US President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. will ban imports of Russian oil, a major escalation in the international response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine..
The move came as Western-allied nations work to sever Russia from the global economy and segregate Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The United Kingdom also...
Foreign fighters joining the Ukrainian army to help fight Russia won't be able to leave until the war ends.
Officials have warned members of the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine that they will be free to leave only when the state of martial law is ended.
Now would-be recruits are having...
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, has publicly returned to the presidential palace in Kyiv the first time he has revealed his location since the invasion by Russia .
Since February 24, the location of Zelensky has been a tightly kept secret and he has revealed he is the number...
The United States and its allies in NATO are rushing to send badly needed weapons to the Ukranian military, amid growing concern that Russia may try and cut off the weapons pipeline by bombing truckloads of military assistance being sent to Ukraine to aid in the ongoing war with...
Video of a Russian fighter being blown out of the sky by Ukrainian forces has been shared online.
The country which has been in a bloody conflict with Russia for 11 days now has also claimed that it has destroyed 285 Russian tanks and 88 jets.
Despite initial concerns Ukraine would quickly fall...
China on Monday March 7, reiterated its position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling for all parties involved to engage in dialogue.
China's Foreign Minister, Wang Yi said China's "rock-solid" friendship with Russia and said the prospects for cooperation between the two countries are very broad.
At a press conference explaining Beijing's position...
Ukrainian forces have recaptured the eastern city of Chuhuiv, defence officials have announced.
The General Staff said the defending forces had seized the city from the Russians and inflicted heavy losses on Putin's men in both personnel and equipment.
Two high-ranking Russian commanders were killed in the battle.
The strategic city of...
A top Royal Navy admiral has said Vladimir Putin is “a man in a hurry” and added that his mooted terminal illness is the reason behind his hasty invasion of Ukraine.
Retired Rear Admiral Chris Parry hosted an online debate with schoolchildren in Portsmouth, Hampshire on Friday evening, when he...
Authorities in India are imposing internet blackouts to prevent cheating during school exams.
Officials have said they are using the internet jammers near schools to stop questions from being leaked on WhatsApp as the exam starts in the country.
Online blackouts will be imposed in certain areas, according to the West Bengal...
Ukraine's government has a contingency plan in place if President Volodymyr Zelensky is killed during the Russian invasion, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed on Sunday March 6.
Zelensky survived three assassination attempts by Russian-backed groups last week, the Times reported on Friday March 4.
During an interview with CBS News' Face the...
A leader of a rebel military group blamed for brutal war crimes since its formation in 2014, has been shot dead in Ukraine
Russian warlord Vladimir Zhoga, who headed the Neo-Nazi 'Sparta Battalion', was killed in Volnovakha, Ukraine, following the eleventh day of Russia's invasion as Putin's troops fail to make big wins.
Zhoga's kill was yesterday...
Several Russian banks said on Sunday they would soon start issuing cards using the Chinese UnionPay card operator’s system coupled with Russia’s own Mir network, after Visa and MasterCard said they were suspending operations in Russia.
Announcements regarding the switch to UnionPay came on Sunday from Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender,...
Two more Russian commanders have been killed on the frontline in Ukraine after a top general was shot dead by snipers, a Western official has claimed.
Major General Andrey Sukhovetsky, 47, was reportedly killed by a Ukrainian sniper while the latest deaths since Russia invaded last week, were also both senior officers.
One...
The Russian Government has, on Friday, blocked access to Facebook and threatened up to 15 years in prison for those who stray from the state narrative on the war in Ukraine.
The clampdown on free speech is more aggressive than at any other point in President Vladimir Putin’s 22 years...
President Putin has warned those opposing Russia's actions in Ukraine "not to exacerbate the situation" by imposing more restrictions on his country.
The Russian president was speaking at a government meeting broadcast on the state-controlled Rossiya 24 news channel.
"We have no ill intentions against our neighbours," Putin claims.
And he says...
Russia's number one target, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reportedly survived three assassination attempted in the last week, new report claims.
According to The Times, mercenaries from Wagner group, who are sponsored by the Russian government and Chechen special forces were both sent to kill the Ukrainian president since Russia's...
Russian troops taking part in the invasion of Ukraine were complaining about lack of supplies and argue about orders to bomb civilian areas.
The soldiers were said to be in ‘complete disarray’, according to voice recordings obtained by a British intelligence company.
DailyMail reports that the intercepted radio messages indicate that...
A top Russian general has reportedly been killed in the war with Ukraine.
Andrei Sukhovetsky, deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, died yesterday, Ukrainian news outlets report.
They referred to a post on Russian social media platform VKontakte written by Sergei Chipilev, a deputy of...
