Russia observed a day of mourning Sunday following a deadly attack on a music venue in a Moscow suburb. Islamic State took credit for the assault that killed 137 people. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi brings us more. …
london — Ireland is poised to get its youngest-ever premier next month after Simon Harris secured the leadership of the Fine Gael party Sunday, replacing Leo Varadkar, who announced his surprise resignation last week. Harris, 37, who has been the coalition government’s further and higher education minister, was the only candidate to put his name forward to succeed Varadkar, who had been Ireland’s previous youngest prime minister, or what Ireland calls its taoiseach. Harris is expected to be formally elected premier in the Irish parliament in early April after lawmakers return from their Easter break. In his victory speech in the …
За інформацією ОВА, «на території Великописарівської громади ворог вдарив з міномета та завдав авіаудару» …
Коваленко допускає, що «влітку може виникнути дефіцит електроенергії, оскільки Україна не зможе виробляти її в достатньому обсязі» …
«Підрозділами ракетних військ ЗСУ було завдано ураження по 2 засобах протиповітряної оборони, 3 артилерійських засобах та 1 станції РЕБ противника» …
YEREVAN — Three armed men attempted to storm a police station in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Sunday detonating hand grenades that injured two of the attackers. The injured assailants were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds from the blast in Yerevan’s northern Nor-Nork district. A third man was detained by police after a brief standoff, Narek Sargsyan, spokesperson for Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, told journalists. There were no other reported injuries. The men had hoped to free members of the Combat Brotherhood organization, who were being held at the station after being detained earlier Sunday, Armenian media outlets reported. The …
Очільник ОВА додав, що фахівці продовжують ліквідовувати наслідки російських обстрілів та «прильотів» по Харкову та інших населених пунктах області …
«Росія плавала Чорним морем з 1783 року, але тепер змушена обмежувати свій флот портом. І навіть там тонуть кораблі Путіна» …
London — Catherine, Princess of Wales, has said she is “enormously touched” by the support she has received from around the world following her shock announcement that she is being treated for cancer. Catherine, 42, revealed Friday that she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy in a video message to the UK, triggering a wave of support from global leaders, family members and the public. “The prince and princess are both enormously touched by the kind messages from people here in the UK, across the Commonwealth and around the world in response to Her Royal Highness’ message,” Catherine and her husband Prince William, …
«Від черг до ТЦК ми дійшли до цькування військових з ТЦК та моральної підтримки ухилення від захисту України» …
Rome — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his increasingly frail health. Hobbled by bad knees and persistent respiratory problems, Francis also didn’t participate in the procession of cardinals around the obelisk in the piazza at the start of the Mass. Instead, the 87-year-old pontiff blessed the palm fronds and olive branches carried by the faithful from the altar. Francis had been expected to deliver a homily halfway through the service and had …
MOSCOW — The suburban Moscow music hall where gunmen opened fire on concertgoers was a blackened, smoldering ruin Saturday as the death toll in the attack surpassed 130 and Russian authorities arrested four suspects. President Vladimir Putin claimed they were captured while fleeing to Ukraine. Kyiv strongly denied any involvement in Friday’s assault on the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, and the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate claimed responsibility. Putin did not mention IS in his speech to the nation, and Kyiv accused him and other Russian politicians of falsely linking Ukraine to the assault to stoke fervor for …
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A pro-Western career diplomat defeated a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico in the first round of the presidential election Sunday to set up a runoff between the two to decide who will succeed Zuzana Caputova, the country’s first female president. Former Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok had 42.13% of the votes late Saturday, with nearly all polling stations counted by Slovakia’s Statistics Office. Peter Pellegrini was in second with 37.28%. Because no candidate won an outright majority, a runoff will be held April 6 in this central European nation of 5.4 million people. A former …
Починаючи з серпня 2022 року у Криму майже щодня чути звуки вибухів …
«За фактом порушення законів та звичаїв війни (ч. 1 ст. 438 Кримінального кодексу України) правоохоронці розпочали досудове розслідування» …
У зведенні йдеться про те, що протягом доби авіація Сил оборони завдала ударів по 8 районах зосередження особового складу, озброєння та військової техніки російських військових …
ATHENS — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Cyprus should be a Turkish state. Erdogan defended his country’s 1974 invasion of Cyprus, saying there would be no “Cyprus problem” had Turkish forces gone farther and taken over the entire state. The remarks angered Greece, sparking fresh tension between the two age-old foes. The government in Athens slammed what it called the “provocative remarks.” Officials in Athens attribute the outbursts to upcoming local elections in Turkey and efforts by Erdogan to spoil what opinion polls show as growing gains being made by his party’s main opponent in the key …