Page 274 - Icks News Today

Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny says prison authorities have informed him that they have decided to revoke his right to attorney-client privilege because he continues to commit crimes from prison.

An explosion rocked the headquarters of a pro-Russia movement in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol amid reports of attacks against officials appointed by Moscow in the southeast of the country.

Ukraine's military says private mercenary forces fighting for Russia are suffering especially high casualty rates as battles rage in the northeast of the country around Kharkiv. 

Daniil Deev is wanted in Ukraine for backing pro-Russian separatists but for the past month has been living in Tbilisi, apparently helping Russians trade cryptocurrency. While Georgia has looked the other way, some Kremlin critics have found the authorities to be less accommodating.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized grain exports from Ukraine under a UN-brokered deal, claiming that they are failing to reach poorer countries as intended, and he warned that the current food crisis could intensify into a "humanitarian catastrophe." 

Hungary will support the renewal of the European Union's sanctions regime against Russia, diplomatic sources say, after dropping a threat to derail the move if three oligarchs weren’t removed from a list restrictive measures against more than 1,000 people.

Xi heads to Central Asia and prepares to meet Putin; China joins Russian war games; a damning UN report on Xinjiang; and Ukraine’s Taiwan caucus.

EU officials have indicated their intention to seek a price cap on Russian gas alongside other measures to curb negative fallout from Russia's war on Ukraine, despite criticism of such a move from inside the EU's Czech presidency and a Russian threat to halt supplies.

The government has kicked off consultation on Your Future, Your Super. Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, kicked off the consultation process on the Your Future, Your Super laws on Wedn

Iran sentences two women to death for promoting homosexuality; efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal are “in danger”; and an Iranian filmmaker is released after five days in detention.