The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed grave concerns about the shelling of the massive Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine, saying it heightens the risk of “nuclear disaster.” Director-General Rafael Grossi’s comments on August 6 came as Kyiv and Moscow traded blame for the shelling of the Zaporizhzhya site, the largest […]
Iran has accused a French couple detained in May of “undermining the security” of the country. The pair stand “accused of association and collusion with the aim of undermining the security of the country”, judiciary spokesman Massoud Setayeshi told reporters in Tehran on July 6. French teachers’ union official Cecile Kohler and her partner, Jacques […]
Issued on: 07/06/2022 – 11:45Modified: 07/06/2022 – 11:56 Elon Musk threatened Monday to withdraw his bid to buy Twitter, accusing it of failing to provide data on fake accounts, in the latest twist in the Tesla billionaire’s push to acquire the social network.
The head of the Luhansk regional military administration says Russian troops control most of the city of Syevyerodonetsk but fears that Ukrainian forces will be surrounded are unfounded. Serhiy Hayday told RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service on May 31 that the Ukrainian forces were able to maneuver. “The military is calmly defending its positions,” he said, adding […]
Issued on: 27/05/2022 – 19:54 Greece accused Iran of “piracy” after Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards said they seized two Greek-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf Friday. “These actions are tantamount to acts of piracy,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, warning Greek citizens to avoid travelling to Iran. Athens said Iranian navy helicopters had landed […]
Russia’s Defense Ministry says 771 Ukrainian fighters at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol — Ukraine’s last stronghold in the besieged southern port city — have “surrendered” in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 1,730 since May 16 as the Red Cross began registering “hundreds” of them. The ministry said 80 of those […]
President Vladimir Putin has justified Moscow’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as a necessary move for “defending the motherland,” a claim Britain said mirrored the fascism and tyranny that sparked World War II, as Russian forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the east and south of the country. In Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised his […]
A Russian rocket attack destroyed an airport runway in Odesa, Ukraine’s third-largest city and a key Black Sea port, on April 30 as the country’s president said it was hard to discuss peace amid public anger over alleged atrocities carried out by Russian troops, and Russia’s foreign minister claimed that Western sanctions and arms shipments […]
Polls have closed in Hungary in an election to decide the future of autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is facing the biggest challenge yet to his controversial 12 years of rule. Hungary’s National Election Commission said on April 3 that voters still in line at the 7 p.m. closing time would be allowed to […]
The United States has banned imports of Russian oil over Moscow’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as thousands tried to flee cities around the country through humanitarian corridors with limited success as continued Russian shelling and artillery fire cut off some of the exit routes. Live Briefing: Russia Invades Ukraine Check out RFE/RL’s live briefing on […]