Category: 2. RussianAggression

A controversial Iranian track star-turned-Turkish-para-athlete has been stripped of a gold medal he won at the Paralympic Games in Paris and denied the right to compete in another event at the Games. Sajjad Hashemi was one of Iran’s fastest men and represented the country in the London Olympics… Continue Reading

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will take part in a meeting of the so-called Ramstein group of countries supplying arms to Ukraine on September 6, German magazine Spiegel reported. Continue Reading

A controversial Iranian track star-turned-Turkish-para-athlete has been stripped of a gold medal he won at the Paralympic Games in Paris and denied the right to compete in another event at the Games. Sajjad Hashemi was one of Iran’s fastest men and represented the country in the London Olympics… Continue Reading

Mongolian officials rolled out the red carpet on September 2 for a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin. While visiting the vast East Asian country, which borders Russia to the north and China to the south, east, and west, Putin reportedly inked agreements on the supply of aviation fuel to… Continue Reading

KYIV — Iryna was among dozens who gathered near a traffic junction to get a freshly cooked free meal on a recent afternoon. The 70-year-old used to work as a journalist but now, she said, with her modest pension and no help from her family, she comes here regularly. Most of those lining up for……

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House The writer is a lecturer at Stanford University and former deputy secretary-general of Nato The People’s Republic of China is currently on a nuclear tear, building up… Continue Reading

Russia has been forced to start storing gas from Vladimir Putin’s flagship Arctic project, in a sign that western sanctions are deterring buyers. According to ship-tracking data and satellite images, three vessels have shipped liquefied natural gas from the US-sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 since it… Continue Reading

Ukraine faces wildly different prospects under a potential Donald Trump or Kamala Harris U.S. presidency. But as their campaigns race to the finish line, neither candidate has laid out exactly how they plan to deal with Russia’s war on Ukraine. Experts say in that same space of time, the… Continue Reading

Grieving relatives gathered outside a morgue in the Ukrainian city of Poltava on September 4 to try to identify the victims of a Russian air strike the previous day. More than 50 people were reported killed and over 270 wounded in the attack on a military training facility. Rescue workers were… Continue Reading