Deadly Airstrikes Near Damascus Raise Regional Tensions

Israel carried out airstrikes near Damascus on Wednesday, according to the Syrian Ministry of Defense, marking the latest attack against the Syrian capital attributed to the Israeli military, as reported by news.ro.

Navalny's wife again says 'mobster' and 'criminal gang leader' Putin killed her husband

Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Alexei Navalny, said on Wednesday (Feb 28) that she feared disruption and arrests at her husband's funeral, which is scheduled to take place on Friday in Moscow, Agerpres reports.

Navalny funeral service set In Moscow for March 1

A funeral service for the late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny will be held on March 1 at a church in the Maryino area of Moscow, where the Kremlin critic once lived, after several days of uncertainty marked by claims by his mother that she was being blackmailed by officials into holding a secret commemoration, RFE reports.

Volodymyr Zelensky participates in a Southeast European summit in Tirana

President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Albania on Feb. 27 to attend the second Ukraine-Balkans summit this week, The Kyiv Independent reports.

Australian state orders 30,000 people to evacuate due to ‘catastrophic’ fire risk

Firefighters in Australia are battling a huge blaze that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people amid some of the worst fire conditions the country has seen in recent years, CNN reports.

31 dead in Mali road accident

Thirty-one people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus traveling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in southeastern Mali, the Malian Ministry of Transport said Tuesday.

US says won't send troops to Ukraine after Macron comments

The White House said Tuesday that the United States would not send troops to fight in Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron refused to rule out the dispatch of Western forces, AFP reports.

Kremlin warns of conflict with NATO if alliance troops fight in Ukraine

The Kremlin warned on Tuesday that conflict between Russia and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance would be inevitable if European members of NATO sent troops to fight in Ukraine, Reuters reports.

Belarus: EU prolongs restrictive measures for another year

The Council has decided to prolong the restrictive measures linked to internal repression in Belarus and regime’s support for Russia’s war against Ukraine for another year, until 28 February 2025. The decision was taken on the basis of the annual review of the restrictive measures and in view of the continuing repression and drastically deteriorating human rights situation in Belarus, and the ongoing involvement of the country in Russia’s illegal military aggression against Ukraine, reads a press release of the Council of the European Union.

Jens Stoltenberg welcomes the vote in the Hungarian parliament for Sweden's accession to NATO

Hungary’s parliament on Monday approved Sweden's NATO membership, essentially sealing the deal, as it was the last member of the alliance that had not yet given the green light.

Meeting in Paris// Emmanuel Macron emphasizes the need to defend the Republic of Moldova

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday at the meeting in Paris five categories of actions approved by consensus by Western leaders, among them is the defense of countries directly threatened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the Republic of Moldova.

Israel Gaza: Biden hopes for ceasefire by next week

US President Joe Biden has said he hopes to have a ceasefire "by next Monday" in the Israel-Gaza war, BBC reports.