Die Bundesregierung hat mit Freude und Erleichterung auf die Freilassung von mehr als 120 politischen Gefangenen in Belarus reagiert. Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) erklärte am Samstagabend im Onlinedienst X, die Nachricht aus Belarus erfülle ihn “mit Freude”. Die Freilassung von Maria Kolesnikowa, Ales Bjaljazki und weiterer politischer Gefangener sei “überfällig und ein Erfolg der mutigen […]
Read MoreTwo American troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged member of the Islamic State (IS) group opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol, officials said.”We mourn the loss of three Great American Patriots in Syria,” US President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform, vowing “very […]
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Six United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh were killed on Saturday in a drone strike on Sudan’s southern Kordofan region, the UN mission said, with Dhaka sharply condemning the attack. The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) said “six troops were killed and six injured”, including four seriously, when a drone hit their camp […]
Read MoreAnxiety over immigration and violent crime has carried Jose Antonio Kast to the steps of Chile’s presidential palace. On Sunday, he is tipped to be elected the country’s first hard-right leader since dictator Augusto Pinochet three decades ago. From behind bulletproof glass, Kast has promised to deport hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants, seal the northern border, […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump’s special envoy will meet with Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders in Berlin this weekend, the White House said, as Washington presses for a plan to end Russia’s war with Ukraine. Ahead of the meetings, Zelensky warned on Saturday that Russia “still aims to destroy” Ukraine, as Kyiv said “massive” Russian […]
Read MoreIn Syrien sind am Samstag zwei US-Soldaten und ein US-Übersetzer bei einem Angriff eines mutmaßlichen Mitglieds der Dschihadistenmiliz IS auf eine gemeinsame Patrouille von syrischen und US-Soldaten getötet worden. Drei weitere US-Soldaten seien verletzt worden, teilte das Nahost-Regionalkommando der US-Armee, Centcom, mit. “Wir trauern um den Verlust von drei großen amerikanischen Patrioten in Syrien”, erklärte US-Präsident […]
Read MoreIm autoritär regierten Belarus sind nach der Vermittlung der USA überraschend mehr als 120 politische Gefangene freigelassen worden, darunter die prominente Oppositionspolitikerin Maria Kolesnikowa, der Friedensnobelpreisträger Ales Bjaljazki und der Lukaschenko-Gegner Viktor Babariko. Machthaber Alexander Lukaschenko habe insgesamt 123 Häftlinge aus verschiedenen Ländern begnadigt, hieß es in einem der belarussischen Präsidentschaft angegliederten Telegram-Kanal. Trotz der […]
Read MoreAnglo-French singer and film star Jane Birkin was honoured Saturday by the city she made her home after Paris named a footbridge over one of its canals after her. Birkin’s daughters, singer Lou Doillon and actor and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, were among the guests who attended the ceremony for their mother, who died in 2023 […]
Read MoreTwo American troops and a civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged member of the Islamic State (IS) group opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol, officials said.”We mourn the loss of three Great American Patriots in Syria,” US President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform, vowing “very […]
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