Colonel Meghann Sullivan has reportedly been relieved of her command after allegedly assaulting male underlings A female US Army commander who was accused of sexually assaulting and harassing multiple male subordinates has reportedly been fired from her leadership role advising allied nations.

Any peace settlement will have to accommodate Russia’s core security interests, the foreign minister has said Moscow has never closed the door to dialogue to end the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday, reiterating that Russia’s key goal remains stopping NATO’s unchecked expansion towards its borders.

St. Petersburg should be renamed, a Russian presidential candidate has said Nikolay Kharitonov, the Communist candidate for the Russian presidency, has endorsed a referendum to decide whether to rename St. Petersburg as Leningrad again and vowed to give Volgograd its old name – Stalingrad.