Conservationists have accused France of hypocrisy after it launched a dispute with the UK over the banning of its trawlers from some British waters to protect vulnerable habitats. The UK’s ban on bottom trawling – a damaging fishing technique that drags heavy
Officials in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Moscow for protection Wednesday, as tensions escalate with the pro-Western government. Moldova, a candidate to join the European Union, imposed new customs duties on Jan. 1, 2024 on imports to and exports
The Houthi rebels of Yemen claim they have sunk a UK ship and downed a US drone as the group’s skirmishes with Western forces escalate. In a statement released on Monday evening, they said: “The total number of armed forces operations during
Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fired tear gas on Monday to disperse protesters who burned tires and U.S. and Belgian flags near Western embassies and U.N. offices in the capital Kinshasa, angry about insecurity in eastern Congo. The protesters,
An Iran watchdog group says the country has enough weapons-grade uranium to build a nuclear weapon in just one week. The Institute for Science and International Security published the findings in a report on Monday, saying Tehran could produce a total of
The United States has been put on high alert after a survey of international analysts argued a flare-up in tensions with China is “likely” to happen within the next 12 months. The experts have suggested Washington could be on track for a
Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo held a signature drive Wednesday in hopes of securing enough to oust four ethnic Albanian mayors whose elections last year sent tensions between Serbia and Kosovo soaring. Groups of people were seen going to sport halls or
Rwanda’s military on Tuesday said it had killed a Congolese soldier who crossed the border and allegedly fired at Rwandan army patrols, the latest incident in cross-border tensions between the neighbors. In a statement, the Rwanda Defense Force said it also arrested
The US military ordered a drone strike on the leader of an Iraqi militia group based in Baghdad that it blames for recent attacks on American forces stationed in the country as regional hostilities continue to flare up following Hamas’s atrocities on
Tottenham star Alejo Veliz was taken off in tears after picking up an injury during the feisty 3-1 win over Bournemouth on New Year’s Eve. Tempers flared in the final moments of the match, with Ange Postecoglou seen in a furious confrontation