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A Russian court on Tuesday convicted top opposition leader Alexei Navalny of fraud and contempt of court, sentencing him to nine more years in prison in a move that was seen as an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin’s biggest foe behind bars for as long as possible. The new... Read more

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Russia’s attack on Ukraine risks causing famine in countries around the world, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the Italian parliament on Tuesday, urging greater help to defeat the invaders. In his latest address to Western lawmakers, Zelenskiy said via a video link that his people were clinging to survival, with... Read more

The British minister for Northern Ireland said on Tuesday that the terrorism threat level for the province had been lowered to “substantial” from “severe,” the first time it has changed since 2010. Brandon Lewis said that the reduction in the threat level reflected the work done by the local police... Read more

A woman has died in a stabbing incident in a shopping center in Be’er Sheva. The woman was in her 50s, Zaka says. Video footage from the scene showed the stabber getting out of the vehicle with a knife and starting to run amok. The assailant attacked several passersby and... Read more

The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected U.S. warnings that it may be preparing to conduct cyberattacks in response to Western sanctions, and said it did not engage in “banditry.” U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday told businesses to do more to protect themselves against possible cyberattacks by Russia, warning there was... Read more

Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, a co-winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, said on Tuesday he would donate his Nobel medal to be auctioned to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees. The Novaya Gazeta newspaper, where Muratov is editor-in-chief, in early March said it would remove material on Russia’s military actions... Read more

Three Spanish truckers unions on Tuesday dismissed a government aid package and joined a spontaneous one-week strike against rising fuel prices that is likely to aggravate a shortage of food products in supermarkets across the country. The three truckers unions opted to join the strike after they decided a 500... Read more

Seventy-eight Russian aircraft have been seized abroad, the Interfax news agency quoted Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev as saying on Tuesday, as Moscow grapples with the consequences of international sanctions over events in Ukraine. Sanctions have cut off the supply of most aircraft, parts and services to Russia, while Russian airlines... Read more

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett discussed the stability of energy markets and food security on Tuesday, the Egyptian presidency said. The three leaders held a meeting in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, it said in a statement. Sheikh... Read more

New York’s top health official said Monday that she doesn’t expect to see a big surge in COVID-19 cases in the state as a new subvariant of the virus grows more prevalent. The omicron variant BA.2, commonly known as “stealth omicron,” now represents 42% of all cases in New York,... Read more

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Israel’s field hospital in Ukraine officially opened Tuesday with the arrival of the medical staff from Israel. The Health and Foreign Ministries led the effort to establish the field hospital, with the help of the Schusterman family philanthropies. The hospital is scheduled to operate for at least one month and... Read more

On Tuesday, a disinfection and cleaning procedure was carried out on the Kosel, which is visited by hundreds of thousands of visitors from Israel and around the world. The thousands of handwritten notes that were placed between the stones of the Kosel were cleared through the use of disposable gloves... Read more

Signs were turned off, lights dimmed and thermostats dialed down in Japan on Tuesday after the government issued an urgent call to save energy, warning of blackouts after an earthquake last week caused a serious power shortage. As snow fell in Tokyo and the temperature dropped to 2 Celsius (35.6... Read more