[ad_1] PARIS: US president Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the battlefield, as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed for bipartisan US support “like it was during World War II.” Speaking in Paris, a day…
[ad_1] After-effects of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv (Picture Credit: Reuters) MOSCOW: The Russian defence ministry on Friday accused Ukrainian forces of firing five US-supplied ATACMS missiles at the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk in an attack it said had wounded 20 people, including children.The ministry said in a statement that four of…
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, who has been incarcerated in Adiala jail held 105 meetings with at least 403 people in 246 days — from September 28 to May 30, in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, reported Geo News. The former premier was shifted from Attock jail to Adiala jail a day after the…
[ad_1] DUBAI: At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen‘s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a US-led coalition. Others working for aid groups also likely have been taken. The detentions come as the Houthis, who seized…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Four Indian students drowned in Russia, while one student was rescued, according to a statement from the Indian mission in St. Petersburg. The Jalgaon District Collector, Ayush Prasad on Thursaday said that “A very unfortunate incident has come to light in which five students have drowned in a river near St.Petersburg in…
[ad_1] A World War II Navy veteran was being mourned Thursday following his death while en route to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a trip friends said he’d talked excitedly about making.Robert “Al” Persichitti of Fairport, New York fell ill during a stop in Germany last week and died in a hospital,…
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a stark warning to countries assisting Ukraine, signaling severe consequences for those who continue to support Kyiv in its ongoing conflict with Moscow. In a public address on Friday, Putin cautioned, “Anyone who tries to intervene in the Ukraine war will be met with ‘lightning-fast’ retaliation.” This statement…
