Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a 29-year-old Uzbek national in connection with the assassination of Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, a high-ranking military figure and head of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Forces, as well as his assistant. The attack occurred early Tuesday outside Kirillov’s residential building in Moscow when a remotely detonated … Read more
Iran has urged the United Nations Security Council to convene in response to Israel’s recent actions in Lebanon and the broader region, following the assassination of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. The call for a meeting came through a letter from Iran’s U.N. ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, addressed to the 15-member council. EDITORS PICK: Israel … Read more
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Russia of sending its soldiers into a “meat grinder” in Ukraine during his first speech to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday. Starmer cited the staggering toll of “600,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded” in the conflict, questioning how Moscow “can show its face” at the UN. EDITOR’S … Read more