Category: World News
Ukraine planned attacks on Russian forces in Syria, leaked document shows
Washington Post THE DISCORD LEAKS | Last winter, Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate proposed striking Russian troops and Wagner mercenaries in Syria, before President Volodymyr Zelensky directed a halt to the operations https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/20/russia-ukraine-war-syria-attacks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreRussian foreign minister visits Cuba, condemns US sanctions
Washington Post Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday condemned U.S. sanctions against Cuba, as he visited the island during the last leg of a Latin American tour that took him to Brazil, Nicaragua and Venezuela https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/20/cuba-russia-lavrov-latin-america/b4def900-dfa8-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMissing Madeleine McCann: German court throws out sex charges against suspect in toddler’s disappearance
Fox News A German court on Thursday threw out sex charges filed against the prime suspect in British toddler Madeleine McCann’s 2007 disappearance, according to global reports. Madeleine disappeared from a family vacation in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007, when she was 3 years old. A Braunschweig, Germany, court dismissed rape and sexual…
Read MoreSingapore to execute man who conspired to smuggle 2 pounds of cannabis
Fox News A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the island-state, in a resumption of executions after a half-year pause, activists said Thursday. The family of Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was notified in a letter that he would be executed next Wednesday, anti-death penalty activist…
Read MoreSenior Malian official among 4 dead in ambush in jihadi area
Washington Post Mali’s government says a senior Malian official and three other people have been killed in an ambush in an area of the country’s southwest https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/20/mali-jihadis-ambush-deaths/7a1a05ce-dfa5-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreMuslims end Ramadan, begin holiday amid war, reconciliation
Washington Post Large parts of the Muslim world are preparing to celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and the start of the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, but the festivities are overshadowed in many parts of the region by conflict and tragedy https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/20/eid-alfitr-ramadan-islam-muslims/68509472-dfa3-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreNOAA Forecasters See a Respite for California
New York Times Less extreme spring temperatures could mean gradual snowmelt and lower flood risks, according to experts. “The picture is relatively optimistic,” one said. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/climate/noaa-spring-outlook-california.html
Read MoreMigrant sailboat crashes in Greece killing 1, 47 others rescued
Fox News Authorities in southern Greece say one migrant has died and 47 others have been rescued after a sailboat crashed into rocks and partially sank in a remote coastal area of the Greek mainland. The coast guard said the migrants ‒ 15 men, 16 women and 16 minors ‒ were located Thursday near the…
Read MoreNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg declares Ukraine’s ‘rightful place’ is in the military alliance
Fox News NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg defiantly declared Thursday that Ukraine’s “rightful place” is in the military alliance and pledged more support for the country on his first visit to Kyiv since Russia’s invasion just over a year ago. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Stoltenberg, who has been instrumental in marshaling support from NATO members,…
Read MoreRebel ambush kills 5 Indian army soldiers in Kashmir
Fox News Five Indian army soldiers were killed on Thursday when rebels fighting against Indian rule ambushed a military vehicle in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, the military said. Militants attacked the army vehicle with gunfire in the southern Rajouri sector near the highly militarized Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and…
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