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Denmark and Finland support a European Commission proposal to apply sanctions on Russian oil, the countries’ Prime Ministers told a press conference in Copenhagen on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday struck down an appeal from deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi against a five-year jail sentence she was handed last week on corruption charges. “The appeal was summarily rejected,” said a source with knowledge of the proceedings, adding that the court dismissed …

Twenty-six people were killed in a collision in the Rivne region of western Ukraine involving a bus, a minibus, and a fuel truck that exploded after the crash, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The bus had been heading to Poland, the ministry said on Facebook. It did not say …

Flash floods and storms killed at least 18 people after ravaging several provinces of Afghanistan over the past five days, an official said Wednesday.

“Dozens” of Burundian soldiers were killed in an attack on an African Union peacekeeping base in Somalia, according to a security source in the region and a Mogadishu-based source, after the deadliest attack on the peacekeepers in five years.

Schools offering activity-based learning over textbook-based education are emerging across India.

The first round of primaries ahead of the November midterm elections offered early indications of the US political temperature.

As Omicron spreads, officials in China’s capital city are trying to avoid the kind of mass lockdown seen in Shanghai.

The European Commission proposed a gradual ban on Russian oil imports Wednesday to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, as Russian forces pounded sites to the east of the country and hit targets in the far west near the EU border.

Sinn Féin, a nationalist party that supports reunification, is predicted to get the post of first minister for the first time. Voters in Northern Ireland are set to go to the polls on Thursday in an election that could make history. This is because Sinn Féin, an Irish nationalist party …

Zionist military forces arrested 11 Palestinians after brutally storming various parts of the West Bank. As hostile actions of the Zionist military forces against the Palestinian citizens in the Occupied Territories of Palestine continue, the regime’s forces attacked various parts of the West Bank. Fierce clashes broke out after Zionist …

A senior member of the Saudi royal family has complained about the United States’ lack of commitment to defending the kingdom from retaliatory attacks by Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, even as Riyadh continues to violate a recent ceasefire deal. Prince Turki al-Faisal, who is also a former Saudi intelligence chief, expressed disappointment about Washington’s declining support …

Palestinians have warned of a plot to “dismantle” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after the body announced it will delegate its humanitarian services for more than 5 million Palestinian refugees living in dozens of refugee camps to other organizations to overcome its severe financial …

People in the Gaza Strip will mark this year’s Eid al-Fitr holiday for the 16th time under the Israeli blockade. The joyful occasion comes at the end of the holy month of Ramadhan. Traditionally, Muslims go to markets several days before Eid to buy gifts, new clothes, and sweets for …

A United Nations official has warned of a “worsening” humanitarian situation in Yemen, saying over 23 million Yemenis are in need of assistance due to the repercussions of the Saudi-led war on the impoverished country. “The worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen is a reality that we need to urgently address,” …

The continuation of the Israeli occupation of Palestine for over 70 years is “a full-fledged racist war crime,” says the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, which also denounced the Tel Aviv regime’s incessant violation of the Palestinian people’s rights, in particular workers. “All the human suffering experienced by our people, especially …

Scores of Turkish protesters in the coastal city of Istanbul have been detained by the riot police during May Day demonstrations against the country’s economic hardship caused by galloping inflation. This year’s rallies took place on Sunday against the backdrop of soaring inflation that has destroyed livelihoods and upended the economy. …

Russia says the illegal Zionist entity is supporting “the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev”, raising the stakes in its tensions with Tel Aviv over the raging war in Ukraine. The argument began after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking to Italian outlet Mediaset’s Rete 4 channel in an interview released Sunday, …

Turkey’s president says the country is to send back around one million Syrian refugees to northern Syria, under a plan aimed at enabling their resettlement in houses partially built by Turkey there. “We are backing up our strategy with projects to encourage the returns,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on retaliatory economic sanctions in response to the “unfriendly actions of certain foreign states and international organisations”. According to the decree, Russia will forbid the export of products and raw materials to people and entities that it has sanctioned. The decree also …