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Telegram Founder To Face Charges over 'Violence' Against His Child

par This Is Beirut, 28/08 20:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, who was arrested in France on charges of failing to curb illegal content on the app, is also being investigated on suspicion of "serious acts of violence" against one of his children, a source close to the case said Wednesday. The probe, opened recently by the French child welfare office, concerns ...

Russia Claims Two More Villages in East Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 29/08 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russia said Thursday that it took two more east Ukrainian villages -- in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions -- as its forces continue their advance deeper into the country. The defense ministry said Russian forces captured the village of Mykolaivka, around 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, as well as the ...

Death Cult: The Foundation of Putin’s Economic Model

par Sana Richa Choucair, 30/08 19:42 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, President Vladimir Putin has spearheaded a new military recruitment strategy. Faced with a shortage of recruits, the Russian government has implemented a dual approach that merges commercial and ideological tactics. How is the death cult employed to further the war within this ...

Media Investigation Identifies over 66,000 Russian Soldiers Killed in Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 31/08 17:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Independent Russian media outlet Mediazona said Saturday that according to its estimates, more than 66,000 Russian military personnel have died during the war in Ukraine. Mediazona has been drawing up a list of known soldier deaths in conjunction with the BBC Russian Service using open-source data. Previously, in April, they announced they had ...

Ukraine Says Downed 22 Russian Missiles Targeting Kyiv

par This Is Beirut, 02/09 10:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine downed 22 missiles early Monday that Russia fired toward Kyiv and two other regions during an attack that wounded three people, authorities said. The missiles were among the 30 launched at Ukraine a few hours before Ukrainian children began a third school year under the Russian invasion. "Overnight, Russia fired a total of 35 missiles, ...

Putin Arrives in ICC Member Mongolia

par This Is Beirut, 02/09 19:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian state television showed Putin's plane landing in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. The Russian leader is wanted by the Hague-based court for the alleged illegal deportation of Ukrainian children. Kyiv has urged Mongolian authorities to execute the arrest warrant, while the ICC said last week that all members had an "obligation" to ...

Meanwhile in Ukraine...

par Marc Saikali, 05/09 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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This war is going to end badly. It stands as the worst bloodbath in Europe since World War II—a senseless, pointless conflict. Here, two similar peoples, Slavic and mostly Orthodox, are engaged in mutual destruction with chilling indifference. Both Ukraine and Russia were already facing demographic crises before the conflict began. Since ...

Death Toll From Russian Strike on Poltava Rises to 55

par This Is Beirut, 05/09 20:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The death toll from a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Poltava rose to 55 with over 300 wounded, Ukrainian officials said Thursday after a two-day search and rescue operation. The strike hit the Poltava military communications institute on Tuesday, said Ukrainian officials, who did not specify how many of the victims were military ...

Latvia Reports Russian Drone Crashes on NATO Territory

par This Is Beirut, 08/09 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Latvia's president on Sunday said a Russian military drone had crashed on its territory, adding that airspace breaches had increased along NATO's eastern borders. The Baltic state, which was once ruled by the Soviet Union but is now an EU and NATO member, has had tense relations with Moscow following independence, and ties have further ...

Germany, France and UK Condemn Iran's Missile Exports to Russia

par This Is Beirut, 10/09 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Germany, France and Britain on Tuesday condemned what they said was Iran's delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the Ukraine war and declared new sanctions targeting air transport. "We will be taking immediate steps to cancel bilateral air services agreements with Iran," the three European countries said in a joint statement, adding ...

US Sanctions Russia and Iran over Missile Transfers

par This Is Beirut, 10/09 19:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States on Tuesday unveiled fresh sanctions against more than a dozen firms and individuals in Russia and Iran in response to what it called Iran's "escalatory" decision to send ballistic missiles to Russia. The sanctions targeted 10 people and six companies for their involvement in supporting Iran's defense sector, and identified four ...

Iran Vowed to Respond to New Sanctions

par This Is Beirut, 11/09 11:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran vowed to respond to fresh sanctions imposed by Britain, France and Germany over what they said was its supply of short-range missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine. "This action of the three European countries is the continuation of the hostile policy of the West and economic terrorism against the people of Iran, which will face the ...

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