Austria’s government said Thursday that it has ordered four Russian diplomats based in Vienna, including two at Moscow’s mission to U.N. agencies in the city, to leave the country. The Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement that two diplomats at the
A runaway Russian mercenary claims his comrades refusing to fight in Ukraine are being executed in a chilling echo of tactics notoriously used by Stalin in the Second World War. On January 31, 1943, Field Marshal Paulus surrendered the German 6th Army
Rishi Sunak has ordered his independent ethics adviser to launch a probe, after it emerged that Nadhim Zahawi paid a penalty to HMRC over unpaid tax while he was chancellor. He has described the error as “careless and not deliberate”. Meanwhile, Labour is
Vatican chiefs are investigating the orgy as part of their inquiry into Robert Byrne’s sudden resignation as the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle last month. The Archbishop of Liverpool, who is leading the investigation, has been asked to prepare “an in-depth report
The U.S. has announced fresh sanctions against the private Russian military company the Wagner Group, as well as adding a “transnational criminal organization” designation to the group. “Last month, the Department of Commerce designated Wagner as a military end user, which means
In one shop, mannequins have been pictured by photographers with hoods made from the same material as the traditional Afghan dresses they sell. “I can’t cover the mannequins’ heads with plastic or ugly things because it would make my window and shop
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that inaction by the country’s former president and four others led to Easter Sunday bomb attacks in 2019 that killed nearly 270 people and ordered them to pay compensation for violating the basic rights of the
A Spanish judge on Wednesday ordered jail without bail for two women repatriated from Syria for their suspected involvement with the Islamic State group. The pair should be held because they are considered to be a flight risk and of their long
Russia President Vladimir Putin on Thursday allegedly called on Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to order a ceasefire in Ukraine in observation of Orthodox Christmas. “Given the appeal of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I instruct the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
The Taliban-controlled Afghanistan government has instructed all local and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stop allowing women to come to work. The announcement, which came in a letter from the economy ministry and confirmed by spokesperson Abdulrahman Habib, said the female employees