Aid ships with nearly 400 tonnes of food depart Cyprus for Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Aid ships with nearly 400 tonnes of food depart Cyprus for Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

A three-ship convoy has left Cyprus’s Larnaca Port headed for the Gaza Strip with nearly 400 tonnes of food and other supplies as people continue to die from hunger in the enclave amid Israel’s ongoing war. The aid that departed on Saturday will be taken to Gaza by a cargo…

Several people being held hostage in Dutch town, police say | Crime News

Several people being held hostage in Dutch town, police say | Crime News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, The hostages are are being held in a building in town of Ede, with ‘no indication of a terrorist motive’. Multiple people are being held hostage in a building in the town of Ede, in central Netherlands, police have said. On Saturday, heavily armed police cordoned off…

Russia mulls labelling queen of Soviet pop Pugacheva a ‘foreign agent’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia mulls labelling queen of Soviet pop Pugacheva a ‘foreign agent’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

Musician Alla Pugacheva, who is currently abroad, has criticised the Kremlin for its actions in Ukraine. Russian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to consider labelling Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, as a “foreign agent”, the Reuters news agency reported. If successful, the move would officially designate…

Nine detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack | Russia-Ukraine war News

Nine detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack | Russia-Ukraine war News

A Russian court meanwhile charged one more suspect in last week’s deadly attack on Crocus City Hall. Tajikistan’s state security service has detained nine people for suspected contact with the perpetrators of last week’s attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people, Russian state media…

Northern Ireland DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson resigns after police charges | Politics News

Northern Ireland DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson resigns after police charges | Politics News

Media reports say the charges against the Democratic Unionist Party head relate to ‘non-recent sexual offences’. The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party, Jeffrey Donaldson, has resigned after confirming he has been charged with “allegations of an historical nature”, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) says. “In accordance with the…

On the front line of Russian attacks, Ukraine’s Odesa cries out for US aid | Russia-Ukraine war

On the front line of Russian attacks, Ukraine’s Odesa cries out for US aid | Russia-Ukraine war

After leaving Odesa largely untouched by the barrages of drones and missiles it has launched against Ukraine this winter, Russia has struck the port city during March as never before in this war. On March 2, a Russian drone demolished a nine-storey building, killing at least 12 people in one…

Russia blocks renewal of UN panel monitoring N Korea sanction compliance | United Nations News

Russia blocks renewal of UN panel monitoring N Korea sanction compliance | United Nations News

Sanctions, in force since 2006, will remain in place, but mandate of panel will come to an end on April 30. Russia has vetoed the United Nations’ renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring North Korea’s compliance with international sanctions. The Russian move follows accusations from the United States,…