Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Our partners have eased up on sanctions on Russia ... US Senate to hold hearings on Azerbaijan's Karabakh ... Is the end of self-proclaimed Artsakh near? Armenia to exercise with US troops next week in sign of frustration with Russia ... Yerevan “confused and disappointed” over Russian Foreign Ministry blaming Armenia for situation in Lachin Corridor ... Kolomoyskiy Arrest Seen As A 'Key Test' Of Zelenskiy's Anti-Corruption Campaign ... Zelensky awarded Budanov the rank of Lieutenant General ... The Last Hour of Prigozhin’s Plane

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Our partners have eased up on sanctions on Russia

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a press conference with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (not pictured) in front of the presidential palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 6, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSept 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that...

posted 2m ago via reuters.com

 

Azerbaijan will allow aid into Karabakh from Armenia if aid from its side is let in, official says

By Andrew OsbornLONDON (Reuters) -Azerbaijan is ready to allow Red Cross aid from Armenia into the ethnic Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh enclave if Red Crescent aid from Azerbaijan is let in at the same time, Hikmet Hajiyev, foreign policy adviser to President Ilham Aliyev, told Reuters.Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but...

posted 4m ago via news.yahoo.com

 

CIA seeks to recruit Russian officials with video about truth

A glass door bears a commemorative seal marking 75 years at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, which is trying to recruit more Russians as spies, has released a video targeting Moscow officials with an appeal...

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Study provides new insights into British people’s sex lives as they age

A study has shed light on how the number of sexual partners British people have changes as they age, and new findings have surprised researchers.While the frequency of sexual partners among heterosexual people declines steadily from age 40, the study found stark gender disparities within some age groups.Researchers from the University of East Anglia...

posted 8m ago via theguardian.com

 

Washington DC-based group targeted in apparent Pegasus hack

An individual employed by a Washington DC-based organization with international offices was targeted with powerful hacking software made by NSO Group, researchers have claimed, raising new concerns about the proliferation of spyware that can infect Apple devices.How NSO became the company whose software can spy on the world The alleged attack was discovered...

posted 10m ago via theguardian.com

 

G20 Summit: Leaders Meet Under Long Shadow of Ukraine War

India, the host, hoped to advance an economic agenda to aid poorer nations even as the Russian and Chinese leaders skipped the gathering.

posted 12m ago via nytimes.com

 

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives in India for G20 - Arab News Pakistan

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives in India for G20  Arab News Pakistan

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Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: supermarket shelves empty as food shortages hit – video

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posted 49m ago via theguardian.com

 

Armenia to exercise with US troops next week in sign of frustration with Russia

Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Union summit in Moscow, Russia May 25, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 6 (Reuters) - Armenia said on Wednesday it would...

posted 10h ago via reuters.com

 

Russia summons Armenia's ambassador as ties fray and exercises with US troops approach

The Russian foreign ministry has taken the step of summoning the ambassador from its long-standing ally, Armenia, in protest against several recent developments, signaling tensions that are putting strain on their close relations.In an official statement, the ministry pointed to what it described as a series of unfriendly actions by the Armenian leadership...

posted 10h ago via foxnews.com

 

Is the end of self-proclaimed Artsakh near? - Global Comment

The self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh – internationally recognized as Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region – is facing probably the most difficult period in its 32-year history. Baku seems determined, one way or another, to establish full control over the territory where ethnic Armenians make up the majority of the population, although they refuse to reintegrate...

posted 10h ago via globalcomment.com

 

Spies — Russia, China and the long intelligence war with the west

Receive free Non-Fiction updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Non-Fiction news every morning. The secret report about Ukraine reached British intelligence in February. It said that the Russians knew the Ukrainians were “hostile to them and their ideas”, and that the Ukrainians wanted to know what foreign support they...

posted 10h ago via ft.com

 

US Senate to hold hearings on Azerbaijan's Karabakh

The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold hearings on the situation in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region. The hearing will be held on September 14, News.Az reports citing the website of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations at the US Department of State Louis Bono and Acting Assistant...

posted 14h ago via news.az

 

The Last Hour of Prigozhin’s Plane

At around 5:30 pm Moscow time on August 23, the Embraer Legacy 600 private business jet took to the skies. Launching from an airport near the Russian capital, the 13-seater plane, which has a white body and blue tail, has been linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the brutal Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group.At 5:46 pm, once the plane was clear...

posted 16h ago via wired.com

 

Kolomoyskiy Arrest Seen As A 'Key Test' Of Zelenskiy's Anti-Corruption Campaign

For right or wrong, Ukrainian tycoon Ihor Kolomoyskiy has come to epitomize for many in Washington and Brussels the endemic corruption that has held Ukraine back economically and politically since its independence more than three decades ago. The 60-year-old businessman, who is blacklisted by the United States, has over the years sent armed men to...

posted 16h ago via rferl.org

 

Azerbaijan Bolsters Cooperation With Balkan Countries

On July 6, Albanian President Bayram Begai visited Azerbaijan and engaged in discussions with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on bilateral political relations, joint activities in international organizations, trade, economic matters and investment opportunities (Kaspi.az; Report.az, July 8). These talks underlined Baku’s increased attention...

posted 17h ago via jamestown.org

 

Yerevan “confused and disappointed” over Russian Foreign Ministry blaming Armenia for situation in Lachin Corridor

12:27, 31 August 2023 YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova who claimed that the situation in the Lachin corridor is a consequence of the fact that referring to the Alma-Ata Declaration, in Prague, October 2022 Armenia recognized Nagorno-Karabakh...

posted 20h ago via armenpress.am

 

Kolomoyskiy Arrest Seen As A 'Key Test' Of Zelenskiy's Anti-Corruption Campaign - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Kolomoyskiy Arrest Seen As A 'Key Test' Of Zelenskiy's Anti-Corruption Campaign  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

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Is Legalizing Marijuana a Mistake?

According to an October 2022 Pew survey, “88% of US adults say that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use.” While marijuana legalization is gaining more and more cultural acceptance, effectively regulating drugs has long flummoxed policy and lawmakers. Some are even starting to have second thoughts, especially when it comes to how...

posted 23h ago by Open to Debate via NPR: Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates Podcast

 

Zelensky awarded Budanov the rank of Lieutenant General - Odessa Journal

Zelensky awarded Budanov the rank of Lieutenant General  Odessa Journal

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