Estonia has requested a consultation with other Nato members after Russian warplanes violated its airspace on Friday morning. Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the Estonian skies “without permission and remained there for a total of 12 minutes” over the Gulf of Finland, the government said. Italy, Finland and Sweden scrambled jets under Nato’s mission […]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, speaking Friday before a New York audience, defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine, and he denounced the Russian Orthodox Church as giving a “ringing endorsement to the invasion of Ukraine.”
Three Russian warplanes that violated Estonian airspace have been intercepted by Nato, the military alliance has said. Estonia’s foreign ministry condemned the incursion as “brazen”. It said three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the airspace of a Nato member “without permission and remained there for a total of 12 minutes” on Friday over the Gulf of […]
Israel’s culture minister has threatened to axe funding for the country’s national film awards after The Sea, a story about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, won its top award. The film, which follows a boy from the occupied West Bank who wants to travel to Tel Aviv to see the sea for the first time, won […]
The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the World’s Orthodox Christian community, pressed for progress on reopening the Halki Theological School in Turkey during a White House meeting with US President Donald Trump on Monday, describing the encounter as cordial and respectful.
US President Donald Trump has said he would sue the New York Times for $15bn (£11bn) over what the US president calls defamation and libel. “The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW!” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not ruled out further strikes on Hamas leaders following last week’s attack in Qatar, saying they would not have immunity “wherever they are”. Speaking at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said every country had the right “to defend itself beyond […]
Prince Harry has made a surprise visit to Kyiv, after an invitation by an organisation that supports Ukrainians with life-changing injuries caused by the war. The Duke of Sussex said he wanted to do “everything possible” to help the recovery of injured military personnel. He arrived by train on Friday morning and is understood to have […]
US space agency Nasa has blocked Chinese citizens with valid US visas from its facilities – a move that effectively bars them from working at one of the most respected space research centres. Chinese nationals, who could only work at Nasa as contractors or students contributing to research, found out on 5 September that they […]
Israel carried out a strike on senior Hamas leaders in Qatar’s capital, Doha, on Tuesday afternoon. Qatar quickly accused Israel of “reckless” behaviour and breaking international law after the attack on a residential premises in the city. The Israel Defense Forces claimed to have targeted those “directly responsible for the brutal October 7 massacre”. Here […]
