Zelensky says ceasefire would allow Russia to regroup and rearm

Jan 12, 2024

Kyiv [Russia], January 12: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly rejected the idea of a ceasefire with Russia, saying it would only benefit Moscow by...

Azerbaijan demands land corridor through Armenia

Jan 12, 2024

Moscow [Russia], January 12: The Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan is demanding that neighbouring Armenia establish a land corridor free of control to the Azerbaijani exclave...

Trump attends closing arguments in NYC fraud trial

Jan 12, 2024

New York [US], January 12: The last day of Donald Trump's months-long Manhattan fraud trial started on time Thursday despite an early-morning bogus bomb threat...

US, Britain carry out strikes against Houthis in Yemen

Jan 12, 2024

Washington [US], January 12: The United States and Britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to Houthis in Yemen, four U.S. officials told...

Ukraine builds barricades, digs trenches as focus shifts to defence

Jan 12, 2024

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 12: Rows of white concrete barricades and coils of razor wire stretch across an open field for more than a kilometre.

Reaction to South Africa's UN court case against Israel's war in Gaza

Jan 12, 2024

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 12: South Africa accused Israel of subjecting Palestinians to genocidal acts at the opening of hearings at the top U.N. court...

Russia's Medvedev warns of nuclear response

Jan 12, 2024

Moscow [Russia], January 12: A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned that any Ukrainian attacks on missile launch sites inside Russia with arms supplied...

Tens of thousands protest in Poland against ex-ministers' imprisonment

Jan 12, 2024

Warsaw [Poland], January 12: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters massed outside Poland's parliament to protest against the new government's changes.

Iran seizes oil tanker involved in US-Iran dispute in Gulf of Oman

Jan 12, 2024

Tehran [Iran], January 12: The St Nikolas was boarded by armed intruders as it sailed close to the Omani city of Sohar.