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20.11 / 22:09

Tourism Cinema Ukraine war: Here are the key developments you need to know for Sunday

Germany has offered Warsaw the Patriot missile defence system to help it to secure its airspace, after a stray missile crashed in Poland last week, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht told a newspaper on Sunday.

20.11 / 20:03

Tourism Power ‘Playing with fire’: More strikes recorded at Zaporizhzhia power plant

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of bombing the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, which is occupied by the Russian army.

17.11 / 16:05

European Union Culture Bruno Carbone: One of Europe's most-wanted criminals arrested in Syria

An Italian drug trafficker, one of Europe's most-wanted criminals, has been arrested in Syria and extradited to Italy, according to Italian officials and a Syrian jihadist rebel group.

14.11 / 08:59

Climate change extreme weather blast Istanbul blast: Suspect arrested as government blames Kurdish separatists for 'terror attack'

Police have arrested a suspect who is believed to have planted the bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, Turkey’s interior minister said on Monday.

08.11 / 07:11

business Technology Law Bitcoin Countries ignoring crypto AML rules risk placement on FATF's 'grey list' — Report

Countries failing to adhere to anti-money laundering (AML) guidelines for cryptocurrencies could find themselves added to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF's) “grey list."

13.10 / 09:27

'Unscrupulous Western blackmailers': Russia's fury as UN votes to condemn Ukraine annexations

The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of four Ukrainian regions and demand its immediate reversal.

12.10 / 15:39

Platform Bittrex Bittrex Crypto Exchange Fined for US Sanction Evasion

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed a fine of about $24 million on crypto exchange Bittrex which also had to sign a $29 million settlement with the department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The fines are related to the exchange’s violations of anti-money laundering regulations and sanctions on the residents of certain countries and territories.

09.10 / 11:57

Climate change Russia appoints new overall military commander after series of losses in Ukraine

Russia has appointed a new commander on Saturday to lead its troops in Ukraine after the Kremlin suffered a series of military setbacks in the past weeks.

27.09 / 09:19

us sanctions Crédit Agricole subsidiaries to settle alleged US sanctions breaches

Two subsidiaries of French bank Crédit Agricole’s corporate and investment banking arm have agreed to pay more than $1.12m in civil penalties to settle alleged violations of US sanctions, the Treasury Department said on 26 September.

26.09 / 13:47

Ukraine war Wagner 'Putin's chef' Yevgeny Prigozhin founded Wagner paramilitary group to fight in Ukraine

Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch and a close ally of Vladimir Putin, admitted on Monday that he was behind the Wagner paramilitary group.

20.09 / 09:51

Queen Elizabeth II European Commission Royal Family Prisoners are refusing to join Russian mercenary group, US official claims

The Wagner Group, a Russian private paramilitary organisation, has not been entirely successful in its efforts to recruit 1,500 prisoners, with many are refusing to join, a senior US defence official said on Monday.

17.08 / 11:39

European Union Migrants Forest fires Ukraine war: First grain shipment ends up in Russian-allied Syria

The first shipment of grain to leave Ukraine under a wartime deal appears to have ended up in Syria - even as Damascus remains a close ally of Moscow, satellite images show.

15.08 / 19:11

Science Wagner Ukraine war: Germany NATO spending, Wagner mercenary group bombed, Griner appeal

Ukrainian artillery hit the headquarters of Russia's infamous Wagner Group of mercenaries in eastern Ukraine, say reports.

15.08 / 09:47

Church Takeover Infographics Five infographics to show impact of Taliban takeover on Europe

A year ago the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan, triggering a mass exodus of Afghans fearing their lives would be worse under the country's new rulers.

27.07 / 00:19

Government Kraken OFAC us sanctions Treasury's OFAC is investigating Kraken for violating US sanctions: Report

The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, is reportedly investigating crypto exchange Kraken for allegedly allowing users based in Iran and other countries to buy and sell crypto — a potential violation of U.S. sanctions.

20.07 / 23:23

Ukraine war: What you need to know on Wednesday

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has made the clearest expression yet of Moscow's growing aims in the Ukraine war.

13.07 / 19:31

business Blockchain Adoption Middle east Syrian refugee turned civil activist found calling as blockchain evangelist

There is an educational website for beginning crypto users called ZeFi. The site has helpful introductory lessons, some interesting articles and a look of sincerity, much like other sites. However, none of it is that different — at least not in English. Its special feature is the language button in the upper right corner that reveals the Arabic version of the website.

13.07 / 13:37

European Union Heatwave Russia and Ukraine hold talks to ease grain export blockage

Military officials from Russia and Ukraine are due to meet in Istanbul on Wednesday, for their governments' first face-to-face talks in months. The session will be devoted to a United Nations plan to export blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea.

13.07 / 10:47

European Union Heatwave Trump Riot Trump rallied supporters to riot at Capitol following 'unhinged' meeting, inquiry hears

During the seventh hearing of the congressional inquiry into the 2021 Capitol riots, the panel on Tuesday presented further evidence that Trump was told, repeatedly, that his claims of fraud were false, but that he continued to push them anyway.

13.07 / 09:25

European Union Sri Lankan president flees country, hours before he was due to step down

The president of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled the country early Wednesday morning, hours before he was due to step down amid a devastating economic crisis that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.

13.07 / 09:25

European Union Heatwave Firefighters scramble to put out wildfires in heatwave-hit Portugal and Spain

Wildfires swept across Portugal's central region on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of locals, as firefighters struggled to put out flames at a time the country is battling a sweltering heatwave.

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