Jakarta. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has told the Indonesian football association on Sunday to suspend the country’s premier football competition Liga 1, following the league’s deadly match in East Java. The police clash with supporters after a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang district, in East Java on […]
Continue reading …The enemy continues to focus its efforts on attempts to fully occupy the Donetsk region and hold the temporarily captured territories, as well as to disrupt the active operations of the Ukrainian defense forces in certain directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its morning update, Ukrinform reports. “The enemy […]
Continue reading …Burkina Faso awoke to fresh chaos Saturday, with the country facing its second coup in a year. Junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was toppled by junior officers who accused him of failing to address the numerous jihadist attacks on the impoverished and restive West African nation. A military vehicle is seen in front of Burkina Faso national […]
Continue reading …Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on the annexation of four partially occupied Ukrainian regions Friday in a major escalation of Moscow’s seven-month war with its pro-Western neighbor. Grigory Sysoyev / POOL / TASS Putin confirmed the annexation of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions as well as the southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in […]
Continue reading …Russia on Friday vetoed a Western bid at the UN Security Council to condemn its annexations of Ukrainian territory but found no support, with China and India abstaining. Russia’s veto was a certainty but Western powers hoped to show Moscow’s isolation in its war and will now take the condemnation effort to the General Assembly, […]
Continue reading …Ukraine on Friday, Sep.30 blamed Moscow for shelling a convoy of civilian cars in the southern Zaporizhzhia region that killed at least 23 on the front line. Zaporizhzhia regional governor Oleksandr Starukh said the strikes had also injured 28 people, “all civilians, local people.” Image by UkrInform. A pro-Kremlin official in the Russian-occupied region of […]
Continue reading …In a telephone call to Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Sep. 29, President Erdogan urged the Russian president to reconsider negotiations with Kyiv to end the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Photo: REUTERS As reported by the Turkish President’s office, Erdogan said that for tensions to be de-escalated, “steps – particularly as regards the incorporation of various Ukrainian […]
Continue reading …Hurricane Ian turned streets into rivers and blew down trees as it slammed into southwest Florida with 241 kph winds, pushing a wall of storm surge Motorists travel across the John Ringling Causeway as Hurricane Ian churns to the south, Sarasota, Florida, U.S., Sept. 28, 2022. (AFP Photo) Over 2 million people were without power […]
Continue reading …Faced with a series of setbacks in eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilisation” of Russia’s reservist forces on Wednesday. But some analysts say the move will have only a limited impact on the front lines of the conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu pictured on August 15, […]
Continue reading …Nord Stream leak: Russia and West trade blame over alleged sabotage of undersea gas pipelines The gas leak from Nord Stream, seen near the island of Bornholm, Denmark on Sept 27, 2022 – Copyright Danish Defence Command via AP Russia and the West have traded blame over alleged sabotage that caused mysterious leaks on the Nord Stream […]
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