A promised ceasefire in the besieged port city of Mariupol collapsed amid scenes of terror but a pro-Russian official said safe-passage corridors would open again for city residents on Sunday, while Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the ongoing resistance is putting Ukrainian statehood in jeopardy and likened the West’s sanctions on Russia to “declaring مزید پڑھیں

Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it was lifting most Covid restrictions including social distancing in public spaces and quarantine for vaccinated arrivals, moves that could facilitate the arrival of Muslim pilgrims. The decision includes suspending “social distancing measures in all open and closed places” including mosques, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) cited an interior مزید پڑھیں

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday dismissed concerns that some sort of martial law or emergency situation could be declared in Russia. Putin’s comment followed days of speculation that the introduction of martial law could be imminent. He said such a measure was imposed only when there was significant internal or external threat. “We don’t plan مزید پڑھیں

Exploding shells blew apart roadsides on Saturday and Russian warplanes bombed stretches of the horizon as thousands of Ukrainians scrambled to escape Kyiv’s war-shattered outskirts by any means possible. The roads on Kyiv’s western edge bear witness to a human tragedy whose scale grows ever greater as Russia’s assault on the Ukrainian capital becomes more مزید پڑھیں

Russia has banned Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. According to British media, Russia’s media watchdog blocked access to Twitter. Twitter as well as Facebook and YouTube are facing closure in Russia. Russia has previously banned the BBC as well. Russia has also blocked The Meadows and Radio Liberty news agencies. The Russian Foreign Ministry says the مزید پڑھیں

A deal on reviving the 2015 accord between Tehran and world powers on Iran’s nuclear programme is “close”, Britain said on Friday, at a crunch point for negotiations in Vienna. “We are close. E3 negotiators leaving Vienna briefly to update ministers on state of play,” British diplomat Stephanie Al-Qaq said on Twitter, referring to negotiators مزید پڑھیں

Russian troops have seized Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city to fall in a devastating week-old war that has already created one million refugees. The capture of the Black Sea city of 290,000 people, which just last year hosted Nato-supported war games, appeared a significant boost for Moscow as it readied for potential ceasefire talks مزید پڑھیں

Pakistan embassy in Ukraine on Wednesday said that 1,250 Pakistanis have been evacuated from the war-torn country so far since the beginning of the Russian invasion. According to media reports, the embassy sources said that those who were evacuated include members of Pakistani community living in Ukraine, students and families of diplomatic staff. Sources further مزید پڑھیں

China will not join in sanctions on Russia that have been led by the West, the country’s banking regulator said on Wednesday, adding that he believed the impact of the measures on China would be limited. China, which has refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has repeatedly criticised what it calls illegal and unilateral مزید پڑھیں

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has signed an application for Ukraine to join the European Union. The action comes five days after Russia invaded its smaller neighbour, touching off widespread international condemnation and offers of military assistance from the 27-member nation EU and elsewhere. Andrii Sybiha, head of Zelenskyys office, said on his official مزید پڑھیں