Family members of those who were killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States have launched a fresh campaign against Saudi Arabia’s ongoing efforts at laundering its blood-stained history. The families’ 9/11 Justice advocacy group aired an advertisement in Florida on Tuesday, denouncing LIV Golf, a professionalContinue Reading
Ukraine is in the “final stage” of creating a “dirty bomb,” says a senior Russian official, referring to a device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive waste. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the chief of the Russian Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Force, said on Monday that Ukraine had nearly completedContinue Reading
Russia has accused Western countries of using sanctions to steal the country’s gold and foreign exchange reserves amid the raging war in Ukraine. Asked about a proposal by the European Union to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that “a large part”Continue Reading
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has proposed a referendum to amend Turkey’s constitution in order to guarantee woman’s legal right to wear the hijab in state institutions, schools, and universities. Speaking in the city of Malatya in southeastern Turkey on Saturday, Erdogan challenged the leader of the main opposition RepublicanContinue Reading
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu have talked on the phone for the first time since May, discussing “international security problems,” American and Russian officials have announced. The two discussed “international security problems, notably the situation in Ukraine,” according to a readout posted Friday byContinue Reading
Russia says its troops have repelled an attack by Ukraine in the southern region of Kherson, where Ukrainian forces have been advancing in recent weeks. In a statement on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry said “all attacks were repulsed, and the enemy was pushed back to their initial positions.” TeContinue Reading
Former US president Donald Trump has been subpoenaed to testify before the congressional panel probing his role in the January 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters as his ex-adviser gets jail term for contempt of Congress. “As demonstrated in our hearings, we have assembled overwhelming evidence,Continue Reading
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu have talked on the phone for the first time since May, discussing “international security problems,” American and Russian officials have announced. The two discussed “international security problems, notably the situation in Ukraine,” according to a readout posted Friday byContinue Reading