Slain blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, was born in Ukraine's Donbass and was previously sentenced to prison for robbing a bank before fleeing to Russia and joining an anti-Kiev separatist movement.
Finland's foreign minister will hand over the formal accession papers to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the keeper of NATO's founding treaty, and President Sauli Niinisto is expected to speak at the event.
Teachers reject government’s pay offer, raising spectre of more strikes and further disruptions for parents and children as double-digit inflation sparks labour unrest across the country.
At least one person confirmed dead, dozens injured when a passenger train derailed in Voorschoten, a village near The Hague, after colliding with construction equipment on the line, according to emergency services.
The 'police authority has not had sufficient support for its decisions,' says one judge in a statement, adding that security risk concerns were not enough to limit the right to demonstrate.
France issues international arrest warrants for three senior advisers to Bashar al Assad who stand accused of the torture and death of two French-Syrian nationals.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said 440 migrants, including 8 women and 30 children were rescued in international waters off Malta, two days later a charity warned that the boat was facing danger.