Several demoralized Russian troops who were captured in Ukraine were reportedly allowed to call home over the weekend to inform their families about their safety and profess confusion about why they were sent to war.
In one of the videos purporting to show the phone calls which were taken by...
A moving video appears to show a captured Russian soldier break down in tears as he sips tea while Ukrainians call his mother to assure her of his safety.
The video shows the Russian soldier in Ukraine surrounded by several people and cars after he apparently surrendered.
He is seen sipping...
In a live TV broadcast to the nation, Macron warned that “the days ahead are likely to become tougher and tougher.”
Saluting the courage of the Ukrainian people and standing in front of a Ukrainian flag, he said that the war would undoubtedly make its effects felt across Europe, including...
Russian soldiers taking part in the invasion of Ukraine are in ‘complete disarray’, according to voice recordings obtained by a British intelligence company.
The intercepted radio messages indicate that troops are refusing to obey central command orders to shell Ukrainian towns and are complaining about running out of supplies of...
As Russian forces advances into Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reportedly escaped an assassination attempt, a government official announced early today, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
A report by Anadolu Agency quoted the Interfax-Ukraine news agency as reporting on its website that the attempt on Zelenskyy’s life was planned by members...
The final text message a soldier sent to his mother before he was killed in Ukraine has shown the horrifying reality of the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine's ambassador read out the horrifying text messages to the United Nations yesterday, February 28.
The soldier wrote via text: "Mom I'm no longer in...
The Ukrainian army said on Tuesday that it had shot down several Russian fighter planes as Russia’s invasion of its neighbour country entered its sixth day.
Five Russian fighter planes and a helicopter were shot down during aerial attacks on Monday, the Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper and the Ukrainian air force...
Ukraine on Tuesday has offered Russian soldiers a sum of $40,000 and promised them immunity from punishment if they surrender, Tori Media reports.
“Make your decision. Come out without weapon, with a white flag,” Defence Minister Oleksii Resnikov wrote on Facebook.’’
Each soldier was being offered the equivalent of more than...
The African Union has reacted to reports of Africans being stopped from crossing Ukrainian border following the invasion of the European country by its neighbour, Russia.
Macky Sall, chairman of the AU, and Moussa Mahamat, chairperson of the AU Commission, in a statement released on Monday night February 28, said...
A Ukrainian official says a Russian artillery attack on a military unit in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, killed at least 70 Ukrainian soldiers on Monday.
Dmytro Zhyvytskyy, head of the Sumy Regional State Administration, posted photographs of the charred shell of a four-story building and rescuers searching...
Switzerland, known for its neutral stances on global conflicts, has announced that it will adopt standard European Union sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.
In a statement on Monday February 28, the Swiss government openly condemned the Russian invasion and expressed solidarity with Ukraine. It also announced that it will enact...
Alphabet today confirmed with TechCrunch that it has disabled certain Google Maps live traffic tools in Ukraine.
The news, reported by Reuters, comes after the company has consulted with local authorities as the country faces attacks from Russian forces. The features will remain on for local turn-by-turn navigation for drivers,...
Long periods spent in isolation during the Covid pandemic may have fuelled Vladimir Putin’s ‘paranoia’ and ‘bunker mentality’, experts believe.
The Russian president had only limited contact with people over the last two years which left him with too much time ‘stewing in his own fears’, it is claimed.
Even those...
The Russia rouble has crashed by 30% against the US dollar, after the US and its allies announced new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
The new record low for the Russian currency comes after some of the country's major banks were banned from using the Swift international...
Anonymous, a group of computer nerds who declared full scale cyber war against Russia for launching military action against Ukraine, says it has taken down more than 300 Russian government, state media and banks website in the last 48 hours.
The group confirmed the cyber attack through their official Twitter...
Panic in Russia as nation’s economy plunged to record lows with people concerned about their savings.
Russians waited in long queues outside ATMs on Sunday, worried that the new Western sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine will trigger cash shortages.
One of the factor that contributed the problem was the decision...
Germany and its Western allies agreed Saturday to cut "selected" Russian banks out of the SWIFT global payment system.
The move is part of a new round of sanctions targeting Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
The US, EU and UK also agreed to impose ''restrictive measures'' on Russia's Central Bank.
The...
The Ukrainian armed forces on Friday said they had inflicted heavy losses on Russia.
The Defence Ministry said 2,800 Russian soldiers had been lost.
It was unclear whether the soldiers were killed, wounded or captured.
The ministry also estimated that up to 80 tanks, more than 500 other military vehicles, 10 aircraft...
The French navy has intercepted a cargo ship in the English channel bound for the Russian city of St Petersburg, the BBC has learned.
