Smoke rises above a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works company during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko By Reuters President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol “liberated” after nearly two months

By Anadolu Agency President Emmanuel Macron warned his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen on Wednesday that she will bring France to the brink of a civil war if she imposes a ban on the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, if she claims victory in France’s presidential election. “With me, there will be no ban on headscarves,

The corrupt Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, Somalia’s minister of petroleum and mineral resources, and Richard Anderson, chief executive officer of Coastline Exploration Ltd., signed the agreement. But in separate statements, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Farmajo, and Mohamed Hussein Roble rejected the deal, declaring it “null and void. Both leaders cited government decrees and directives banning

By Anadolu Agency Hundreds of Ethiopians swarmed the gate of the Russian Embassy in the capital Addis Ababa to submit their credentials as ex-soldiers to go and fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, one of the applicants, Corporal Tarekegn Wassie, said: “I heard that registration was ongoing at the embassy. Some

British Home Secretary Priti Patel addresses a joint news conference with Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta, after signing the partnership agreement in Kigali, Rwanda, April 14, 2022. Reuters/Jean Bizimana By Reuters British interior minister Priti Patel overruled reservations from officials about her plan to send thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of

File – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech at Lydd Airport, south east England, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Johnson is facing British lawmakers for the first time since he was fined by police for attending a birthday party in his office that broke coronavirus lockdown rules. As the House of Commons returns Tuesday,

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi By Anadolu Agency Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday threatened to strike “at the heart” of Israel if Tel Aviv makes the “slightest move” against Tehran. Speaking at a military parade marking the National Army Day, Raisi said if Iran’s security is threatened by arch-foe Israel, its armed forces would retaliate

Police officers stand at a cordon on Whitehall in Westminster after the road was closed following an incident involving the arrest of a man near Downing Street, in London, Britain, April 18, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls By Reuters British police closed a road in central London near Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s official residence on Monday and

By Anadolu Agency Russia has to date destroyed more than 100 aircraft and helicopters each and over 2,200 tanks and armored vehicles used by the Ukrainian army, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Friday. Igor Konashenkov claimed military units prevented a missile attack by the Ukrainian armed forces on the Kahov Hydroelectric Power Station, saying that

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks during a service to honour murdered British MP David Amess at the Church of St Margaret, in the grounds of Westminster Abbey, London, Britain, October 18, 2021. Jonathan Brady/Pool via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned a British plan to send tens of thousands