A Lebanese judge has resumed his investigation into the devastating 2020 Beirut Port explosion. Judge Tarek Bitar questioned six port employees on Friday. The investigation, which faced years of obstr ...

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Vladimir Putin timed the latest bombardment on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for Sir Keir Starmer’s visit. The British prime minister arrived in the city for a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky this ...

Russia must be ready for World War Three within three years, a pro-Putin MP has warned in the latest grave threat to Ukraine's western allies. Aleksey Zhuravlyov, deputy head of Russia’s ...

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Vladimir Putin, then prime minister, stepped into the position on an acting basis – and has ruled over Russia in one role or another ever since. The authoritarian leader has retained and ...

The prime minister of Poland has warned that Russia is plotting “air terror” against the West, following the discovery of incendiary devices on cargo planes across Europe. “All I can say ...

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The prime minister of Poland has warned that Russia is plotting “air terror” against the West, following the discovery of incendiary devices on cargo planes across Europe. “All I can say – and I will ...