Finnish court convicts Russian man for war crimes in Ukraine

Finnish court convicts Russian man for war crimes in Ukraine

Finnish court sentences Russian fighter to life imprisonment for war crimes against Ukrainian soldiers in 2014. A Russian national has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Finland for war crimes committed in Ukraine. The district court of Finland’s capital, Helsinki, ruled on Friday that Voislav Torden, then a commander of the far-right Russian nationalist paramilitary […]

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Duterte Appears in Court in The Hague via Video After Arrest

Duterte Appears in Court in The Hague via Video After Arrest

In a scenario once considered unthinkable for a head of state who presided over the public and brutal killings of thousands of civilians, Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, appeared at an International Criminal Court hearing via a video link on Friday. Mr. Duterte’s arrest this week on charges of crimes against humanity,

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Indian Premier League 2025: Axar Patel named Delhi Capitals captain

Indian Premier League 2025: Axar Patel named Delhi Capitals captain

India international Axar Patel is the last IPL 2025 captain to be named as Delhi Capitals make belated announcement. India’s spin-bowling all-rounder Axar Patel has been named Delhi Capitals captain in the run-up to the new Indian Premier League season, the team said. The 31-year-old is the team’s longest-serving player, having joined in 2019. He

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Columbia University punishes pro-Palestine students who occupied building

Columbia University punishes pro-Palestine students who occupied building

An unknown number of Columbia students were suspended from campus, expelled or had their degrees revoked. New York’s Columbia University said it has handed down punishments to pro-Palestine student protesters who occupied a university building last year during a pro-Palestine demonstration. Punishments range from multi-year suspensions to expulsions, and revocation of student degrees, the university

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Chinese restaurant Haidilao apologizes after video of diners urinating into hotpot broth goes viral

Chinese restaurant Haidilao apologizes after video of diners urinating into hotpot broth goes viral

Beijing Reuters  —  Chinese hotpot giant Haidilao said it would compensate over 4,000 diners who had visited one of its outlets in Shanghai after two diners urinated into their hotpot broth. A video showing two men urinating into the broth of their hotpot while dining in a private room at a Haidilao restaurant started circulating

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Could the Ukraine war be nearing an end? | Russia-Ukraine war

Could the Ukraine war be nearing an end? | Russia-Ukraine war

President Trump’s diplomatic drive puts pressure on Kyiv and Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the front while Washington’s diplomatic drive to end the Ukraine war intensifies. US officials are in Moscow after winning Ukrainian backing for a 30-day ceasefire. Is the war nearing an end – and what are the obstacles? Presenter: Cyril Vanier

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Israel strikes Islamic Jihad headquarters in Damascus

Israel strikes Islamic Jihad headquarters in Damascus

The Israeli Air Force struck a Palestinian Islamic Jihad headquarters in Damascus on Thursday, targeting senior members of the terror group who were allegedly planning attacks against Israeli forces along the northern border, according to Israeli officials and Syrian reports. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports at least one dead in the attack. A

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Football diehards and Argentinian retirees protest pension reform | Protests News

Football diehards and Argentinian retirees protest pension reform | Protests News

Retirees have been gathering each week in Argentina’s capital to protest against cuts to their pensions, which have dried up since libertarian President Javier Milei took office in late 2023. But unexpected support came from football supporters on Wednesday, after previous protests in Buenos Aires ended with several injured elderly. One white-haired woman held up

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SpaceX delays flight to retrieve NASA astronauts stuck on space station

SpaceX delays flight to retrieve NASA astronauts stuck on space station

NASA says it will reattempt launch to bring home astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on Friday. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has delayed a mission to replace two astronauts stuck on board the International Space Station (ISS) following a last-minute technical glitch. The postponement of the launch on Wednesday means that NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and

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Putin Visits Kursk to Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine

Putin Visits Kursk to Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine

Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, dressed in fatigues, visited a command post near the front in Kursk late Wednesday to cheer on his military’s ejection of Ukrainian forces from much of the territory they had been occupying in the Russian border region. The Russian leader’s pointed visit came a day after a U.S. delegation met

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