Washington was worried it might be losing dominance over the world and had therefore "apparently" prepared plans to strike Moscow to neutralise it, says Russian Defence Ministry journal.
Opposition leaders call for Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi to resign amid fury over comments blaming victims for setting sail as grieving relatives arrive in Italy to claim corpses.
Expulsion was in response to what Tehran calls "interference" by the German government in the internal and judicial affairs of Iran, after Berlin protested the death sentence against a dual national.
Russian forces step up their weeks-long drive to encircle the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where the commander of Ukraine's ground forces describes the situation as "extremely tense" as fighting enters its 371st day.
Greek police had arrested the station master at a provincial train station, accusing him of death through negligence as he denied the charges, attributing the accident to possible technical failure.
UK’s official scheme to divert people from terrorism, Prevent, funded with 40m GBP ($48.3m), was reviewed by William Shawcross recently. His detractors say the review is far from independent and that it targets Muslim communities.
Passenger train, carrying over 350 people, had been travelling from the capital Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki when it collided with a cargo train.
Immigration Minister Kaare Dybvad Bek states in a written comment that the proposed ban would be contrary to Danish law and the country’s global commitments.
As the Kremlin presses on with its Ukraine offensive, now in its second year, questions have been raised against the effectiveness of unprecedented sanctions against Moscow.
In a run-up to the three-day trip, Beijing lauded its "all-weather and comprehensive" strategic partnership with Minsk while Lukashenko said he was looking forward to meeting his "old friend" Xi.
