Most citizens say graft has increased since 2022, according to a new national poll Most Ukrainians have said corruption in the country has worsened since escalation of the conflict with Russia in February 2022, a new survey by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) has shown. In findings released…
The militant group has also expressed a readiness to hand over Gaza governance to independent Palestinian “technocrats” Palestinian militant group Hamas has said it is prepared to release all the Israeli hostages and enter negotiations to iron out the details of the handover. The group also reiterated its readiness to…
Mikael Ajapahyan has been found guilty of inciting a coup after church leaders opposed a government decision to cede territory to Azerbaijan Armenian Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan has been found guilty of inciting a coup and sentenced to two years behind bars amid a growing rift between the country’s national church…
Only 28% of Americans believe that TV, radio, and newspapers report news accurately, an opinion poll has indicated Americans’ confidence in the mass media has sunk to a record low, with fewer than three in ten now trusting news outlets to report fairly, according to a new Gallup poll. A…
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says his government will prevent women from receiving “misleading” information about abortion Spain’s leftist government has pledged to enshrine the right to abortion in the country’s constitution. The move follows a dispute over the Madrid city council’s decision to promote information on “post-abortion syndrome” to women…
The Russian president named fixing ties with the US as among the country’s national interests There’s “no reason” for the US and Russia not being “great trade partners,” US Representative Anna Paulina Luna has said. The Florida Republican responded to remarks made by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his speech…
The peninsula and four other former Ukrainian regions voted to join Russia in referendums, but Kiev and EU insist they were “annexed” Lithuania’s culture minister has resigned after just one week in office after a backlash triggered by his hesitation to say who Crimea belongs to. Crimea and four other…
Ukraine relies heavily on EU aid, which requires the approval of all member states, the foreign minister has said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has warned Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky to treat his country with respect, noting that as an EU member, Budapest can veto much of the aid sent to…
The Interpol-wanted man, who had been deported from Türkiye, was detained in Moscow on suspicion of dealing in organs in Kosovo The Russian authorities and Interpol units have detained a man wanted in several countries over an alleged organ trafficking operation in Kosovo. He was arrested at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport…
The Russian president’s Valdai address shifted the focus from war and geopolitics to values, identity, and the collapse of Western liberalism Russian president Vladimir Putin used his address at the Valdai forum on Thursday to issue a challenge: Western liberal societies are crumbling, convulsing in moral chaos, and Russia is…