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It will still be obligatory for passengers to wear masks on flights to Italy until mid-June, despite the end of the EU-wide requirement on Monday, May 16th, the Italian government has confirmed. Mask mandates will be dropped across much of Europe from Monday – but not in Italy. Photo by Martin BERNETTI / AFP The […]

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected president for the second time, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in a final round Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, right, holds hands with incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed , left after winning the elections in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 16, 2022 [Feisal Omar/ Reuter Somali legislators have elected former […]

MGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during a news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, participating virtually, at a NATO meeting in Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo) NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Kyiv could win the war against Moscow, as he urged the military bloc to keep sending military aid to the country. […]

Death. Fire. Smoke. Bombs. Joy. Hope. Faith. And pride. Those are the things that spell the days of soldiers at Azovstal, the last Ukrainian fortress in the Russian-besieged city of Mariupol. After almost 80 days of fierce fighting, over 1,000 Ukrainian combatants, hundreds among them injured, are still holding out at the giant steel factory. […]

   Finnish President Sauli Niinisto spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday about the Nordic country’s application for NATO membership, expected to be announced this weekend, his office said. Fnland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R-L) give a joint press conference on their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, […]

Ukraine on Saturday, May 14, claimed it was holding back a Russian assault in the eastern Donbas region and vowed to extract its last remaining fighters from a besieged steel plant. Ukraine’s head of military intelligence, however, predicted a turning point in the months ahead, and claimed that one of Europe’s biggest conflicts since World […]

Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday after months of refusing direct contact with his American counterpart. But officials said the call didn’t appear to signal any change in Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on […]

On May 12, the parliament approved a package of important legislation. It covered the forcible seizure of Russian property in Ukraine, the functioning of local self-government, simplified the rebuilding of housing destroyed in the current war, and unlocked VAT refunds to businesses. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Parliamentarians approved the law for the nationalization of the […]

His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, passed away on Friday, May 13, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced. “The Ministry of Presidential Affairs condoles the people of the UAE, the Arab and Islamic nation and the world over the demise of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin […]

The “Flying Kremlin,” also known as Russia’s “Doomsday plane,” was planned to make its first appearance in over a decade at Moscow’s Victory Day parade on Monday. However, the huge aircraft designed to protect President Vladimir Putin in the event of a nuclear attack noticeably absent due to weather conditions, according to Russian officials, despite […]