In recent days, Ukraine has admitted that the situation is tough for its troops in the region after Russia took control of more villages and towns. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia’s offensive in the north-eastern Kharkiv region may only
A court on Tuesday convicted one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine. The verdict in Björn Höcke’s trial comes months before
In a move echoing tactics employed by Russia, the Ukrainian parliament has passed a bill allowing convicts to volunteer for military service in the country’s ongoing conflict with Russia. The legislation passed on Wednesday, aims to bolster troop numbers but excludes individuals
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Friday convicted a famous dissident rock band, designating the band and its three members as extremist and sentencing them to two years of correctional labor. It was the latest in a yearslong crackdown on dissent
Russian forces have demonstrated their ability to sustain operations despite enduring significant casualties over the past two years of intense warfare with Ukraine. As the battle rages on, a winter marked by relentless fighting and incremental Russian advancements has witnessed the momentum
A Dutch court has convicted 17 suspects, with three receiving life sentences, including Ridouan Taghi, the gang’s leader. Taghi, along with other suspects, did not attend the trial’s final day due to heavy security measures. Taghi was convicted of five murders and
A former high-ranking member of a pro-Syrian government militia, identified as Mustafa A., has been convicted by a Dutch court. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison for illegal detention and complicity in torture related to the 2013 arrest and inhumane
A Turkish court convicted Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the son of Somalia’s president, in connection with the death of a motorcyclist. Mohamud, who had left Turkey after an arrest warrant was issued, returned last week to testify about the crash. The court
A court in Cambodia has convicted four land rights activists who allegedly plotted to provoke a peasant revolution by teaching farmers about class divisions. The activists were charged with plotting against the state and incitement to commit a felony for teaching about
Italy convicts Pakistani woman's relatives of killing her for refusing arranged marriage with cousin
A court in northern Italy convicted the parents and an uncle of an 18-year-Pakistani woman for her murder in Italy after she refused her family’s demands to marry a cousin in their homeland. Saman Abbas’ body was dug up in November 2022