Source link The Russian president has commented on Latvia’s announced deportation of pensioners Deportations of ethnic Russians, in many cases elderly retirees, from Latvia and other Baltic states is a serious matter threatening the security of Russia, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting with municipal leaders in Moscow, Putin linked the […]
Source link The measure is the only way to ensure national security, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen has said Finland is set to introduce tighter controls on any real property transactions involving persons or companies from outside of the EU, the nation’s defense minister, Antti Hakkanen, told a group of Finnish newspapers in an interview […]
Source link Moscow denies having aggressive intentions regarding the US-led military bloc and claims to be defending itself against its encroachment Estonia believes that NATO has three to five years to prepare for a possible direct confrontation with Russia, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told The Times on Monday. Last week German media claimed that Berlin […]
Source link It is up to Kiev to convince potential recruits to return home to fight Russia, Estonian PM Kaja Kallas says Estonia will not extradite Ukrainians who are fit for military service back to their homeland, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has said, insisting that if Kiev wants more potential conscripts to return, it will […]
Source link Nigeria says its forces have killed dozens of terrorists in a nationwide campaign Nigerian troops have killed 86 terrorists and arrested 101 in a series of raids across the country over the past week, Director of Defence Media Operations Edward Buba announced on Thursday. Speaking to journalists in the capital, Abuja, Major General […]
Source link Mass unrest has gripped the Pacific nation over a public sector pay cut, later blamed on an administrative error Soldiers and police patrolled the streets of the Papua New Guinea capital on Friday, a day after the southwest Pacific nation declared a state of emergency in response to widespread rioting during which at […]
Source link Burundi accuses Rwanda of hosting and training a rebel group that has been carrying out deadly cross-border raids Burundi has announced the closure of its border with Rwanda, while suspending diplomatic relations with its East African neighbor. Martin Niteretse, the Burundian internal affairs minister, said on Thursday that the decision was in response […]
Source link The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has announced the approval of a $500 million loan to fund rural road projects in the Indian state of Gujarat. The funds will be used under the Mukhyamantri Gram Sadak Yojana initiative, according to the bank, which was launched in 2010-2011 to improve connectivity in rural areas […]
Source link Officials in Kiev have argued that strikes deep inside Russia are the best way to defend their nation Western donors should not tell Ukraine how it can use the weapons provided to it, Estonian President Alar Karis argued on Thursday, as he touted his nation’s record of arming Kiev against Russia. The US […]
Source link Somali officials say al-Shabaab extremists have killed one person and abducted five others from an aircraft Members of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab have seized a United Nations helicopter in central Somalia, killing one person on board and capturing five others, authorities in the East African nation reported on Wednesday. The aircraft, belonging […]
Source link Morocco is chosen ahead of South Africa to assume the presidency of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council Morocco was elected to lead the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in a secret ballot in Geneva on Wednesday, following a showdown with South Africa, after the African continent failed to present a single […]
Source link Latvian police have been warning schools in the country’s capital Riga that smash hit Russian crime mini-series ‘The Boy’s Word: Blood on the Asphalt’ may prompt violence, local channel TV3 Zinas reported on Thursday. The eight-part series, which premiered in November, is set during the last years of the Soviet Union and centers […]
Source link Felix Tshisekedi has been reelected as leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo with more than 73% of the vote The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday declared President Felix Tshisekedi the winner of the nation’s recent elections, having rejected legal challenges against the provisional results released by the […]
Source link Mauritius garment factories that supply PVH, Barbour, and other companies are accused of violating workers’ rights American clothing company PVH, the owner of Tommy Hilfiger, and Calvin Klein, British brand Barbour, and Second Clothing have agreed to pay more than $400,000 in compensation to garment workers in Mauritius after an investigation revealed alleged […]
Source link Salem Mohamed had been detained, along with his father and others, by Niger’s coup leaders since July 26 Niger’s military court has granted a provisional release from house arrest to Salem Mohamed, the son of the West African country’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum. The decision was announced in a statement by the tribunal […]