Europe

France, Germany advocate early ceasefire in Ukraine: Macron

Berlin [Germany], May 10 (ANI/Sputnik): France and Germany want to achieve an early ceasefire in Ukraine that will allow the negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow to be brought to a conclusion in order to achieve peace, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.

2022-05-09T21:43:59.770481+00:00 IST

Belarus celebrates 77th anniversary of Victory Day

Minsk [Belarus], May 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Belarus hosted a series of commemorative events on Monday, dedicated to the 77th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front of World War II.

2022-05-09T18:02:49.896083+00:00 IST

UN not part of mediation in Moldova, always available: Guterres

New York [US], May 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations supports the territorial integrity of Moldova, and though it is not part of mediation there, it is always ready to offer its good offices, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday.

2022-05-09T17:17:09.015932+00:00 IST

Ukraine crisis lessons being applied in Indo-Pacific as deterrent

Washington [US], May 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ukraine conflict has taught the Indo-Pacific region some lessons that are being applied there in real-time as a deterrent, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said on Monday.

2022-05-09T14:54:11.701595+00:00 IST

France to work closely with India on Make in India initiatives

New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): India and France agreed to work in close proximity in line with the Make in India initiatives to address challenges related to space issues, besides having deeper ties in climate change and defence-related matters.

2022-05-09T06:53:58.454864+00:00 IST

Erdogan vows to send 1 million refugees back to Syria

Nicosia [Cyprus] May 9 (ANI): Last Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a reversal of his previous policy, declared that his government was working on a project for "the voluntary and honourable return of 1 million Syrian refugees" back to their homeland.

2022-05-09T01:28:28.914795+00:00 IST

UK sanctions against Russia, Belarus target USD 2 billion trade

London [UK], May 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom is introducing a new package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, targeting a total of USD 2 billion worth of trade, the British government said.

2022-05-08T23:48:17.724490+00:00 IST

Canada removes trade tariffs on all Ukrainian imports

Kyiv [Ukraine], May 9 (ANI): Amid the Russian offensive, Canada on Sunday lifted all duties on imports from Ukraine for one year.

2022-05-08T21:49:10.615863+00:00 IST

US diplomats visited Kyiv ahead of embassy reopening

Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Sunday informed Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba about a recent visit to Kyiv by US diplomats ahead of the US embassy reopening, the US State Department said on Sunday.

2022-05-08T17:34:54.687898+00:00 IST

G7 countries pledge to impose severe economic costs on Russia

Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): Condemning Russia's "unprovoked, unjustifiable and illegal military aggression" against Ukraine and the "indiscriminate attacks" against civilians and civilian infrastructure, the G7 countries on Sunday pledged to continue imposing severe and immediate economic costs on President Putin's regime for the "unjustifiable war".

2022-05-08T17:20:45.068514+00:00 IST

2 dead, 60 feared dead in Russian airstrike at school in Luhansk:

Kyiv [Ukraine], May 8 (ANI): Two bodies were found and as many as sixty people have been feared dead in an airstrike carried out by the Russian forces on Saturday on a school in Luhansk, said media report citing local officials.

2022-05-08T16:23:57.633741+00:00 IST

German minister says world may face worst famine since WW2

Berlin [Germany], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus pandemic, drought and the crisis unfolding in Ukraine are pushing food prices to record highs and threatening the world with the worst famine since World War 2, German Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation Svenja Schulze said on Sunday.

2022-05-08T15:36:24.714356+00:00 IST

Greek coast guard locates 106 illegal sea migrants on Kos Island

Athens [Greece], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The Greek coast guard said on Sunday that 106 illegal migrants were found having reached the Greek island of Kos in the southeastern Aegean Sea after their boat sank.

2022-05-08T15:05:32.400342+00:00 IST

Ukrainian fighters vow to keep fighting at Mariupol

Mariupol [Ukraine], May 8 (ANI): Ukrainian fighters vowed to continue their fighting against the Russian armed forces at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

2022-05-08T15:03:44.128268+00:00 IST

US First Lady Jill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine

Kyiv [Ukraine], May 8 (ANI): US first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to Uzhhorod in western Ukraine on Sunday and met the nation's first lady, Olena Zelenska.

2022-05-08T14:55:05.747936+00:00 IST

'Russia may completely redirect gas exports from Europe to Asia'

Moscow [Russia], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian gas deliveries to Europe can be entirely redirected to the Asia-Pacific region where gas demand is rising, but it would require prompt infrastructure modernization, an energy expert at the Russian company Vygon Consulting, Ivan Timonin, told Sputnik on Sunday.

2022-05-08T09:08:57.202240+00:00 IST

Zelenskyy expects 'united position' from EU on sanctions

yiv [Ukraine], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for more unity among EU countries in terms of sanctions against Russia.

2022-05-08T08:30:11.920530+00:00 IST

UK to allocate additional USD 1.6 billion in aid to Ukraine

London [UK], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has confirmed an additional funding package for Kyiv in the amount of 1.3 billion pounds (USD 1.6 billion), The Sunday Times reports.

2022-05-08T02:41:03.558209+00:00 IST

Canada condemns Taliban's decision to oblige women to wear burqa

Ottawa [Canada], May 8 (ANI): Canada has condemned the recent decision by the Taliban to oblige women to wear the all-covering burqa in public places in Afghanistan.

2022-05-08T02:18:53.247769+00:00 IST

Evacuation of civilians from Azovstal concluded: Russia

Kyiv [Ukraine], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The humanitarian operation to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol concluded on Saturday due to unprecedented measures by Russia with 51 people, including 11 children, having been rescued, the head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, Mikhail Mizintsev, said.

2022-05-07T22:33:03.730123+00:00 IST

Sinn Fein wins legislative election in Northern Ireland

London [UK], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Nationalist Sinn Fein has won the most seats in the Northern Ireland legislature for the first time in history, UK media reported on Saturday.

2022-05-07T21:36:06.021778+00:00 IST