Russian court rejects appeal to release WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich | Freedom of the Press News

Russian court rejects appeal to release WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich | Freedom of the Press News

President Vladimir Putin says he hopes for agreement with US on prisoner swap but admits ‘it’s not simple’. An American reporter jailed in Russia must stay behind bars into the new year as he awaits trial on espionage charges, a Russian court has ruled. Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow correspondent for…

S Korea scrambles jets after Chinese, Russian aircraft enter defence zone | Military News

S Korea scrambles jets after Chinese, Russian aircraft enter defence zone | Military News

Four Russian, two Chinese aircraft crossed into Korea Air Defense Identification Zone over Sea of Japan, South Korea says. South Korea’s military says it has deployed fighter jets in response to Chinese and Russian military planes flying into its air defence zone unannounced. Four Russian and two Chinese aircraft crossed…

‘Never giving up’: A former Afghan refugee’s mission to heal trauma | Refugees

‘Never giving up’: A former Afghan refugee’s mission to heal trauma | Refugees

Chester, United Kingdom – It is just after 8:30am on a Friday and 40-year-old Waheed Arian is cycling down a path next to a frost-covered football field in the northwestern English city of Chester. His cheeks are slightly flushed as he hops off his bike, and he seems sprightly despite…

Dozens hurt, children’s hospital damaged, in Russian missile attack on Kyiv | Russia-Ukraine war News

Dozens hurt, children’s hospital damaged, in Russian missile attack on Kyiv | Russia-Ukraine war News

Officials warn number of injured could rise after second missile attack on Ukrainian capital this week. At least 45 people have been injured and a children’s hospital as well as homes damaged after Russia launched a missile attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Wednesday morning. People were woken…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 658 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 658 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 658th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. Fighting Yevgeny Balitsky, the Moscow-installed head of the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhia region, said Russian forces had “advanced significantly forward northeast of Novopokrovka”. The village lies some…

UK’s Sunak wins parliament vote on deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda | Politics News

UK’s Sunak wins parliament vote on deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda | Politics News

Sunak faces down Conservative Party rebels by winning a knife-edge vote on his latest plans to send refugees and migrants to Rwanda. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s emergency bill to revive his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has avoided defeat in parliament, surviving a rebellion by dozens of…

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives in the US. What’s on the agenda? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives in the US. What’s on the agenda? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in the US as part of his efforts to convince US politicians to not block military aid to the war-torn country. Who will Zelenskyy meet on his visit to the US? Zelenskyy is expected to meet US President Joe Biden, a staunch supporter of…

Additional US military aid to Ukraine will be a ‘fiasco’, Kremlin says | Russia-Ukraine war News

Additional US military aid to Ukraine will be a ‘fiasco’, Kremlin says | Russia-Ukraine war News

Moscow is ‘very attentively’ watching as US President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Washington. Any further United States aid to Ukraine will be a “fiasco”, the Kremlin has said ahead of a meeting in Washington between US President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Moscow is also…

Puma to end sponsorship of Israel’s national football team in 2024 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Puma to end sponsorship of Israel’s national football team in 2024 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The company says the move, planned since last year, is unrelated to boycott calls against it amid Israel’s war on Gaza. Sports brand Puma will stop sponsoring Israel’s national football team in 2024, according to a company spokesperson. The move was planned since last year and is not related to…