Georgian president denounces Russia’s attempts to annex Georgian territories

Follow live the latest news on the war in Ukraine. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Monday denounced a series of attempts by Russia to annex Georgian territories located in the breakaway region of Abkhazia. Russia-friendly Abkhazian authorities last week approved …

State-owned Sonatrach announces discovery of three oil and gas fields in southern Algeria

Algeria’s state-owned oil company Sonatrach has announced having discovered three new oil and gas fields in the south of the country, including one in collaboration with Italy’s Eni. “Sonatrach announces to have made two discoveries, two of gas in own …

Trump returns to Washington for the first time since leaving the White House to give a policy speech

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has returned Tuesday to Washington, the nation’s capital, since leaving the White House after losing the election to current President Joe Biden, to give a political speech as part of a summit organized by the …

China’s military warns it will respond to Nancy Pelosi’s possible visit to Taiwan

Taiwan assures its Armed Forces are ready to “respond to any contingency” Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei has warned that the Chinese military will not stand idly by in the face of a possible visit by U.S. House Speaker …

Colombia’s outgoing Minister of Defense meets with his successor to coordinate the transfer of powers

Colombia’s outgoing Minister of Defense, Diego Molano, has held a meeting with Iván Velásquez, who will succeed him in the post once Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro takes office on August 7. According to Molano himself, he has placed himself “at …

Ukraine court sentences three people to 15 years in prison for joining pro-Russian militias in Donetsk

Follow live the latest news on the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities announced Tuesday the sentencing to 15 years in prison against three people for joining militias in the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic, located in the east of the country. The …

Salvini, on the future Italian government: “Spending days talking about leadership is a waste of time”.

The leader of the far-right League party, Matteo Salvini, said Tuesday that talking about the future Italian government is a “waste of time” and indicated that, in view of the elections scheduled for September 25, “the less time politicians spend …

5.2 magnitude earthquake damages more than 200 homes and injures several in San Gabriel, Ecuador

An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale registered Thursday a few kilometers from the border town of San Gabriel, in northern Ecuador, has damaged more than 200 houses and left eight people injured. The tremor was recorded at …

Nearly 20 people die from ingestion of spoiled homemade alcohol in northwest India

About 20 people have died in recent days in the Indian state of Gujarat (northwest) by the ingestion of spoiled homemade alcohol, as confirmed Tuesday by the authorities, who said that about 30 people remain hospitalized, some of them in …

Ethiopia denies MSF president permission to visit Tigray region

Gil was also unable to meet with members of the government to address the killing of three NGO workers in 2021 TPLF accuses Govt. of impeding visits to Tigray and standing “in the way of humanitarian access.” The president of …

Russia warns of retaliation if its citizens are denied access to Schengen area

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has warned that Russia will take retaliatory measures in case Russian citizens are deprived of access to the Schengen area, an area made up of 26 European countries that have eliminated their border controls. Questioned about …

Ethiopia claims to have killed about 85 Al Shabaab members in fighting near Somali border

Ethiopian authorities have claimed to have killed about 85 suspected members of the Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab in a new clash near the common border, days after the Al Qaeda-linked group launched its first attack on Ethiopia. Authorities in …