian missiles also hit several other parts of Ukraine with unusual intensity. Kyiv has spoken of many blows against political infrastructure. This information cannot be […]
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Yemen: 7 dead in Aden in attack against security official
At least seven people, including four soldiers, were killed Wednesday in a car bomb blast targeting a security official in the northern Yemeni city of Aden. A government security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that the car, which was trapped with a large amount of explosives, had “targeted the motorcade of Saleh […]
France: Jihadist Salah Abdeslam sentenced to life in prison for 2015 attacks in Paris
Salah Abdeslam, the main accused in the jihadist attacks of November 13, 2015 in France, was sentenced tonight to unchanged life imprisonment by the Special Court of Appeal of Paris. The five judges accepted the proposal of the anti-terrorism prosecutor, who had requested the imposition of this rare sentence, on the basis of which it […]
Cyprus: New tragedy in the National Guard – Dead 27-year-old contract hoplite
A 27-year-old contracted hoplite, who was seriously injured as part of a planned educational activity last Monday, passed away this afternoon in the Intensive Care Unit of the Nicosia General Hospital where he was being treated. The unfortunate Panagiotis Giannios was injured when he jumped from a helicopter into the sea. Both the National Guard […]
South Africa: Gas leak poisoning may have killed 21 teenagers in a club
A gas leak may have killed 21 young people who were found dead over the weekend in a popular nightclub outside the city of East Landon on the east coast of South Africa. All the victims were teenagers and the youngest was a 13-year-old girl. There are many survivors, some of whom are being treated […]
USA: The future picture of the war in Ukraine is bleak
Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to occupy most of Ukraine and the picture of this war remains “gloomy”, the head of the US intelligence services said today. “We are still watching President Putin and we believe that he has essentially the same political goals as before, that is, he wants to take over most […]
EU: Important decisions of the Council of Environment Ministers on climate change
In the EU Council of Environment Ministers held overnight in Luxembourg, after overnight negotiations, an agreement was reached on five legislative proposals to tackle climate change, following an agreement reached in the European Parliament on 21 June, RIS announced. Greece and the Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Skreka, were represented by the Secretary General […]
A British museum is returning artefacts to the country from which they were taken for the first time
The city of Glasgow, Scotland, announced today that it will return seven Indian artefacts that were looted during the colonial period, stressing that this is the first time a British museum has made such a move. Six of the items were stolen from northern India in the 1800s, and a seventh was bought illegally after […]
Philippines: Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa’s website shut down
In the last two days of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term in office, the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (SEC) has issued an order reaffirming its decision to revoke Rappler’s certificates of incorporation. The order is dated June 28. What does this mean; “We have legal remedies up to the highest court in the country. It is […]
France: ‘No’ to court extradition of 10 former terrorists in Italy
The Paris Court of Appeals today rejected Rome’s request to extradite ten Italian far-left former terrorists who have been living as fugitives in France for more than thirty years. These are people who have been convicted in Italy for armed action or participation in murders. According to the Italian press, the French judiciary based its […]
