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“Why now? I have no answer on this question. I can’t see any reason for it,” said Bidnyi, a former bodybuilder. “Undermining the collective pressure that the international community has been building against the aggressor … it’s not a very honorable role for this organization.” The IOC said that the reversal did not represent any change in its view of Russia’s war in Ukraine, which it still condemns. However, it said the ban was relaxed because the Russian committee removed regional sports organizations from Russia-occupied Ukrainian territories from its membership, which was the reason it was sanctioned. Bidnyi said the…
By Euronews Published on 21/07/2026 – 19:41 GMT+2 On Tuesday, staff at Russia’s penitentiary system intercepted a cat being used to smuggle drugs into Penal Colony No. 17 in Nizhny Novgorod. According to the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), the “furry offender” was wearing two improvised fabric collars. Hidden inside them were banned substances intended for inmates. Staff at the colony spotted the feline drug courier before it entered the facility. The animal was caught and its collars removed. A dog handler with a sniffer dog quickly arrived at the scene, and the dog confirmed that the collars contained narcotics. FSIN representatives…
“We will jointly determine an updated strategy of our defense [and] steps to continue the reform of the corps system, to fulfill the supply requests of combat commanders,” Zelenskyy said in an address to the nation on Tuesday evening. He also expressed gratitude to Syrskyi for previous successful operations in 2022 in Kyiv and Kharkiv and the 2024 incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Joint Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi will become the Ukrainian Army’s new commander-in-chief, Zelenskyy said in his speech. Drapatyi is an experienced field commander who successfully organized the protection of Kharkiv in 2024 from a Russian…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed four-star General Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief and appointed Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi to replace him, well into the fifth year of Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine. Zelenskyy announced the decision after days of mass protests across the country, triggered by the dismissal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov over what he said was an increasingly fiery clash with General Syrskyi. Zelenskyy said that after numerous consultations with the military command over the past few days, it has been “determined how the structure of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is to be…
Published on 21/07/2026 – 21:50 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump pledged to help Lebanon “a lot” during a White House meeting on Tuesday with his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun, who travelled to Washington seeking US support for long-term stability following months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. “It’s been a very badly treated place and country and we’re going to have it properly treated and treated with the respect it deserves,” Trump told Aoun. “We’re gonna help it a lot,” he said, without giving concrete details. Aoun thanked the US President for his support, writing in…
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Former Russian and German officials entered Azerbaijan in mid-July for a possible meeting to discuss Moscow’s ongoing all-out war in Ukraine, President Ilham Aliyev confirmed during a press conference alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Tuesday. Baku was not aware of this development until after the fact, according to Aliyev. “The flights statistics provide grounds to suggest that such a secret meeting was held in Baku,” yet Azerbaijan “received no notification regarding this from either Germany or Russia,” Aliyev said. “Our territory was simply utilised without our knowledge,” he explained. “If this meeting serves to end the Ukrainian–Russian…
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Berlin on Tuesday for his first state visit to Germany, with energy security and the Middle Corridor trade route at the top of the agenda as Europe continues to reduce its dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Aliyev met Chancellor Friedrich Merz for bilateral talks before a wider meeting with cabinet ministers. The two sides signed a joint declaration on a strategic partnership and a series of agreements covering energy, transport, infrastructure, trade and investment, and science and technology — with Germany becoming the second European country after Italy to sign the same agreement with…
Bardella is a political star in France, whose electoral appeal is expected to form a key part of party leader Marine Le Pen’s strategy as she vies for the French presidency in 2027. He met Farage in December last year and told the BBC he thought the “extremely resilient” Reform UK chief would be Britain’s next prime minister. “I look forward to discussing how France and Britain can co-operate to finally stop the boats once and for all,” Farage added on Tuesday. The volume of small boats crossing the English Channel from France has long been a contentious debate in…
By Greta Ruffino with AP Published on 21/07/2026 – 20:23 GMT+2 A federal appeals court has rejected former US President Joe Biden’s bid to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews he gave to a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president. In a 2-1 ruling issued late Monday, the panel found there is a “substantial” public interest in disclosing the material Biden wants to keep under wraps, adding that redactions to the recordings would help protect his privacy. “We conclude that any remaining incursion on personal privacy from disclosure of the now-redacted materials likely does not outweigh the public…