North Korea has announced it will not take part in the Tokyo Olympics this year, saying the decision is to protect its athletes from Covid-19. The decision puts an end to South Korea's hopes of using the Games to engage with the North amid stall...
The administration of the Federal Penitentiary Service announced the transfer of blogger Alexei Navalny, who is being held in correctional colony No. 2 in the Vladimir region, to a medical and sanitary unit. This is due to the fact that in the course...
In Ukraine, as of Tuesday morning, 13,276 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded, 10,240 people recovered, 430 patients died, the Minister of Health of Ukraine Maxim Stepanov said. "13,276 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 we...
Over the past day on Monday, April 5, two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed in the Donbas, 7 attacks were recorded, the press center of the Joint Forces operation headquarters said. "Over the past day, on April 5, in the area of t...
Dubai’s police arrested 40 people, including 11 Ukrainian women on April 4 on charges of public debauchery. The action came after a video showing a dozen naked women on a high-rise balcony in the capital of the United Arab Emirates went viral on soci...
The Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili was diagnosed with a coronavirus. He announced this on the social network Facebook. Garibashvili writes that he confirmed the coronavirus as a result of routine testing. “I feel good, I am in self-i...
Based on today’s new survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI), former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia is the most rated politician, while the majority of respondents, 89%, are of a favorable opinion of the Catholicos-Patriarch. Former P...
Turkey has detained 10 retired admirals after they openly criticised a huge Istanbul canal project championed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Those held were among 104 retired admirals who signed an open letter warning against withdrawal from an ...
A data leak involving personal details of hundreds of millions of Facebook users is being reviewed by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC). The database is believed to contain a mix of Facebook profile names, phone numbers, locations and other...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu made "illegitimate use" of his power and saw favours as "currency", a prosecutor has alleged at his corruption trial. Liat Ben Ari told a court in Jerusalem that he sought "improper benefits from owners of major media ...
