Foreign

May 6, 2022

Nearly three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data indicates, according to a...

Biden names Karine Jean-Pierre as new White House press secretary

May 6, 2022

Karine Jean-Pierre will be the next White House press secretary, the Biden administration has announced, as Jen Psaki is stepping...

EU chief proposes Russian oil ban in new round of sanctions

The European Union’s executive has called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia, among other measures, in...

No Ukraine ceasefire deal without Russian withdrawal: Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country could not accept a deal with Moscow that would allow Russian troops...

Russia pounds Ukraine targeting, supply of Western arms

Russia has bombarded railway stations and other supply-line points as it accused Western countries of “stuffing Ukraine with weapons”. The...

With US poised to restrict abortion, other countries ease access

As the United States Supreme Court appears on the verge of possibly overturning the landmark ruling that gave women the...

Three dead as al-Shabab attacks AU peacekeepers camp

The armed group al-Shabab has attacked an African Union mission troop camp in the Shabelle region in central Somalia, a...

Pope Francis offers to meet Putin to try to end Ukraine war

Pope Francis has said he offered to travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to...

Macron urges Putin to allow Mariupol steel plant evacuations

French President Emmanuel Macron, in a phone call with Vladimir Putin, has stressed the extreme gravity of the consequences of...

US State Department says Griner ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia