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Governor of Luhansk province, said around 50 Russian soldiers had reached the highway and 'managed to gain a foothold for some time'
Following Wednesday's release of the long-awaited report by senior bureaucrat Sue Gray, three more MPs from Johnson's Conservative party called publicly for his resignation
Its epicenter was 20 kilometers northeast of the town of Azangaro, close to Lake Titicaca on the border with Bolivia
After heavy battles and severe destruction of the city, Ukrainian forces retained control of Kharkiv
Moscow's army has plotted a slow but steady course deeper into the Donbas region since withdrawing forces from central and northern regions to consolidate military efforts in the east
The incident happened on Monday afternoon in a restaurant in Abu Dhabi, the Khaleej Times reported on Wednesday
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova holds a weekly briefly on topical issues in Russian foreign policy that is broadcast on YouTube and other platforms
When it comes to gun ownership, the United States has some seriously abnormal statistics as opposed to the rest of the world
The tragedy in Tivaouane comes after several other incidents at Senegalese hospitals angered the nation
At the trial in the Kotelevska district court in central Ukraine, state prosecutors asked for Alexander Bobikin and Alexander Ivanov to be jailed for 12 years for violating the laws of war
Khan had rallied thousands of supporters to Islamabad, with plans to occupy sensitive parts of the capital until Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gave in to his demand for new polls, but Khan told his followers on Thursday morning to step back, while delivering a fresh ultimatum
The search and rescue operation will continue 'until the last body is recovered,' officials said
According to a report, minutes before his deadly assault, Ramos, allegedly sent a series of chilling text messages to a girl he met online
Al Aqsa mosque compound, which Jews revere as a vestige of their two ancient temples, is in Jerusalem's Old City and at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday gave Imran Khans party permission to stage an Azadi march in Peshawar Mor, between the H-9 and G-9 areas of Islamabad
After failing to seize Ukraine's capital Kyiv or its second city Kharkiv, Russia is trying to take full control of the Donbas, comprised of two eastern provinces Moscow claims on behalf of separatists
The 14th meeting of the Nepal-China Diplomatic Consultation Mechanism was held virtually Wednesday afternoon, the ministry said in a press release
The defiant former PM had on Wednesday rejected reports about any deal with the government on his protest march, which is now escalating tensions across the country
While gatherings are discouraged and many parks in the sprawling city of 22 million are shut, Beijingers, have taken up outdoor pursuits such as camping and picnicking after more than two years of strict and often claustrophobic pandemic curbs
Rahul Gandhis meeting with Jeremy Corbyn that he publicised actively is no move against the BJP; it was a move that could not but have sought to embarrass India itself
The vote comes a day after Pyongyang fired three missiles, including one thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile, following US President Joe Biden's trip to Asia
The exercise was meant to showcase combined capabilities to deter and counter regional threats, the US military said in a press release
While Davos has been dominated by fears around trade blocs and more siloed nations, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said multilateral cooperation with neighbouring countries and the West is the way forward for Pakistan
Another bomb exploded inside a mosque in the capital Kabul late on Wednesday, killing at least two people and wounding 10 others, the interior ministry said
Russia said on March 25 that 1,351 soldiers had been killed and 3,825 wounded in Ukraine. Authorities have not released any new figures since
Former deputy head of the biological weapons program, Kanat Alibekov shocked the world when he claimed the USSR was exploring the options of using Monkeypox as a bioweapon. The revelation came at a time when Russia had invaded Ukraine over Donbas. In this episode of DeCode, we examine the claims made by Alibekov and look at if a country can be punished for using bioweapons.
Harold Billow, who died on May 17, was attached to the Army's 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion when his unit surrendered
Russia was preparing measures against 'Anglo-Saxon media', using a term Russian officials often use to refer to the English-speaking world
However, Johnson has shown no sign of heeding calls from critics to resign over the issue
Moscow and pro-Moscow officials have said both regions could become part of Russia
Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stability and National Policies by embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is facing popular anger for the unprecedented economic crisis.
The long-awaited report into lockdown-breaching parties was held at PM Boris Johnson's Downing Street office, which led police to hand out 126 fines and threatened his grip on power
Imran Khan has called on the supporters to march on the capital and stay there until the new government is dissolved and a date for a fresh election is announced
leaders including former ministers Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar and Pervaiz Khattak under the watchful eyes of the army that asked the two sides to sort out their differences, Dunya News channel reported.
The incidents happened at a leaving party on 18 June 2020, that began in the Cabinet Office with the last member of staff leaving at 3:13 am the following morning
UNHRC chief Michelle Bachelet arrived in Guangzhou on Monday after a long drawn out negotiation process with Beijing to probe the allegations of the internment of over a million Uygur Muslims of different ages
After failing to seize Kyiv or Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, Russia is trying to take the rest of the separatist-claimed Donbas' two provinces, Donetsk and Luhansk, and trap Ukrainian forces in a pocket on the main eastern front
Downing Street is due to publish the report later on Wednesday
United Nations Under Secretary General Winnie Byanyima said 'policy violence' such as the refusal to share Covid-19 vaccines with the Global South is as racist as the police violence that ended the life of African American George Floyd
Some officials up for reelection say that in the more urban areas where they have jurisdiction, they will not implement the rules
In Nigeria, Boko Haram and ISWAP are destabilizing the region with their jihadist violence as it seeps into Cameroon, Mali, Chad and Niger, killing and displacing communities
SpaceX allegedly paid $250,000 in 2018 to settle claims by an unnamed private jet flight attendant who accused Musk of exposing himself to her.
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said Moscow would consider a prisoner swap with Kyiv after the surrendered Ukrainian fighters are appropriately convicted, sentenced
Most of the cases reported so far have been detected in the UK, Spain and Portugal.
The woman replied to Ramos but was unaware that teenager would go on to kill more than 19 children at an elementary school in Texas
Turkey's official news agency Anadolu said the Turkish soldiers had clashed with fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara and its western allies say is a terrorist organisation
We're seeing the emergence of an unusual phenomenon, but it's still difficult to know whether it will explode into an epidemic, or whether its spread will be more contained, Antoine Flahault, Director of the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva said
With less water flowing into the Colorado River, which serves 40 million people in the West and northern Mexico, experts say the measures taken by cities will still not be enough long-term.
Steve Kerr, at one point, thumped the table to emphasize that gun control laws are the need of the hour. He also lashed out at Republican veteran leader Mitch McConnell for blocking regulations
lisabeth Bornes father, a World War II resistance member and a Holocaust survivor, killed himself when she was 11, an experience she has rarely discussed in detail.