These are the key developments from day 1,459 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Demonstrators participate in a rally to mark the fourth anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, US, on February 21, 2026 Here is where things stand on Sunday, February…
Two timely and politically-charged films have won the top prizes at the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section, the festival’s main sidebar. Faraz Shariat’s Prosecution, a German drama about a young prosecutor trying to fight far-right violence in eastern Germany, took the Panorama Audience Award for best feature film at this…
Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict. After all, it is ordinary citizens who tend to bear the economic and human costs. And yet, as the war following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022…
A Ukrainian aerial attack on a Russian region some 1,900 kilometers from the border wounded at least 11 people, as Ukraine's military claimed it targeted a weapons factory there with new long-range cruise missile. Officials in the central region of Udmurtia said some of those wounded were hospitalized in the…
BOLLYWOOD Raj Kundra received 285 Bitcoins from the alleged mastermind of Gain Bitcoin Ponzi scam Amit Bhardwaj for setting up a Bitcoin mining farm in Ukraine. As the deal did not materialise, Kundra was still in possession of 285 Bitcoins presently valued at more than Rs 150 crore, as per…
Hungary’s government has come under criticism after Prime Minister Orbán Viktor sent out a wave of letters that seems like part of an electoral campaign through multiple state-linked channels, warning citizens that funds could be diverted to Ukraine and urging support for his administration’s policies. Letters sent through state systems…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) is greeted by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday as he arrives for a meeting at the Chigi Palace in Rome. Photo by Riccardo Antimiani/EPA Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine could hold elections within the next three months in…
Donald Trump has hinted he could walk away from supporting Ukraine as he doubled down on his administration’s recent criticism of Europe, describing it as “weak” and “decaying” and claiming it was “destroying itself” through immigration. In a rambling and sometimes incoherent interview with Politico, a transcript of which was…
Sir Keir Starmer has led tributes to a member of the British armed forces who has been killed in Ukraine. The prime minister expressed his “deepest sympathy and condolences” for the services member, who died as he watched the testing of a new defensive capability, according to the Ministry of…