7 month agoSecond Russian military supplies in a week arrives Syria's Qamishli
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said that Syrians will determine the future of their country without outside interference, and that terrorist groups will be left out of the political process
Tense situation at Republic Square in #Yerevan, police officers apprehending demonstrators
7 month agoMinsk. Residents of the Zapad, Sukharevo, Kuntsevshchina and Krasny Bor neighborhoods marched. They chanted "Long live Belarus"
7 month agoVideo shows armored vehicles captured by the Central African Republic rebels, which were given only two days ago from Moscow to Touadera's government forces
7 month agoTurkish drone over their portion of Cyprus using an invalid hex code
Sir Keir Starmer announces his party will back the trade deal: "Labour will accept it and vote for it"
Germany records the first infection of the new strain of Coronavirus
The EU renounces 25% of its fishing quota in British waters in post-Brexit agreement - official
Russia's top officer reminds U.S. The START Treaty expires on February 5th. "After that date, neither Russia nor the United States will have any restrictions" on the number of nuclear warheads each side can deploy, Gen. Valery Gerasimov warns in Christmas Eve message
Johnson: Britain will become the first market in Europe after the Brexit agreement
"A good deal for the whole of Europe," according to @BorisJohnson
Johnson after the Brexit deal: We managed to regain control of our destiny
European Council president Charles Michel says: "Now is the time for the Council and the European Parliament to analyse the agreement reached at negotiators' level, before they give their green lights"
Michel Barnier: "We regret that the British government did not want to negotiate an agreement on foreign policy, defence and development".
Ireland welcomes the Brexit agreement between Britain and the European Union
On deal, @MichelBarnier confirms U.K. chose to stay out of Erasmus and says U.K. agreed to a non-discriminatory clause to treat all EU citizens equally on issues like visas, social security etc
European Commission: We will continue to work side by side with Britain to achieve our goals after we made hard efforts towards that
Prime Minister Boris Johnson: We have reached an agreement with the EU on a future relationship agreement
Downing Street says the UK & EU have agreed a post-Brexit trade deal which says "protects the integrity of our internal market" while delivering "everything that the British public was promised" during the referendum
AFP, citing a European source: A final Brexit deal is reached
U.K. and EU negotiators have finalized a historic deal on post-Brexit trade, officials say
The vaccination against coronavirus officially began in Serbia. PM Ana Brnabić was among the first ones to receive one of the 4,875 doses of Pfizer vaccine, which arrived on Tuesday
Russia is training government personnel to repel a "hypothetical attack" on the port of Tartous
7 month agoProtesters shutdown Bagramyan Avenue in Yerevan
Romania has reported over 600 thousand infections with COVID19 since the start of the pandemic. Nearly 85% of the people infected have recovered. Over 4,300 new cases and 146 related fatalities were announced on Thursday by the Group for Strategic Communication
Azerbaijan is capable of conducting any military operation on the territory of Armenia, but it will not, Aliyev said
The mission of Oruc Reis has been extended to June 15, 2021, in a step which indicates a continuation of the escalation, with clear Turkish disregard towards the EU warnings of sanctions
7 month agoMunicipal Police of Madrid: The mayor @AlmeidaPP_ and the vice mayor @begonavillacis congratulate us on the Christmas holidays to the services of @EmergenciasMad. Especially everyone serving this Christmas Eve
The cyberattack against @coe came after the issue of a ruling severely condemning the government of Turkey for the detention of co-chair of the pro-Kurdish @HDPenglish MP @hdpdemirtas
The extension of military confrontation to cyberspace and outer space increases the risk of using nuclear weapons, said the Russian General Staff
Conflict potential in the Transcaucasus remains, said the chief of the Russian General Staff
7 month agoPartisan water reservoir in Crimea is completely empty
Russian troops control the entire territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, their actions prevented a humanitarian catastrophe - Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov
The head of the Belarusian Catholic Church, Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, returned to Belarus.
