Malta: Russia ’s Lavrov clashes with Blinken at OSCE meeting

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has clashed indirectly with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at an annual security meeting in Malta, accusing the West of risking escalation in the war…

LIVE UPDATES: Russia-Ukraine war

These were the key developments on the 1,016th day of the Russia-Ukraine war.

France: President Macron pledges to stay in office until end of term

French President Emmanuel Macron says he will stay on “until the end” of his five-year term, until May 2027, after a no-confidence vote in parliament toppled the government. Speaking to the nation…

USA: TikTok loses appeal against US ban law

TikTok’s bid to overturn a law which would see it banned or sold in the US from early 2025 has been rejected. The social media company had hoped a federal…

Palestine: Israeli forces strike, storm Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital

At least four staff have been killed when several air strikes hit Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital and Israeli forces stormed the facility, according to the hospital’s director and the enclave’s Civil Defence…

USA: Memphis police use ‘excessive force’, US justice department says

The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and follows policies that discriminate against black people, the US justice department has said. This includes unnecessarily escalating encounters with some of the…

Romania: Constitutional Court annuls results of presidential election’s first round

Romania top court has annulled the results of the first round of the country’s presidential election and said the process must be re-run, after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated…

Ukraine: Kyiv sanctions Georgian leaders over crackdown on pro-EU protests

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sanctioned top Georgian officials, including the prime minister and the billionaire founder of the ruling party, in a bid to halt the country’s apparent drift…

Ireland: Storm Darragh warnings upgraded with 80mph winds due in NI

The island of Ireland is set to come under the second highest level of warning due to Storm Darragh moving in from the Atlantic later on Friday. An amber warning…

UK: Authorities Uncover multibillion dollar money laundering scheme

A multi-billion-dollar money laundering operation that formed when UK gangs were struggling to offload cash during lockdown has been uncovered by the National Crime Agency. Discovering the Russian-speaking network embedded…