The Russian president has accused Kiev of reneging on what was agreed in Istanbul. Kiev has gone back on the tentative agreements made between the Ukrainian and Russian negotiating teams in Istanbul in late March, Russian PresidentVladimir Putin has said. According to Putin, the peace talks have now “returned to a deadlock” ... .
The case resumed a short on Monday with Zuma not in court as he's apparently unwell. But his counsel, Dali Mpofu SC, who was there started addressing the court on their application for postponement of the start of the trial proceedings ... .
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Barker
Hamas is ready for a six-month war with Israel, a senior official at the Islamic movement said to Beirut-based al-Mayadeen TV on Monday. "There is an Israeli plan to storm Al-Aqsa on the 15th of Ramadan, and this is the most dangerous thing the enemy can do," said Zaher Jabarin, a member of the Hamas political bureau ... ....
Ukrainian authorities say they captured a prominent pro-Kremlin tycoon who escaped from house arrest after Russia’s invasion. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a photo online of a dishevelled-looking Viktor Medvedchuk with his hands in cuffs and dressed in a Ukrainian army uniform ... Well done!” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram ... .
On-board explosive devices caused the 2010Smolensk air disaster that killed Poland's then-president, a special Polish investigative commission said Tuesday. Ninety-five others also died in the crash in western Russia that claimed the life of president Lech Kaczynski, the twin brother of current governing party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski... Read more.
Russia has warned Finland and Sweden against joining Nato, arguing the move would not bring stability to Europe. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that "the alliance remains a tool geared towards confrontation" ... US officials expect the Nordic neighbours to bid for membership of the alliance, potentially as early as June ... .
(CNN) – To say that Donald Trump has said something outrageous — and laughable — is de rigeur at this point. After all, this is a man who wondered whether Ted Cruz’s father was involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A man who has said windmills cause cancer ...Without further ado then, let’s get to it ... Trump ... ....
Volodymyr Zelenskiy taking chemical weapons threat ‘seriously’ as Mariupol mayor says thousands have died in devastated port city Russia-Ukraine war ... “Today, the occupiers issued a new statement, which testifies to their preparation for a new stage of terror against Ukraine and our defenders,” Zelesnkiy said early on Tuesday ... ....
Millions of people in Somalia are at risk of famine, with young children the most vulnerable to the worsening drought, UN agencies said Tuesday, warning that the troubled nation is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe ... ....
NEW YORK (AP) — At least five people were shot and injured Tuesday at a subway station in New York City during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform. Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street station in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood at around 8.30 a.m ... Gov ... ___ ... .