Mar 14, 2026, 5:48 p.mMar 14, 2026, 5:48 p.m After weeks of difficult discussions, the EU states finally agreed in time to extend sanctions against Russia. A compromise stipulates that the two prominent oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman will remain subject to punitive measures for the time being, contrary to demands from Slovakia and […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Pope Leo XIV has officially moved into the newly refurbished papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace, taking up residence in the flat famously shunned by his predecessor, Pope Francis. […]
Continue ReadingThe EU’s sanctions list must be renewed twice a year with unanimous support from all 27 member states. More than 2,600 people and entities have been sanctioned. The names that were removed were not disclosed. Slovakia had called for the removal of prominent tycoons Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the list. However, two of […]
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Continue ReadingThe French aircraft carrier “Charles de Gaulle” and its escort train.Image: Marine Nationale The European states, led by France, have assembled a small armada in the Cyprus area. The deployment is unprecedented for peacetime. The most important questions and answers. Mar 14, 2026, 3:46 p.mMar 14, 2026, 3:46 p.m Remo Hess, Brussels / ch media […]
Continue ReadingMarch 14, 2026, 2:19 p.mMarch 14, 2026, 2:19 p.m Malta has put an emergency plan in place due to a damaged liquid natural gas tanker from Russia drifting in the Mediterranean. The 277 meter long tanker “Arctic Metagaz” will possibly reach Maltese waters off the west coast of the island on Sunday evening or Monday, […]
Continue ReadingGazans were urged to take shelter as a sandstorm swept across the enclave on Saturday. Most of the more than two million Palestinians living in the enclave are displaced, living in tents or buildings heavily damaged by the war with Israel. First responders operating under the Hamas-run Interior Ministry warned people to secure their tents […]
Continue ReadingThe Palestinian armed group also affirms Tehran’s right to defend itself from “aggression” by the US and Israel.
Continue Reading“I always get really emotional when the pebbles go in,” said Rebecca Parr, who works for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
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