Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge ASTANA, Kazakhstan: If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A decorated hero of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny told his friend and fellow soldier to please aim carefully and avoid bone. … Read more
SYDNEY: Four people are being treated for “non-life threatening injuries” after a stabbing at a live-streamed church service in Sydney on Monday, the latest knife attack to rock the city. Australian police said they had arrested one man, after a member of the congregation at an Assyrian church rushed at the dais and slashed at … Read more
GAZA STRIP: Eight out of 10 schools in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, UNICEF says, but it is the psychological damage the war has done to the territory’s nearly 1.2 million children that has experts worried.“To be able to learn, you need to be in a safe space. Most kids in Gaza at the moment … Read more
DUBAI: Welsh singer-songwriter Charlotte Church led a 100-strong choir singing “From the River to the Sea” during a pro-Palestine fundraising concert at a village hall in Caerphilly, South Wales, on Saturday. In a video posted online, Church is seen standing behind a banner that reads “Let Palestine Live” at the fundraising event for the Middle East Children’s Alliance … Read more
OUAGADOUGOU: At least 15 civilians were killed and two others injured during a “terrorist” attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in northern Burkina Faso, a senior church official said. “We bring to your attention a terrorist attack which the Catholic community of Essakane village was the victim of today, February 25, while they … Read more
ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have captured two gunmen who shot one person dead on Sunday during a service at a church in Istanbul, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, in an attack claimed by Daesh.
BRUSSELS: Russia congratulated Hungary on Friday for blocking EU financial aid to Ukraine at a Brussels summit that nonetheless saw EU leaders overcome Budapest’s opposition to agree Kyiv starting membership talks.“Hungary, in contrast to many European countries, firmly defends its interests, which impresses us,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in Moscow.Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban … Read more