WTA roundup: Two Americans snag upsets at Guadalajara
editorAmericans Sofia Kenin and Caroline Dolehide pulled off upsets on Wednesday in the third round of the Guadalajara (Mexico) Open Akron.Kenin ousted Latvian sixth seed Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 7-5 by…
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 446 of the invasion
Ukraine’s president visited the UK on Monday for talks with the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak. In a tweet, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said: “The UK is a leader when it comes…
Ukraine strikes Russian forces in Luhansk before expected counteroffensive
Ukraine has carried out further strikes on Russian forces on Monday, apparently targeting Russian command and control centres deep behind enemy lines ahead of its long-awaited counteroffensive, with explosions reported…
Saudi family urges US to intervene in teens’ possible death sentence
Two Saudis who were arrested and allegedly tortured for crimes they were accused of committing as minors are facing an imminent threat of execution, in what human rights experts say…
A ‘nervousness never seen before’ hits Moscow before Victory Day parades
When Vladimir Putin takes to the stage on Tuesday to commemorate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, his speech on Red Square will have been preceded by a turbulent week…
We knew Putin would attack Ukraine back in 2011, says Bill Clinton
Vladimir Putin told Bill Clinton three years before his 2014 attack on Ukraine that he was not bound by the Budapest Memorandum guaranteeing the country’s territorial integrity, according to the…
Kremlin drones certainly don’t look like a cunning plan by Moscow
Who exactly flew two drones over the Kremlin at around 3am on Wednesday is likely to be one of many questions that will remain unanswered until the Ukraine war ends,…
Gruelling cat and mouse fight along Ukrainian river poised to escalate
From her fifth-floor balcony in Kherson, Alina Spyrydonova can see the bank of the Dnipro River occupied by Russian forces. She lives in one of the southern Ukrainian city’s more…
Sudanese army blocks Britons from boarding last rescue flights
Britons are feared to have been stranded in Sudan following reports that the country’s armed forces had prevented a number of people from reaching the last rescue flights out of…
Russia launches deadly wave of missile attacks on Ukraine cities
Russia has launched a wave of missile attacks across many of Ukraine’s biggest cities, killing a mother and young child in the port city of Dnipro, and four people at…