WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia is “exploring options” to carry out a cyber-attack on critical US infrastructure in retaliation for western and allied sanctions, President Joe Biden warned on Monday. Biden said there is “evolving intelligence” that suggests the Kremlin is actively plotting potential attacks, and urged US...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden and his German, French, Italian and British counterparts vowed to continue their support for Ukraine as it fends off a Russian invasion, the US said on Monday. That includes ensuring continued military aid for Kyiv, the White House maintained as Russia repeatedly warns that such shipments have bec...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign ministers have reached an agreement to double the bloc’s military aid to Ukraine, reaching a total of €1 billion ($1.1 billion). “I am glad to announce that we have reached a political agreement for the additional €500 million on the European Peace Facility,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told […...
VIENNA – Austria saw a total of 1,977 racist attacks in 2021, according to a new report. Over half of these took place online. The Vienna-based Civil Courage and Anti-Racism Work (ZARA) said in its 2021 Racism Report that some 1,117 racist posts were shared on social media and other online platforms. There were 273 […]
WASHINGTON – Russia has “increased” its naval activity in the northern Black Sea region, the US alleged as the Russian military campaign against Ukraine continues. A senior Pentagon official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said Russia has over a dozen war ships in the northern Black Sea, some of which have ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – The Ukrainian president on Sunday signed a bill that extends the martial law for another 30 days from March 26. Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved legislation extending the period of wartime in Ukraine by 30 days from March 26, said a statement by the Ukrainian parliament. Zelenskyy announced martial law across the country...
NEW YORK (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that he is ready for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I’m ready for negotiations with him. I was ready for the last two years. And I think that without negotiations we cannot end this war,” Zelenskyy told CNN in a televised interview. H...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Muslim immigrant families in western Sweden continue to protest against state social services for “unjustly” taking their children away. Protesters, demonstrating in different cities of Sweden since Feb. 7, gathered in Gothenburg’s Gustaf Adolf Torg Square for their eighth demonstration. Families were h...
MOSCOW – A high-ranking Russian military official has been killed in the war against Ukraine, according to a Russian official’s social media post. Russian Senator from Sevastopol Yekaterina Altabayeva on her Telegram said Andrey Paliy, 51-year-old deputy commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, died in the clashes at Ukraine’...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The Slovak Defence Minister has said that NATO member Slovakia has begun to receive the first units of Patriot air defense system belonging to Germany and Netherlands. Jaroslav Nad expressed thanks to Germany and Netherlands over the deployment of arms supply amid the Russia-Ukraine war, and said the “first e...