French officials told the BBC that the ship was intercepted in line with new EU sanctions and say it has been redirected to the northern port...
Elon Musk said Saturday his company SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service had been activated in Ukraine, after a Kyiv official urged the tech titan to provide his embattled country with stations.
“Starlink service is now active in Ukraine,” Musk tweeted, adding “more terminals en route.”
The tweet came some 10 hours...
A former head of the European Council says Germany and Italy have “disgraced themselves” after blocking tough sanctions against Russia.
This comes as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused European countries of not doing enough to stop the Russian invasion.
The EU hailed a 2am agreement on a “massive” package of measures in...
Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he believes that Russian special forces have entered the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv and have earmarked him to be killed by all means possible.
In a video statement late Thursday, February 24, Zelensky, clad in military camouflage said: "According to our information, the enemy marked me...
The US Secretary of Defense has ordered the deployment of 7,000 US service members to Europe, a senior defense official told reporters shortly after US President Joe Biden announced strong sanctions on Russia attack on Ukraine.
Biden said he’d authorized “the deployment of ground and air forces already stationed in...
Ukraine has said its forces have reclaimed control of Antonov International Airport about 25 miles from the country's capital, Kyiv, several hours after it was taken by Russian airborne troops.
CNN's Matthew Chance reports from an airbase outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, where Russian airborne troops are engaged in a fire...
On Thursday, thousands of people protested President Vladimir Putin’s attacks on Ukraine in cities across Russia, displaying a show of anger over their country's invasion of Ukraine.
So far, more than 1,700 people were arrested in at least 47 cities across the nation, according to rights group OVD-Info. The group...
79-year-old Mohamed Ziane, a former Moroccan rights minister who became an outspoken government critic, has been sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday February 23, after being found guilty of some charges levelled against him.
Ziane was tried last year after he accused the kingdom’s security services of faking a video purporting...
The Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight that went missing was lost in a murder-suicide plot, two top air crash investigators have concluded.
During the Sky News documentary MH370: The Final Search which aired on Tuesday night, top aviation safety investigator and retired pilot, John Cox said the loss of MH370 was no accident.
The Malaysia Airlines flight was...
Colombia's constitutional court has decriminalized abortions if it happens within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Under the new rule, no woman will be prosecuted for having an abortion within if it's less than 24 weeks.
Since 2006, abortions are only allowed in Colombia in cases of rape, when the woman's...
The U.S. has "credible information" indicating that Russia is creating lists of specific Ukrainians "to be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation," a top diplomat told the United Nations in a letter obtained by the Washington Post on Monday.
The letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...
Recent leaks have revealed how over 30,000 drug traffickers, money launderers, dictators, corrupt politicians, et al, globally stash billions of loots in Credit Suisse, one of the world’s biggest private banks.
According to a report, the massive leak exposed the hidden wealth of clients involved in torture, drug trafficking, money...
A Black-owned tech firm based in Miami, Florida, has begun manufacturing self-driving vehicles called JéGO Pods. The firm will start releasing the pods in late 2022 and will be used to mobilize healthcare services.
JéGO Technologies Inc is founded by Frederick Akphoghene, a Nigerian immigrant, who started his career in...
Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright after mistaking her gun for a Taser, has been sentenced to two years behind bars.
A jury in December convicted 49-year-old Potter on counts of first- and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the deadly incident, which unfolded during...
Many of the people on the FBI’s cyber most wanted list are Russians. While some allegedly work for the government earning a normal salary, others are being accused of making a fortune from ransomware attacks and online theft. If they leave Russia they would be apprehended- but at home...
Amazon has suspended Black Lives Matter from its charity platform AmazonSmile this week for failing to disclose where it's $60 million in donations has gone.
AmazonSmile, which donates 0.5% from purchases to designated nonprofits, still lists dozens of local Black Lives Matter (BLM) chapters among its thousands of approved charities, but noticeably absent...
The University of California has agreed to pay $250m to over 200 women who allege they were sexually assaulted by a campus gynaecologist.
Multiple women accused the university's Los Angeles campus (UCLA) of deliberately hiding James Heaps' alleged sexual abuse of patients.
Dr Heaps was based at the UCLA student health...
A Catholic priest has resigned from an Arizona church after the Vatican ruled that thousands of his baptisms are invalid because he used the wrong words for 25 years
Father Andres Arango left his post at the St. Gregory Catholic Church in Phoenix this month after disclosing that he used an 'incorrect formula'...
Cybersecurity tycoon, John McAfee died by suicide in a Spanish jail cell, a court has ruled.
McAfee, 75, was found hanging in his prison cell at Centre Penitenciari Brians 2 in Barcelona on June 23, just hours after his extradition to the US was approved.
Last week's court ruling confirmed the...