The Prosecutor General's Office took Tatarov's case from NABU and handed it over to the Security Service of Ukraine
Russia's Duma quadruples fines for "disobeying police"
Citizens are building a wall trying to prevent the police from arresting the protesters.
69 protesters have been arrested today in Yerevan - police
Maya Sandu is sworn into office as President of Moldova
7 month agoArmenian police detained a son of former CSTO secretary Khachaturov
Russian military deploying hospital for covid19 in occupied Yalta, Crimea
Pashinyan says there could be "another painful situation" at Vorotan and Shumukh villages amid delimitation of the border
7 month agoTense situation in Shurnukh and Vorotan as Azerbaijani army representatives entered villages for demarcation of the border. Parts of settlements will behind border line in Azerbaijan
Leader of anti-Pashinyan opposition Manukyan calls people not to sit at homes but go out and overthrow the PM
7 month ago3 gendarmes died in service: Lieutenant Cyrille Morel (45 years old - 2 children), Warrant Officer Rémi Dupuis (37 years old - 2 children), and Brigadier Arno Mavel (21 years old) (Chief Warrant Officer Bertrand Boyon 50 years was injured). Children are going to spend Christmas without their father. Thoughts of them
Multiple arrests in Yerevan
Russia sets new coronavirus records today: a record 29,935 new infections in the past day, a record 635 deaths, and a record 8,203 new cases in Moscow
Tensions between police and protesters in Yerevan
Police started to arrest protesters in Yerevan
Joint Forces Operation: 3 ceasefire violations yesterday
Lattakia: Russian warplanes bombard the area around the village of Al-Kobina in the northern countryside
Police clashes with protesters at backdoor of building of Armenian government
7 month agoA Russian warplane bombed Kabani hills in Latakia north countryside
7 month agoYerevan: The protest action at the government building continues.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin asked police prefects on Wednesday to "substantially strengthen" the protection of places of worship and offices on Thursday and Friday over Christmas due to the terrorist threat
The first corona vaccinations are to start in Germany after Christmas. Doctors meanwhile warn against carelessness on the holidays
7 month agoArmed with powerful Kalibr SS-N-27 missiles, Russian Navy Project 11356M Admiral Grigorovich class guided missile frigate Black SeaFleet 30th Surface Ship Division's Admiral Admiral Grigorovich transited Bosphorus towards Mediterranean
Two dead and two injured after a boiler explodes on a farm in Badajoz
7 month agoKazakhstan: A new batch of Su-30SM aircraft (red side numbers "19 to" 22), made in Russia, arrived at Karaganda air base
Without the Brexit trade pact, Great Britain would be as economically sealed off as it was this Coronavirus winter. But an agreement is expected today
7 month agoVIDEO: Footage showing Russian PMCs providing security to Central African Republic President Touadera
7 month agoA rebel group called 'Coalition of Patriots for Change' captured one of the BRDM-2 armored vehicles delivered by Russia to the Central African Republic's government forces in October
#Kosovo reports 12 deaths, 271 new #coronavirus cases
UK: Angry truck drivers clashed with police on Wednesday as thousands waited at an abandoned airfield in Kent, complaining about poor facilities and lack of coronavirus testing
Ukraine's deputy foreign minister Yevhen Yenin denied that his country has received any report from Iranian authorities. He said in the past two months "every week" Iran has claimed that the report of the incident is ready and is being translated
US Treasury introduced another round of Belarus sanctions, adding 4 entities and 1 individual to the sanctions list for election fraud and violence against peaceful protesters
€24.05 million That's how much Kosovo's Treasury received today in budget assistance funds provided by the European Commission. These funds are part of the general EU assistance to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic
Climbing out from Latakia Air Base flag-ruflag-ru Russian Air Force Tu154 RA85042 RFF8661
7 month agoRead out (Beijing version) of the call between Premier Li, and Sánchez-Castejón (waiting for the Moncloa version), the usual nothing substantial
French fighter jets overflew the Central African Republic territory to demonstrate the 'condemnation of attempts to destabilize the country,' after it was requested by CAR's president, Faustin-Archange Touadera, and "in agreement with @UN_CAR."
