The wife of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, said she does not yet have her own confirmation of her husband’s death. “I don’t know whether we should believe the terrible news that we are receiving exclusively from Russian state sources,”…
Bellway fined by Thames Water for illegal use of standpipe at Greenhithe development
A housing developer is being ordered to pay more than £10,000 to Thames Water for allowing illegal water connections at two of its developments. Bellway Homes has been made to pay back £10,115 for connecting to an unauthorised and unlicenced standpipe …
Two killed in southern Israel in suspected terrorist attack
Two people were killed in Israel in a suspected terrorist attack, emergency rescue workers said on Friday, confirming earlier media reports. Four people were injured, two of them seriously, a spokesman for the Magen David Adom rescue service said. One …
Iranian directors send message from Tehran for Berlinale premiere
Iranian film directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, who have been banned by their country from travelling to the Berlin International Film Festival, nonetheless delivered a message at the festival on Friday. The pair’s film “Keyke mahboobe ma…
Harris: Failure by US to approve Ukraine aid would be ‘gift’ to Putin
US Vice President Kamala Harris has warned against the failure of the US Congress to authorize further aid for Ukraine, saying it would be a “gift” to Russian President Vladimir Putin. She said Ukraine is in desperate need of “critical weapons and reso…
Nasrallah vows to retaliate for civilian deaths in south Lebanon
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed on Friday to make Israel pay “in blood” for killing civilians in southern Lebanon. “We do not tolerate the issue of harming civilians, and the enemy must understand that they have gone too far in this matter,” Nas…
Independent Russian media to demand footage from Navalny's penal colony
Independent Russian media Novaya Gazeta said on Feb. 16 that they will demand the body camera recordings of medical service personnel working in the penal colony where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has allegedly died. All medical service per…
Zelensky thanks Germany for ‘vital’ new military aid package
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the German government and the German people for supporting his country with a “vital” new military aid package. “I very much appreciate the fact that you are standing by us, as the whole of Germany is …
Tsikhanouskaya: Navalny's 'death is further proof that for dictators, human life has no value'
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s “death is further proof that for dictators, human life has no value.” “The Putin regime like the Lukashenko regime, in an effort to maintain powe…
Tsikhanouskaya: Navalny's 'death is further proof that for dictators, human life has no value'
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s “death is further proof that for dictators, human life has no value.” “The Putin regime like the Lukashenko regime, in an effort to maintain powe…