Azerbaijan’s minister of digital development and transportation Rashan Nabiyev said Friday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed earlier this week may have been hit by a weapon while outside aviation experts blamed the crash on Russian air defense systems. The plane was flying from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the … Read more
Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia, which could put Kyiv at a clear disadvantage in future ceasefire talks. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions to slide … Read more
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has issued a warning about a “decadent Russian shadow fleet” of ships following recent damage to undersea cables in Europe. “Almost every month, ships are damaging vital undersea cables in the Baltic Sea,” Baerbock told the German Funke newspaper group on Saturday. “Ship crews drop anchors overboard, drag them for … Read more
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday, a day after the Huthi-held capital Sanaa was hit by fresh air strikes. FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky reports. Source link
Georgia is gearing up for Sunday’s inauguration of a ruling party loyalist as president, after his election was declared “illegitimate” by the outgoing leader and the pro-Western opposition. Mikheil Kavelashvili’s inauguration is expected to further escalate the political crisis which has seen mass pro-EU demonstrations. Source link
Washington: Billionaire Elon Musk’s ex-girlfriend and Canadian musician Grimes has responded to the anti-India backlash in the US. He also spoke about his special connection with India. In fact, the newly elected US President Donald Trump recently announced that he assigned an important responsibility to the Indian American Sriram Krishnan in his administration. Then comments … Read more
Afghanistan’s Taliban has targeted a number of points in neighboring Pakistan, Kabul’s defense ministry said Saturday, in what seems to be a response to an aerial bombardment carried out by Pakistani aircraft on Afghan territory a few days ago. Source link
Sanaa, Yemen – A day after fresh air strikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, the Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday. “A missile launched from Yemen was intercepted before it could enter Israeli territory,” the Israeli military said, as sirens sounded in Jerusalem and the Dead Sea areas on … Read more
South Korea’s prosecutors are alleging that suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol authorized the military to shoot if needed to enter parliament during his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, according to a report shared with the media. Source link
From the highs of the summer Olympics to a mass sexual assault trial that shocked the world, and from the grand reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral to the government’s collapse, 2024 has been quite a year in France. Here are the biggest news stories from the past 12 months. Source link