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'Organs failing': Russian activist's poisoning ordeal
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» PARIS - When Natalia Arno stands up for any length of time, her right side goes numb, as do her back and her face.
German police say probing suspected poisoning of Russian exiles
AFP, Published on 21/05/2023
» German police are investigating the possible poisoning of exiled Russians after a journalist and an activist reported health problems following a Berlin meeting of dissidents, a spokesman for the force said on Sunday.
Ukraine war increases chemical weapons threat: watchdog
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» THE HAGUE - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has increased the threat from weapons of mass destruction including chemical munitions, the head of the world's toxic arms watchdog said on Monday.
Hacking gang targeted Qatar World Cup critics
AFP, Published on 06/11/2022
» LONDON - An India-based computer hacking gang targeted critics of the Qatar World Cup, an investigation by British journalists said on Sunday, as the Qatari government furiously denied it had played any part in commissioning the eavesdropping.
UK opens inquiry into death of woman caught up in Skripal attack
AFP, Published on 18/11/2021
» LONDON: Britain announced on Thursday a public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who was exposed to nerve agent Novichok after the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018.
Enough proof to charge third Russian over 2018 attack: UK
AFP, Published on 21/09/2021
» LONDON: British police on Tuesday said there was enough evidence to charge a third Russian man with the Novichok poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury in 2018.
Briton arrested in Germany for 'spying for Russia'
AFP, Published on 12/08/2021
» BERLIN - A British man suspected of spying for Russia in exchange for cash has been arrested in Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday, in a highly unusual case compared to a Cold War thriller.
Ukrainian ambassador dies 'of heart attack' on Koh Lipe
Dave Kendall, online reporters and agencies, Published on 30/05/2021
» SATUN: Ukrainian ambassador to Thailand Andrii Beshta, 45, died on Koh Lipe island off this southern province on Sunday morning, according to the provincial public relations office.
Prague gives Moscow ultimatum to let Czech diplomats return
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» PRAGUE - The Czech government on Wednesday warned Moscow it might expel more Russian diplomats unless the 20 Czech nationals ejected from Russia were allowed to return to work with a day.
Czechs threaten to expel all Russian diplomats
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» PRAGUE - The Czech Republic on Tuesday threatened to expel all Russian diplomats from Prague, accusing Moscow of orchestrating an "unprecedented terror attack" on Czech territory in 2014.