The country has withstood Western pressure by developing new trade and boosting domestic investment, Oleg Deripaska has claimed The sanctions that the West has imposed on Moscow are ineffective and outdated, Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska told Financial Times on Tuesday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara’s ratification of Sweden’s bid depends on whether US President Joe Biden’s administration delivers on its pledge to approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye.

A fire at a wedding party in Nineveh, Iraq left more than 100 people dead and some 150 injured, according to local officials and media reports, which suggested fireworks had set off the blaze by accident.