President Joe Biden has added a visit in Poland to his travel to Europe this week for urgent discussions with NATO and European partners, as Russian soldiers focus their fire on cities and trapped populations in Ukraine’s almost month-long incursion. Biden will fly to Brussels first, then to Poland toContinue Reading
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed NATO on Friday for ruling out a no-fly zone over the nation, claiming the Western military alliance was aware that further Russian action was imminent. NATO had earlier Friday rejected Ukraine’s call for a no-fly zone to stop Russia’s bombardment, but Western allies have threatenedContinue Reading
PARIS – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) stated on Friday that Pakistan will remain on the grey list, despite “substantial progress” in completing the needed action items to be removed off the list. Pakistan has fulfilled 26 of the 27 action items in its 2018 action plan, according toContinue Reading
LONDON(AFP)- The UK government announced sanctions on billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov and former deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov on Thursday as part of retaliation for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The couple, who are worth a total of $19 billion (£14 billion) and have “major interests in the UK and strongContinue Reading
WASHINGTON : (AFP)On Tuesday, US Vice President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “dictator” who faces economic and diplomatic isolation for invading Ukraine, and warned that the world is in a “battle” between democracy and despotism. Biden made it clear that there would be no US boots onContinue Reading
BERLIN – Germany and its Western allies have decided to exclude Russia from the SWIFT global payment system, according to a German government spokeswoman. The move is part of a third round of sanctions aimed at deterring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions, which include the United States, France, Canada,Continue Reading
BRUSSELS(AFP) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that the alliance was deploying its quick reaction force for the first time in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The situation is still fluid. What we’ve seen is that the Ukrainian troops are battling valiantly and are able to inflictContinue Reading
After Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by land, sea, and air, Ukraine’s president claimed on Thursday night that 137 people had been killed and 316 injured so far. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, the current dead toll includes both Ukrainian army and civilians. Heavy exchanges of fire were takingContinue Reading
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the Ukrainian army to remove the government, describing its leaders as “terrorists” and “a band of drug addicts and neo-Nazis.” Putin also accused “Ukrainian nationalists” of installing heavy weaponry in residential areas of major cities in order to provokeContinue Reading
This morning, Ukrainian President Putin announced a special military operation in Donbas. Russia launched airstrikes on our military installations and border guards. According to CNN, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared in a speech to the public, “There were explosives heard in several areas around Ukraine.”“We’re declaring martial law over theContinue Reading
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