The tabloid Bild described the incident as a “smooch attack” on Germany’s top diplomat Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic-Radman has been accused of “violence” and not knowing diplomatic protocol after an awkward attempt to kiss his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock.

Pyotr Verzilov was tried in absentia by a Russian court for spreading falsehoods about the armed forces A Moscow district court has sentenced Pyotr Verzilov, a founding member of the anarchist punk group Pussy Riot, to a prison term of eight years and six months for publishing fake news about the military. He was tried…

Israel has accused Russia of denying the country its right to “self-defense” after Moscow’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, criticized the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) over their ongoing military campaign in Gaza.