Russia’s annexation puts world ‘two or three steps away’ from nuclear war
Annexation brings the threat of the use of a nuclear weapon a step closer by giving Putin a potential justification if he is continues to...
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Western push on China, Russia at UN rights body faces test
GENEVA (AP) — Western countries are leading a rare two-pronged push at the U.N.’s main human rights body to better scrutinize the human rights records...
How Russian timber bypasses U.S. sanctions by way of Vietnam
A new report by the nonprofit Environmental Investigation Agency says Russian birch wood is routed through Asia before being shipped to American stores.Source: Washington Post
Prince Harry wildlife NGO under fire after elephants kill three in Malawi
African Parks, of which the prince is president, is one of three parties accused of rushing a mass translocation of the mammalsTwo wildlife organisations, including...
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A mountain pass into Georgia has become a choke point for Russians fleeing the country, many of them men who faced being drafted and sent...
China and India abstained on a vote to condemn Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s land just weeks after Putin acknowledged their concerns about the war
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R).Mikhail Svetlov/Getty ImagesChina and India, key partners to Russia,...
North Korea Launches Two Ballistic Missiles, Fourth Test in a Week
The test came a day after the United States, Japan and South Korea conducted their first joint anti-submarine exercise in five years. Source: New York...
Four teenagers were shot at a protest in Papua. Eight years on, only one suspect is facing trial
Hong Kong CNN — Even by the bloody standards of Indonesia’s decades-long Papua conflict, one massacre stands out for its brutality – and the seeming...
Iranian security forces arrest a woman for eating at restaurant in public without her hijab, family says
CNN — Iranian security forces arrested a woman after a photo of her and another woman eating at a Tehran restaurant without their head scarves...
US envoy ‘will not be admitted’ to Nicaragua, vice president says
Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo says decision due to new US ambassador’s ‘interfering’ attitude.Nicaragua will not allow the new United States ambassador to enter the...