War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/23/2022 10:05:35 PM
A top US official said Wednesday that new sanctions will be announced against Russian "political figures" and wealthy elites close to President Vladimir Putin known as oligarchs.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/23/2022 9:39:22 PM
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was set to meet with US lawmakers Wednesday to discuss a possible freeze on Russian reserves of gold.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/23/2022 7:34:20 PM
Ukraine's UN ambassador is urging all nations that stand against Russia's invasion to vote for a UN resolution on the humanitarian consequences of its aggression, saying this will send a powerful message aimed at helping people caught in the conflict and ending Moscow's military action.
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Sports
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Omni sports
3/23/2022 6:49:39 PM
Russian and Belarusian swimmers were banned Wednesday from competing at the world championships because of the war in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/23/2022 6:45:40 PM
A senior NATO military officer says the alliance estimates that Russia has suffered between 30,000 and 40,000 battlefield casualties in Ukraine through the first month of the war, including between 7,000 and 15,000 killed.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/23/2022 6:22:40 PM
The EU on Wednesday proposed a law requiring natural gas storage to be filled to a minimum of 80 percent before next winter as it grapples with soaring energy prices exacerbated by the fallout from Russia's war in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/23/2022 5:31:10 PM
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military organization is setting up new multinational battlegroups in eastern Europe to deter Russia from launching an attack on any of its members.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
3/23/2022 4:26:47 PM
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov spent five years in a Russian jail for protesting against its seizure of Crimea, and now he is on the frontline fighting for revenge.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/23/2022 1:59:38 PM
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has met with tougher resistance and higher costs than the Kremlin imagined but the Russian leader may still be undeterred in seeking to realise his ambitions.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/23/2022 12:58:29 PM
President Vladimir Putin plans to attend the G20 Summit later this year in Indonesia, Moscow's envoy said on Wednesday, dismissing suggestions Russia could be excluded from the group over the war in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/23/2022 12:32:44 PM
Poland's counter-espionage service ABW has identified 45 Russian diplomats as suspected spies and called on the foreign ministry to expel them, its spokesman said on Wednesday.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/23/2022 12:22:53 PM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday accused the United States of seeking to hinder Moscow's talks with Ukraine aimed at ending the almost month-long conflict.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/23/2022 10:00:00 AM
On Saturday, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi said commodity prices in the local market had not yet been affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war, and blamed recent price hikes on coronavirus pandemic-led global inflation.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/23/2022 7:55:13 AM
The battle for Ukraine's cities thundered across its suburbs Tuesday, with the Ukrainian military saying it forced Russian troops out of a strategically important Kyiv suburb, while Russian forces took partial control of three northwest areas where there's been fighting for weeks.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/22/2022 10:34:57 PM
Frank Hartmann, German ambassador to Egypt, said on Monday that Germany aims to reduce its dependency on Russian gas by two-thirds by the end of this year, seeking out alternate sources including Egypt.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/22/2022 10:21:28 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday talked with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky about the terms of a potential ceasefire, according to the French presidency.
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World
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Region
3/22/2022 9:24:27 PM
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday asked the European Union to relaunch talks for Turkey to eventually become an EU member, on the eve of a summit focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/22/2022 8:44:39 PM
Russian ships in the Sea of Azov have been shelling Mariupol from offshore over the last 24 hours, a senior US defense official said Tuesday.
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World
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International
3/22/2022 8:05:01 PM
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that she has tested positive again for COVID-19 and will not accompany President Joe Biden to Europe for meetings on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
3/22/2022 7:42:07 PM
Key encounters in the Ukraine war are taking place in cyberspace, with major technology companies around the world taking up positions on the Russian military operations, writes
Abdel-Meguid Abul-Ela
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