The U.S. unsealed an indictment last week that charged 94-year-old Raúl Castro, the former Cuban president, with murder as Washington intensified its pressure campaign against Havana over, in part, national security concerns that the island has been sharing intelligence with Russia and China.
Angered by few career prospects, nepotism in government, and high unemployment, young people in India have thrown their political support behind an AI-generated cockroach, which the Financial Times identified as a “satirical protest movement” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
London’s Metropolitan Police deployed at least 4,000 officers on Saturday in response to the two major protests in the heart of the city: one in support of Palestinians and the other a nationalist, far-right movement.
The former chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was arrested last week in an anti-corruption probe for allegedly working with a criminal group in laundering about $10.5 million tied to a construction project just outside the capital, bringing unwanted attention to the country’s corruption problem.
Last week, Boris Pistorius, the German defense minister, visited Kyiv to talk about the bond forged by war between Ukraine and Germany, and announced a new strategic relationship between the countries that he said will be a “long-term partnership to be reckoned with.”
Germany’s right-wing populist party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), has seen its popularity inside the country surge after the start of the Iran War because Germans are now facing higher energy prices to compound their economic pressures that were palpable even before the U.S. and Israel launched the illegal war of aggression on 28 February.
There has never been a more unpopular German leader than Chancellor Friedrich Merz, according to a newly released poll that found just 16 percent of Germans approve of his performance in office.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that he believes that the Ukraine War is “coming to an end” amid a three-day ceasefire that was expected to span from 9 to 11 May after a request from President Donald Trump.
The Ukrainian military last week carried out several high-profile drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, including attacks on a key oil refinery on the Black Sea that resulted in major damage and a health emergency for residents in the city of Tuapse, according to reports.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is under Russian control, was attacked by Ukrainian forces on Sunday in Kyiv’s latest escalation of attacks on civilian infrastructure.