India Commences Investigation Into Missile Which Landed In Pakistan
India has ordered a high-level investigation after accidentally firing a missile into Pakistan, saying it was taking the matter "very seriously". The incident happened on 9 March, but India acknowledged it two days later, blaming a "technical malfunction" during maintenance. India's defence minister Rajnath Singh told parliament on Tuesday that the incident was "regrettable", expressing relief that no-one had been killed. Both...
American Journalist Shot Dead In Ukraine, Another Wounded
Award-winning American journalist, Brent Renaud was killed by Russian forces in Irpin, Ukraine, according to Kyiv region police in social media posts yesterday. Kyiv police said another American journalist was wounded by Russian troops. In a tweet, Kyiv region police named the 50-year-old American journalist, who was killed as Brent Renaud. Police posted a photo of his body and his...
81 Persons Executed In One Day For Terror Offences In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia said Saturday it executed 81 people in one day on a variety of terrorism-related offences, exceeding the total number of executions in the kingdom in the whole of last year. All had been “found guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes”, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, saying they included convicts linked to the Islamic State group, or...
Chelsea’s Bank Account Temporarily Suspended
Chelsea's bank account with Barclays has reportedly been suspended after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned. Sky Sports claim the bank has taken the action because it needs time to evaluate the license handed to the club by the UK government to continue football-related activities in the wake of the Russian billionaire being sanctioned. The report claims the Blues remain hopeful Barclays will soon lift the suspension...
Nigerian Man, Obi 33-Year-Old Dies After Ex-Lover Set Him Ablaze Along With Girlfriend In Australia
A Nigerian man, Stanley Obi, and his girlfriend have been set ablaze by his former partner and mother of his kids at his home in New Beith, Brisbane's southern suburbs of Australia. Police are unravelling the troubled history of a former couple involved in a Logan house fire that has left both of them dead. Stanley Obi, 33, a Nigerian died...
Sanctions Against Russia Will Create Energy, Food Crisis, Says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday that Western penalties against Moscow for its military incursion in Ukraine would destabilise the global energy and food markets and vowed the country would emerge stronger from the crisis. Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine that began on February 24 has triggered unprecedented Western sanctions and sparked an exodus of international corporations from Russia. Putin...
Three Killed In Attack On Ukraine’s Children Hospital
At least three people were killed, including a young girl, in an attack on a children’s hospital in Mariupol in southern Ukraine, local officials said on Thursday. “Three people were killed, including a female child, in yesterday’s attack on a children’s and maternity hospital in Ukraine’s besieged Mariupol, according to updated figures this morning,” the city council said on its...
President Biden Places Ban On Russian Oil Imports
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. will target "the main artery of Russia's economy" by banning the import of Russian energy products. "We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy," Biden said in remarks from the White House. "That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at U.S. ports and the American people will...
Another Russian Army General Killed In Ukraine
Ukrainian forces have killed a Russian general near the besieged city of Kharkiv, the second Russian senior commander to die in the invasion. Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, 45, was killed on Monday, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine's defence ministry said in a statement. Gerasimov was the first deputy commander of Russia's 41st army, and his death represents another major blow to...
Ukrainian Missile Takes Down Russian Jet [VIDEO]
Footage has emerged of the moment an alleged Russian jet was shot down over Ukraine's second city Kharkiv earlier today. Oleg Synegubov, the regional governor of Kharkiv, claimed that the Russian Su-25 fighter was destroyed by Kharkiv's Air Defence Forces, which was later confirmed by the Kyiv Independent. https://youtu.be/1bXARVIj8jg Video appears to show the plane erupts into a huge fireball as it is struck by two...