State Dept Spox: "The US believes that officers from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) used a Novichok nerve agent to poison Mr. Navalny. There is no plausible explanation for Mr. Navalny's poisoning other than Russian government involvement and responsibility
"Russia has suggested numerous, often contradictory, conspiracy theories," State Department spox said. "Let's be clear – these types of conspiracy theories are nothing more than a means to deflect attention from the serious questions before the Russian government which it has yet to answer"
State Department issued the most decisive statement yet from the Trump administration blaming the Russian Security Service for the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, days after CNN reported on the first direct evidence of the FSB's involvement
Russian billionaire Igor Sosin, 53, died reportedly from heart failure in his sleep in Zanzibar. In 2015 his son was accused of strangling his mother to death
Britain records 744 deaths and 39,237 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours
7 month agoFormer US base at Ayn Issa today, now occupied by Russian troops
Putin tells top brass: "US aircraft and warships near Russian borders have become 15 percent more active over the past year
7 month agoYulia Galyamina was given a two-year suspended sentence today for protesting against Putin, but she will lose her Moscow city council seat and be banned from teaching and participating in elections
France refuses to support an EU-China investment deal if the issue of forced labor isn't addressed. A "substantial group of countries" pushed back against the Commission this week on the EU-China deal
Russia orders government forces to fortify its outposts on the Iraqi borders
USA imposed sanctions against the first deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus Kazakevich, the Central Election Commission of the country and the Minsk OMON
A fresh draft Law on the Kosovo Philharmonic, Opera and Ballet again failed to address the key issue – the country has no proper concert or performance hall
7 month agoRussian Air Force contractor 224th Flight Unit Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan (NATO:Condor) RA82035 is flying from Moscow Vnukovo to Cairo (or towards Central African Republic )
British Minister of Health: The second mutated strain of Coronavirus has undergone great transformations
7 month agoUS" continues to support international efforts to independently investigate electoral irregularities in Belarus, the human rights abuses surrounding the election, and the crackdown that has followed," says @SecPompeo in statement
"This action, in conjunction with those taken previously by the United States and our international partners, continue to hold accountable the individuals and organizations carrying out these unacceptable actions," adds @stevenmnuchin1
The Belarusian people continually seek to peacefully exercise their basic democratic rights, and the state repeatedly responds with violent crackdowns," says @stevenmnuchin1 in statement
Second "more transmissible" strain of coronavirus detected in UK, thought to be from South Africa, Health Secretary Matt Hancock says
An individual and four entities designated by @USTreasury OFAC "for their roles in the fraudulent August 9, 2020, presidential election in Belarus and the subsequent violent crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protests
A ruling by Europe's top Human Rights court condemns the imprisonment of prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas – saying it sends a 'dangerous message' about democracy in Turkey
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 12 km NNE of Kamárai, Greece
7 month agoCroatian PM Andrej Plenkovic announced today that the government has adopted a COVID19 vaccination plan, "which provides a clear calendar of activities". Vaccination begins on December 27 and will run for several months
The Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro said there will be no traditional Yule log burning in the country due to the COVID19 pandemic. The lighting of the Yule Log, or "badnjak", is an ancient tradition among Orthodox Christians
In Yalta and Simferopol, the Ministry of Defense hospitals will be deployed for patients with coronavirus in the coming days, Putin said
7 month agoDemonstration against PM Pashinyan continues in Yerevan
Italian Foreign Minister: We have restored relations with the Libyan army after the release of our fellow fishermen
Judge pronouncing the verdict at Yulia Galyamina's trial in Moscow says that she "created conditions for other law violations by being in the square. She maintained a threat to constitutionally protected requirements
A group of migrants set fire to the Lipa camp in northwestern Bosnia today. The head of the IOM for BiH, @PeterAuweraert, said that fortunately there were no casualties, as most of the migrants have left the camp before the fire.
