Category: FOREIGN NEWS

Italy has condemned the attack on Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov, a close ally of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, saying it proved Russia’s persecution of Moscow’s critics.Presidency, told reporters that something really serious happened with the death of Navalny and also the attack on his closest collaborator,” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, whose country holds this year’s rotating G7.“It is proof that Russia continues to persecute those who oppose the regime and this cannot but deserve our condemnation.”Lithuania said that...

The leader of the US Senate has called for the Israeli government to hold new elections in a speech suggesting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu risked making the US ally a pariah.According to the highest-ranking Jewish politician in the United States,Chuck Schumer, new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel, at a time when so many Israelis have lost their confidence in the vision and direction of their...

South Africa has terminated a deal to sell a stake in its national airline after failing to agree on a value and other terms with a consortium of private investors.The government had since 2021 planned to sell 51 percent of the loss-making South African Airways (SAA) to the Takatso Consortium, as part of efforts to end recurring bailouts of the flag carrier.After three years of negotiations, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday said the deal had been called off...