Russian drone strike in Kyiv kills three ahead of Ukraine-US peace talks
Summary
A Russian drone strike in Kyiv has killed three people, including a child, and caused fires in high-rise buildings, Ukrainian officials say
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urges his allies to apply "new pressure" on Moscow to bring the war to an end
Russia's defence ministry says it brought down nearly 60 Ukrainian drones overnight and that one person was killed in a car fire
In Saudi Arabia, officials from the US and Ukraine are set to hold talks on Sunday evening
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says "difficult technical talks need to be held", as Russian negotiators are expected in Riyadh on Monday for talks with the US
A Russian drone strike in Kyiv has killed three people, including a child, and caused fires in high-rise buildings, Ukrainian officials say
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urges his allies to apply "new pressure" on Moscow to bring the war to an end
Russia's defence ministry says it brought down nearly 60 Ukrainian drones overnight and that one person was killed in a car fire
In Saudi Arabia, officials from the US and Ukraine are set to hold talks on Sunday evening
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says "difficult technical talks need to be held", as Russian negotiators are expected in Riyadh on Monday for talks with the US
Trump envoy dismisses Starmer plan for Ukraine
Sir Keir Starmer's plan for an international force to support a ceasefire in Ukraine has been dismissed as "a posture and a pose" by Donald Trump's special envoy.
Steve Witkoff said the idea was based on a "simplistic" notion of the UK prime minister and other European leaders thinking "we have all got to be like Winston Churchill".
In an interview with pro-Trump journalist Tucker Carlson, Witkoff praised Vladimir Putin, saying he "liked" the Russian president.
"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy," he said. "He's super smart."
Ekrem İmamoğlu, rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, placed in pre-trial detention along with dozens of staff and officials
Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul
Sun 23 Mar 2025 14.05 GMT
An Istanbul court has formally arrested the city’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on corruption charges, sending him to pre-trial detention on the day he is expected to receive his party’s nomination to run for president.
The mayor of Turkey’s largest city and a rival of the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was jailed on charges of leading a criminal organisation, bribery, misconduct and corruption, along with dozens of his staff and municipal officials.
World Order Under AttackDefend International Law against Putin and Trump!
An Essay by Claus Kreß
On the third anniversary of Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. voted in the United Nations against calling the Russian Federation the aggressor. U.S. President Donald Trump has not excluded the possibility of his country using force to take ownership of Greenland and the Panama Canal. Trump has also cast a covetous eye toward the Gaza Strip. He envisions transforming the coastal region into a vast holiday resort following the "voluntary” resettlement of the 2 million Palestinians who live there.
Pope Francis leaves hospital, returns to Vatican after treatment for pneumonia
Pope Francis made his first public appearence in over five weeks on Sunday, waving to a crowd from a balcony at Rome's Gemelli hospital before being released from the facility. The 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to the hospital on February 14 for treatment for double pneumonia.
A weak and frail Pope Francis left the hospital Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia, giving a thumbs up to an adoring crowd and taking a detour to go pray at a Rome-area church before returning home to the Vatican.
A motorcade carrying the 88-year-old pope wound its way through light Rome traffic Sunday morning and kept going after reaching Vatican City, where crowds of people had lined the streets to welcome him home. Francis later arrived across town at St. Mary Major basilica, where his favorite icon of the Madonna is located and where he always goes to pray after a foreign visit.
Germany is unlocking billions to supercharge its military at a seismic moment for Europe
“Do you think you can trust Putin?” German Brig. Gen. Ralf Hammerstein asks with a wry smile.
It’s a rhetorical question to which most of Europe would give the same answer – no.
As the Trump administration continues to pursue a deal to end the war in Ukraine — one that may end up being more favorable to Moscow than Kyiv — Europeans, for the first time in decades, are focusing on their own military might.
A life spent waiting - and searching rows of unclaimed bodies
Farhat Javed
Saira Baloch was 15 when she stepped into a morgue for the first time.
All she heard in the dimly-lit room were sobs, whispered prayers and shuffling feet. The first body she saw was a man who appeared to have been tortured.
His eyes were missing, his teeth had been pulled out and there were burn marks on his chest.
"I couldn't look at the other bodies. I walked out," she recalled.
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