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(Reuters) – Russia is facing its most difficult situation in three decades due to unprecedented Western sanctions, but foreign attempts to isolate it from the global economy will fail, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said today.

ADEN,  (Reuters) – Yemen’s president delegated power to a presidential council and dismissed his deputy today in moves aimed at supporting U.N.-led

LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine wants sanctions that are economically destructive enough for Russia to end its war after accusing some countries of still prioritising money over punishment for civilian killings that the West condemns as war crimes.

ADEN,  (Reuters) – Yemen’s president said yesterday he has dismissed Vice President Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar and delegated his own powers to a presidential council that will carry out leadership duties.

OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup, a military tribunal ruled yesterday.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Mobile phone operator Digicel said yesterday it plans to wind down operations in Panama following the government’s approval of a merger between competitors Cable & Wireless Panama (CWP) and Claro.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new round of sanctions today, including banning Americans from investing in Russia, in response to what President Joe Biden condemned as “major war crimes” by Russian forces in Ukraine.

LVIV, Ukraine/DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Artillery pounded key cities in Ukraine today, as its president urged the West to act decisively in imposing new and tougher sanctions being readied against Russia in response to civilian killings widely condemned as war crimes.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – In 2020, Mahinda Rajapaksa won elections to become Sri Lanka’s prime minister, serving under his brother and president Gotabaya.

OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup, a military tribunal ruled today.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s top court could rule tomorrow on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to block an opposition attempt to oust him, a step his critics say is unconstitutional and has touched off political turmoil.

LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – The United States and its allies yesterday prepared new sanctions on Moscow over civilian killings in northern Ukraine, which President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as “war crimes” demanding commensurate punishment.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked a state of emergency late yesterday after dozens of lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition, leaving his government in a minority in parliament as it struggled to quell protests amid the country’s worst economic crisis in decades.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court adjourned until today a hearing to decide the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s blocking of an opposition bid to oust him, a dispute that has led to political turmoil in the nuclear-armed country.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A dinner between Brazil’s Workers Party (PT) leader Gleisi Hoffmann and 30 businessmen on Monday ended with two pieces of information well-received by the latter: The party will work with central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto and there is no thought of controlling fuel prices if former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins the October election.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council that “accountability must be inevitable” for Russia as he accused Russian troops of committing “the most terrible war crimes” since World War Two.

LVIV, Ukraine/BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive proposed sweeping new sanctions against Russia today, including a ban on coal imports, as the West responds to evidence of civilian killings in a Ukrainian town seized from Russian invaders.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – At least 41 Sri Lankan lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition today, leaving the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a minority in parliament as it struggles with the country’s worst economic crisis in decades.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court adjourned until tomorrow a hearing to decide the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s blocking of an opposition bid to oust him, a dispute that has led to political turmoil in the nuclear-armed country.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Chinese authorities today extended a lockdown in Shanghai to cover all of the financial centre’s 26 million people, despite growing anger over quarantine rules in the city, where latest results show only 268 symptomatic daily COVID-19 cases.