Russian forces returned prisoner from 14 separate mechanized brigade of Ukrainain army junior sergeant Pupko Alexander Ivanovich
President Trump granted a full pardon to George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election
A military convoy of Russian forces left the city of Deir Ezzor towards the city of Al-Mayadeen
Moldovan PM Ion Chicu announced his resignation one day before the country's new pro-European president takes office. He said the decision was being made in order to trigger early parliamentary elections and so "bring the country back to normal"
7 month ago2x Russian Air Force AN124 RFF9911/9927 heading South over the Black Sea
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has invited President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to pay an official visit to Kyiv
Serbia sent a team of doctors to the BiH city of BanjaLuka, where the Chairman of Bosnia's tripartite Presidency and its Serb member, MiloradDodik, is being treated after testing positive for coronavirus, Serbian President AleksandarVucic said
7 month agoFire in the migrant camp Lipa near Bihać. This camp should be closed today
2 injured as helicopter crashed in Novopodkletnoe in Voronezh region
Russian Foreign Minister: We must intensify efforts to achieve peace in Libya
7 month agoNavalny's press spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh greets another of his aides Ruslan Shaveddinov at the airport in Moscow. Shaveddinov completed a year of compulsory military service in the Arctic after being abducted by security operatives
Jaguar Land Rover has shut down production at its Castle Bromwich factory
36-year-old Mikhail Budaragin, the former editor of United Russia's website, was found dead in Moscow. He reportedly committed suicide due to gambling debts and pressure from collectors
The migrant camp 'Lipa' in Bosnia's northwest will definitely close down on Wednesday, the International Organisation for Migrations IOM told N1
Vučić: The first vaccine will be received tomorrow by someone from the government as proof that it is good
"Dodik's condition is not ideal, as we would like, but it is not terrible either," said Vucic
Greek media: Greek aircraft intercept Turkish fighter jets flying over the Aegean islands
7 month agoPrime Minister of Moldova announced his resignation
The Russian side announces "persona non grata" of two employees of the diplomatic mission of Colombia in Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
7 month agoUK: Tensions between drivers and police in Dover reported after delays in reopening the Channel crossing
The State Duma adopted a law on the right of Roskomnadzor to block Internet resources for censorship against Russian media
Joint Forces Operation: 9 ceasefire violations yesterday
Turkey: A Turkish court sentenced journalist Can Dundar, a refugee in Germany, to 27 years in prison. Former Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief charged with terrorism and espionage
Coronavirus: Russia records 549 deaths and 27,250 new infections
Three gendarmes shot dead and a fourth injured by a madman in an isolated hamlet near Saint-Just (Puy-de-Dôme), during an intervention for acts of violence against a spouse. Operation in progress, the individual is on the run after setting fire to his house
PUY-DE-DÔME: The soldiers were trying to rescue a woman who found refuge on the roof of a house. The victim was brought to safety. Operation in progress, the GIGN is on site and more than 300 gendarmes mobilized
Gendarmes killed in Saint-Just: attacker found dead
7 month agoGendarmes killed in Puy-de-Dôme: the soldiers intervened after a report of domestic violence
7 month ago10136 new covid19 infections confirmed in Ukraine
Germany records 24,740 new covid19 infections and 962 deaths
Police teams, who received reports of domestic violence in the Puy-de-Dome region of France, were attacked by guns when they arrived at the scene. As they entered the house where the woman was hiding, her 48-year-old husband opened fire. 3 police officers died, 1 police officer was injured.
3 police officers were killed and a fourth wounded in a shooting accident in central France
Three police shot dead, fourth wounded in central France: prosecutors
