A judge will decide whether to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal In a tweet on Friday, WikiLeaks said that the UK would be ruling on whether founder Julian Assange could appeal his extradition to the US. The High Court will deliver Read more…
The State Department has approved requests from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to transfer U.S.-made weaponry to Ukraine, reflecting a growing urgency on NATO’s eastern periphery to deter Russian aggression. Why it matters: As much as the Ukrainian military has improved since Read more…
Russia called on the US and other Western governments to stop helping Ukraine’s military, describing the arms supplies as a threat to Russia. Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said on Wednesday: “We emphasize the need to stop fueling the Read more…
The irate reaction comes after the US President’s wide-ranging unscripted press conference Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has lashed out at hints from his US counterpart Joe Biden that the West may not follow through with a strong response in the Read more…
The threat of a Russian invasion is no worse than it was last year, according to one of Kiev’s high-ranking politicians Western media outlets are driving rumors that Russian troops are planning to wage an offensive across the border into Read more…
The US space agency has been warned that the size of its astronaut corps might be too small to meet its future needs NASA has enough astronauts to meet “the current needs” of International Space Station missions but might soon Read more…
A new report says Russia has been quietly reducing staff at its embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv amid fears of an impending conflict, but Moscow denies it, arguing that the diplomatic outpost is operating normally. The New York Read more…
Nigeria’s former vice president Atiku Abubakar quoted Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw in a congratulatory message to the White House. But AFP Fact Check found that the literary icon never made the statement attributed to him. A Shaw expert said Read more…
Officials say measures are necessary to contain Moscow Estonia is ready and able to host a contingent of up to 5,000 troops from NATO’s rapid response force if the order to deploy them is given, Tallinn has said, despite Russian Read more…
On Jan. 13, the US Senate voted against slapping sanctions on Nord Stream 2, a pipeline set to deliver Russian natural gas to Germany. The pipeline, which has been constructed but not yet opened, has figured prominently in this week’s stalled strategic talks between Read more…
Pope Francis has congratulated the reporter who caught him visiting old friends who run a Rome record shop this week, joking that it was his “bad luck” that the news got out. The visit on Tuesday night was to have Read more…
A woman in Japan has filed a lawsuit against the sperm donor who impregnated her, alleging that he was dishonest about his civil status, educational background and ethnicity. The unnamed plaintiff, a 30-year-old woman from Tokyo, said she and her Read more…