Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai says Ukrainian forces that retreated from Lysychansk are now holding the line between Bakhmut and Sloviansk, preparing to fend off a further Russian advance. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces have “no alternative” but to “push back and destroy the offensive potential” of Russian forces, as the battle moves from […]Read More

Sir Keir Starmer gave a speech in which he pledged that Labor would not take Britain back into the Single Market – Leon Neal / Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer is facing a Labor revolt over Brexit after he vowed not to take Britain back into the Single Market. In a keynote speech on Britain’s […]Read More

At least six people have been killed and two dozen others injured in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb, officials in the U.S. city of Highland Park said, as authorities continue to search for the suspect. Officials told a news conference on Monday afternoon that six people were killed and […]Read More

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin speaks at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, it seems to me, is currently in isolation and exile. While he still enjoys steady domestic support, his foreign visits are limited to something like Turkmenistan, these days. Putin has backed himself into a corner on the international arena. Finland […]Read More

Rare protests in Uzbekistan’s autonomous Karakalpakstan region turned deadly last week, according to the government, as President Shavkat Mirziyoyev faced growing calls to allow an independent investigation into the violence. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Friday in opposition to proposed constitutional reforms that would have refused the province, which borders Kazakhstan and […]Read More

The dark side of the moon. This is the feeling I often had when reporting from Uzbekistan’s largest and most environmentally troubled region with a barely pronounceable name – Karakalpakstan. Because the world knows more about the moon’s least-known parts than about Karakalpakstan which occupies two-fifths of the ex-Soviet Central Asian country. Karakalpakstan means “land […]Read More

The US city of Akron, Ohio has declared a state of emergency and imposed an overnight curfew downtown after hundreds of protesters marched through the streets to denounce the police killing of a Black man. Mayor Daniel Horrigan announced the 9 pm-6am curfew in a statement on Monday, saying that peaceful protests demanding justice for […]Read More

Macron reshuffles his government after his ruling alliance failed to win a parliamentary majority last month. French President Emmanuel Macron has reshuffled his government after his centrist ruling alliance failed to win a parliamentary majority last month. The president on Monday made several key changes to high-profile positions and finally ceded to public pressure by […]Read More

Kyiv, Ukraine – It wasn’t a knock, it was loud banging – at about 7:30 on a recent Saturday morning. Taras opened the door of his two-bedroom apartment in Kreminna, a town in Ukraine’s southeastern Luhansk region that was taken over by Russia in late April, to see three gun-toting soldiers in camouflage. “Do you […]Read More

Cairo, Egypt – Egypt’s historic houseboats have lined parts of the River Nile’s banks in Cairo for generations. In their more glamorous days, they played host to some of the city’s most important political and cultural chapters. But that is coming to an end, as authorities move to demolish or tow away what remains of […]Read More