New York, March 26, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Russia to immediately release U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich following Tuesday’s court decision to extend his pretrial detention until June 30, 2024. “CPJ strongly condemns the three-month extension of Evan Gershkovich’s detention, just days before the one-year anniversary of his arrest on fabricated charges. Today’s
Cuba protests US comments following protests against power blackouts, food shortages
Cuba’s government has protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government has protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba. Cuba’s Foreign Ministry delivered a note expressing the complaint to the chargé d’affaires at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana, Benjamin Ziff.On Sunday,
This live blog is now closed. For more on the US’s vetoed UN resolution, you can read our latest reporting:US resolution on Gaza ceasefire vetoed at UN by Russia and ChinaExplainer – Why did Russia and China veto US’s Gaza ceasefire resolution?The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that “hundreds of worshipers” were “blocked” from reaching the al-Aqsa mosque compound by Israeli forces on Friday.According to Wafa: “Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli forces significantly increased their military...
Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Tuesday that the US and Russia "can only defeat terrorism together" but that Washington stopped cooperation on the issue. &quo
The Police and the Marechaussee arrested 31 climate activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) and Scientist Rebellion (SR) at Eindhoven Airport on Saturday. The activists tried to enter the airport grounds through a fence, which is strictly forbidden, the Marechaussee reported.
The team around the deceased Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny reported a number of protests against the expected re-election of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, the final day of voting. In the far-east of Russia in Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Irkutsk and other Siberian cities, people took part in the "Noon against Putin" campaign at lunchtime, as the Navalny team showed in a live stream on YouTube. Hundreds of people also lined up at a polling station in Yekaterinburg
The Islamic State terrorist attack in Moscow is the starkest possible reminder that despite the war in Ukraine, Russia and the West also still have some of the same enemies. What the terrorists — ISIS-K an Afghanistan offshoot of IS took responsibility — did in Moscow, they have done in Paris and Manchester — and will do (and did do, on 9/11) in New York and Washington, if they get the chance.This horror is also a reminder of the fatal results of mutual distrust. It appears that U.S....
The attack on a concert hall in Moscow raises difficult questions for Putin at a time of global mistrust.
Friday evening, Moscow time, four or five armed men strolled into the Crocus Concert Hall in northwest Moscow and opened fire on the crowd. Before departing the area they had killed at least 40 people and wounded over 100 more.
Russia and China vetoed the draft resolution proposed by the United States for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages at the UN Security Council meeting. Previously, the United States had vetoed several resolutions on ceasefire. This was the first time its own proposal was tabled at the Security Council. Among the […]