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MOSCOW, Jan 22, 2024 (AFP) – The Kremlin on Monday blamed Ukraine for an attack that started a fire at gas terminal at the Baltic port of Ust-Luga over the weekend. A gas facility belonging to Novatek, Russia’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), was set ablaze on Sunday in the western port town, close to Russia’s border with Estonia. “The Kyiv regime continues to show its bestial face. They are striking civil infrastructure, […]
MOSCOW, Jan 21, 2024 (AFP) – A blaze at a natural gas terminal in the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga on Sunday was caused by an “external factor”, said Novatek, Russia’s biggest exporter of liquified natural gas. The operator said there were no victims and the fire was “currently localised”, at the site 110 kilometres (70 miles) west of St Petersburg near the Estonian border. Neither Novaktek nor the authorities gave further details about the […]
By Max DELANY BRUSSELS, Jan 22, 2024 (AFP) – The EU’s foreign policy chief on Monday insisted on an eventual two-state solution as he told Israel it couldn’t build peace “only by military means” ahead of talks with Israeli and Palestinian top diplomats. Josep Borrell repeated the condemnation from the United Nations of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “unacceptable” rejection of calls for a Palestinian state after the war in Gaza. “What we want to […]
KYIV, Ukraine, Jan 22, 2024 (AFP) – President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday announced draft legislation that could pave the way for foreigners fighting against Russia in his country to receive Ukrainian citizenship. Thousands of foreigners rushed at the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to help fend off Moscow’s forces trying to wrest control of the country and topple Ukraine’s leadership. “Foreign volunteers who took up arms to defend Ukraine, all those who fight for […]
MOSCOW, Jan 22, 2024 (AFP) – Russian security services in Siberia have detained a man accused of allegedly planning arson attacks on military facilities in the Altai republic, news agencies reported on Monday. Since launching full-scale hostilities in Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow has detained a slew of Russians and foreign citizens for allegedly working with Kyiv or planning attacks on army installations. The local branch of the FSB security services said the Russian suspect […]
JERUSALEM, Jan 21, 2024 (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had rejected conditions demanded by Hamas militants for the release of hostages, hours after the group released a report justifying its October 7 attack on Israel. “In exchange for the release of our hostages, Hamas demands an end to the war, the withdrawal of our forces from Gaza, the release of all murderers…. If we accept this, our soldiers have […]
MOSCOW, Jan 21, 2024 (AFP) – Artillery shells struck a suburb of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine Sunday, killing at least 27 people, including many at a crowded market, Moscow-backed officials said. Both Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of a sharp escalation in attacks on civilian areas over the past two months. Shattered storefronts and broken glass could be seen in videos shared by Russian state media, along with what […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – Washington stressed once again Thursday it believes creation of a Palestinian state is the only way to guarantee Israel’s long-term security, putting the US-Israeli divide on the matter on sharp display. The comments come as questions swirl over the fate of the Gaza Strip when the Israel-Hamas war is over. Earlier Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country “must have security control over all the territory west […]
SEOUL, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – North Korea said Friday that it had tested an “underwater nuclear weapon system” in response to joint naval exercises by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that involved a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The drills were “seriously threatening the security” of the North, so in response, Pyongyang “conducted an important test of its underwater nuclear weapon system ‘Haeil-5-23’ under development in the East Sea of Korea,” according to a statement from […]
BEIJING, Jan 18, 2024 (AFP) – Chinese and Philippine officials have agreed on the need for closer dialogue to deal with “maritime emergencies” in the South China Sea, including in the hotly contested Second Thomas Shoal, Beijing said. Manila and Beijing have a long history of maritime territorial disputes in the waterway, but relations sharply deteriorated recently over a series of incidents involving vessels from both countries. Confrontations were among their most intense around the […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 18, 2024 (AFP) – American forces targeted 14 missiles that were ready to launch in Yemen, the US military said Wednesday, after Washington re-designated the Iran-backed Huthi rebels as a “terrorist” entity for their attacks on merchant vessels. The Huthis — who have already faced multiple rounds of air strikes in response to their targeting of international shipping — struck a US-owned bulk cargo carrier in the wake of the designation announcement, and […]
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, Jan 17, 2024 (AFP) – A top Hamas official announced new conditions Wednesday for delivering medicines to hostages held by the group in Gaza, insisting trucks carrying the drugs must not be inspected by Israel. Under a deal thrashed out by mediators Qatar and France on Tuesday, medicines along with humanitarian aid are to be supplied to civilians in Gaza in exchange for delivering drugs needed by hostages held there. Forty-five […]
