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Europe’s establishment ushers in far right

RISHI SUNAK’S decision to leave D-Day celebrations early to attend an ITV interview will likely be remembered as the worst blunder of this year’s UK general election campaign. But the British media’s coverage of the Normandy ceremony missed the main story: that while heads of state gathered to celebrate the end of fascism in Europe...

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Belgium into last 16 as draw sends Ukraine out

Belgium qualified for the last 16 of Euro 2024 on Wednesday after a 0-0 draw with Ukraine, who exited the tournament despite all four teams in Group E finishing level on four points.

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NATO names Dutch PM as new boss

NATO’s 32 nations on Wednesday appointed outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte as the alliance’s next head, handing him the job at a crucial moment with Russia on the march in Ukraine and US elections looming...

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Belgium aim to emerge top of four-way Group E scrap

Belgium head into their final Group E game against Ukraine at Euro 2024 looking to grab top spot in a section where all four teams -- including Romania and Slovakia -- are level on three points.

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Russian strike in east Ukraine kills four

Russian strikes on the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk killed four people and wounded dozens more on Monday, the governor of the Donetsk region said...

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Ukraine missile attack on Crimea kills three

A Ukrainian missile attack on Sunday on a city in the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula killed three people, including two children, and wounded over 100, officials said...

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A high-altitude summit-lite

THERE are mountain summits and there are political summits. The June 15-16 Swiss organised ‘Peace Summit’ on the Russia/Ukraine war at Bürgenstock at 1,128 meters (3,701 ft) in central Switzerland with leaders from over ninety countries was a bit of both, but neither attained a Sir Edmund Hillary conquering of Everest nor...

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3 more KNF members arrested in Bandarban

Three members of the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front were arrested in the ongoing anti-extremist drive by the joint forces from a remote hilly area of...

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UK party leader says West provoked Ukraine war

Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s anti-immigration Reform UK party, faced strong criticism Saturday after saying that the West provoked Russia’s invasion of...

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Ukraine war slams Europe rightward

SO HAS fascism come back to Europe or are Europeans simply sick of the Empire’s endless wars? The smart money’s on the latter, because what mostly unites the diverse right-wingers recently elected to the...

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Ukraine come back to beat Slovakia

Roman Yaremchuk emerged from the bench to score the winning goal as Ukraine produced a stirring fightback to beat Slovakia 2-1 and kickstart their Euro 2024 campaign on Friday.

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Russian journalist killed in Ukraine drone strike

A Russian journalist has been killed in a drone attack in eastern Ukraine, his news organisation said on Sunday, two days after the death of another correspondent near the front line.

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Ukraine seeks path to peace at Swiss summit

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped to find paths to a ‘just peace’ as soon as possible, as a first international summit on pathways to end...

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NATO says 3,00,000 troops now on high readiness

NATO countries have ‘comfortably exceeded’ a target of placing 3,00,000 troops on high-readiness as the alliance grapples with the threat from Russia, a senior alliance official said on Thursday...

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Using Ukraine Since 1948

The United States has for nearly 80 years seen Ukraine as the staging ground for its once covert and increasingly overt war with Russia...