A state of emergency had been declared for the entire energy sector in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced after a crisis meeting on Wednesday. A coordination centre will be set up to deal specifically with the needs of capital Kiev, a city of 3 million people.
BBC Persian has received dozens of accounts from inside Iran. Defiant despite potential repercussions, the witnesses said they wanted to ensure the rest of the world knew of the violence against the protesters.
Stretching 18km between Denmark and Germany, this €7bn immersed tunnel is the world’s longest road and rail link. By 2029, it will replace a 45-minute ferry trip with a 10-minute drive or a 7-minute train ride, offering a 24/7 gateway to Scandinavia.
On Sunday, dozens of Golani Brigade soldiers and officers walked out of a large conference hall to protest female soldiers singing at the ceremony. Following a series of events taking aim at the role of women in the IDF, the Forum Dvorah NGO, which supports female military service, on Wednesday called on Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.
Ukraine, in a second effort on Wednesday, named its fourth defence minister in the nearly four years since it was attacked by Russia and also approved the former defence minister to the top job at the energy ministry. A clear majority of 277 lawmakers voted for Mykhailo Fedorov for the top defence job.
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Last year was among the planet's three warmest on record, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday, as EU scientists also confirmed average
In October 2024, Israel passed a law banning the agency for Palestinian refugees in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem.
More than 100 minors have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the truce in October, according to the UN children’s agency UNICEF. The organization reported 60 boys and 40 girls under the age of 18 had died.
At least 2,500 people have been killed in Iran since protests broke out at the end of December, the Norway-based human rights organization Hengaw said on Tuesday. The group noted that its verification team is working daily to document deaths linked to the state crackdown on mass protests.
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Italy decried the Iranian regime's crackdown on protestors as "unbearable and inhumane," "brutal," and "absolutely unacceptable. " The foreign ministries of France, Germany, and Italy summoned their nation’s Iranian ambassadors on Tuesday, as worldwide concern spreads over the Iranian regime’s treatment of domestic protests.