US to send $500 million in military aid to Taiwan

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration plans to send $500 million in military aid to Taiwan under the same emergency prerogative that has been used more than 35 times for Ukraine, a source familiar with the plan said on Friday, Reuters reports.

Council of Europe calls for democracy to be restored in Europe ahead of Reykjavik summit

Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has called on member states to commit themselves to restoring democracy in Europe at the fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government in Reykjavik on 16-17 May. According to the official, the Council's standards must be applied to all aspects of Europeans' lives.

Ryabkov: Russia and the US may be on the brink of armed conflict. International experts accuse Moscow of orchestrating a drone attack on the Kremlin

The Russian Federation and the United States may be on the brink of open armed conflict, according to Moscow Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Reabkov. He said relations between Moscow and Washington were being maintained solely out of political interests. Western experts, on the other hand, believe the Kremlin's drone strike comes at a turning point in the war, in preparation for Ukraine's long-awaited counter-offensive.

Josep Borrell: No time for peace talks, Ukraine must be supported militarily

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said on Friday that "this is not the time" for "diplomatic peace talks" with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, and that the only valid peace proposal is that of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, i.e. the withdrawal of Russian troops from all occupied Ukrainian territory, reports EFE, quoted by Agerpres.ro.

Yevgeny Prigozhin announced the withdrawal of the Wagner group from Bahmut in case it faces a shortage of ammunition

The founder of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has announced that the Wagner group will withdraw from the city of Bahmut on 10 May due to a shortage of arms and ammunition, Rador reports.

EU could sanction people involved in corruption anywhere in the world

The European Union plans to set up a way to sanction people who engage in corruption anywhere in the world, along the lines of the one used against Russian oligarchs involved in the invasion of Ukraine. This blacklist would be similar to the "Magnistki Act" passed by the US Congress in 2012.

Vlad Gheorghe MEP: European Commission obliged to assess Romania's losses for voting against Schengen accession

The European Commission is obliged to make a full assessment of the losses that Romania incurred for voting against Schengen accession at the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 8 December 2022 in Austria, Romanian MEP Vlad Gheorghe, who initiated this initiative, told Antena 3.

A former Russian prime minister claims Moscow was behind the Kremlin attack

The former prime minister of Vladimir Putin, Mihail Kasianov, said that he believes that yesterday's attempted attack on the Kremlin was a "staged operation", reports Hotnews.ro.

IAEA inspectors find explosives at Russia-occupied ZNPP

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) observers have found explosives in the main turbine hall of Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), agency representatives told Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (SNRI) on May 3, The New Voice of Ukraine reports.

The parents of the student who committed the Belgrade massacre were arrested

A teenager who killed eight fellow students and a security guard in a school in Serbia planned the attack for weeks and had a "kill list", according to police, CNN reports. The 13-year-old was arrested following Wednesday's attack at the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school in Belgrade. The boy's father and mother have also been arrested.

Fire extinguished at Russian oil refinery after drone attack

A drone attack set ablaze product storage facilities at one of the largest oil refineries in southern Russia, but emergency services extinguished the fire just over two hours later, and the plant was working normally, TASS news agency reported.

Air strike in Kiev on Thursday morning. No casualties recorded

The Kyiv city state administration released a summary of Thursday morning's attacks on Telegram, saying there were no casualties or "destruction of infrastructure or residential facilities," according to The Guardian.