Iranian and Qatari leaders meet at Russian energy forum
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani in Moscow on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum Summit in Moscow. They discussed energy cooperation and how to enhance bilateral relations, according to Iranian state media.
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure a war crime: UN. UN commission notes Russian weaponisation of cold in nearly five years of attacks on heating plants and power lines.
The move breaks with a longstanding practice among Western European leaders of shunning direct contact with the Kremlin.
Frontline near Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine quiet for first time in years ahead of planned evacuation Europe live – latest updates A local ceasefire in a southern Ukrainian city under Russian occupation appeared to be holding on Tuesday, with both sides ceasing drone attacks, ahead of an apparent evacuation of about 2,000 trapped and desperate civilians. The city sits on the Dnipro River and is about 3 miles from Kherson, a larger city on the opposite bank.
Strikes hit a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital as leaders push for 'direct discussions' to end the war.
Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity that saw tens of thousands of civilians killed over several days. A year after the fall of El Fasher, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city.
Kylian Mbappe was dropped Tuesday by two major brands in China after a video circulated online in which the French football superstar apparently joked about former leader Mao Zedong. In China, jokes about Mao, the country’s founding leader who died in 1976, are considered disrespectful and remain a social taboo.