January 2024
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US secretary of state Antony Blinken says there is “some evidence” that a pause in US military aid to Kyiv is having an effect on the battlefield. Washington has run out of money for Ukraine, meaning it cannot send any more ammunition or missiles to help it fight the Russian invasion. A further package of…
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A Russian-British dissident who apparently vanished from the Siberian penal colony where he was being held has been transferred to another site in region, according to a report. Vladimir Kara-Murza had been in solitary confinement in a maximum-security penal colony in Omsk for the past four months, but his wife said yesterday that he had…
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Ukraine has denied rumours that its top military commander has resigned or been dismissed. The Institute for the Study of War said Ukrainian people’s deputy Oleksii Honcharenko claimed yesterday that commander-in-chief General Valerii Zaluzhnyi “announced his resignation, but there is no decree yet”. Meanwhile, former people’s deputy Boryslav Bereza claimed the Ukrainian presidential office had “dismissed”…
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Five people have been killed in Russian shelling in northern and eastern Ukraine, according to local officials. Four people died in two villages in the northeastern Sumy region, officials said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne said a woman died after suffering serious head injuries in a mid-afternoon shelling of the heavily-bombarded eastern town of Avdiivka.…
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The World Court has announced it will decide whether it shall hear a case brought by Ukraine accusing Russia of violating international law on Friday. Russia has justified its invasion by claiming it was launched to stop a genocide of Russian speakers in Ukraine – claims that Kyiv argues is a breach of the 1948…
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Hungarian opposition parties have submitted a motion calling for an extraordinary session of parliament to ratify Sweden’s application to join NATO on 5 February. Hungary is the only country in the 31-member Atlantic alliance yet to ratify Sweden’s application. Turkey completed its approval last week, some 20 months after Stockholm applied to join NATO following…
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Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defence ministry officials to embezzle more than £31m earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells, the Ukrainian security service has said. The SBU said five people have been charged and if found guilty, they could face up to 12 years in prison. The investigation comes as Kyiv attempts…
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Lord Cameron has called on Moscow to reveal the location of a Russian-British dissident who disappeared from his penal colony to his lawyers. The UK foreign secretary pledged to meet with Vladimir Kara-Murza’s wife, Evgenia, who said her husband was taken from a Siberian penal colony and his whereabouts were unknown. Family and friends of…
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European Union envoys have agreed unanimously to set aside billions of euros of windfall profits from Russian central bank assets frozen in Europe. Ambassadors of the 27 EU countries agreed in principle the first step of a plan to help fund Ukraine reconstruction after Russia’s invasion, according to a source from Belgium. The text will…
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The Princess of Wales has returned home to Windsor after abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace has said. A spokesperson said Kate is “making good progress” after being admitted for the planned operation on 16 January. They added: “The Prince and Princess wish to say a huge thank you to the entire team at The London Clinic,…
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UNRWA employees accused of taking part in kibbutz attack and taking hostages – report Employees of the United Nations’ Palestinian agency (UNRWA) are accused of taking part in kibbutz massacres and of taking hostages, according to a report. The New York Times cites a dossier sent to the US government as saying one employee assisted in kidnapping…
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US official denies Houthi attack on American warship A short time ago, we reported on Houthi claims that the rebels had attacked a US navy warship with a rocket (see 6.49am post). The group claimed it had fired at the USS Lewis B Puller yesterday. A US defence official has now told the Associated Press news agency that…
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Car-ramming attack near IDF base in northern Israel A man has carried out a car-ramming attack near a military base in northern Israel, according to IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari. “A short time ago, a terrorist carried out a drive-by attack near an IDF base in northern Israel,” he said in a post online.…
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Sunak calls on Iran to de-escalate tensions Rishi Sunak has called on Iran to de-escalate tensions after a suspected Tehran-backed proxy group strike on a US base in Jordan. A drone “packed with explosives” hit Tower 22 in northeast Jordan, killing three US personnel. “We are concerned and would urge Iran to continue to de-escalate…
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3.1. Sample and Data Collection We obtained the financial data from annual reports of manufacturing firms listed on the Teheran Stock Exchange (TSX) during 2011–2019. Initially, our preliminary sample included all manufacturing firms. This is because the industrial sector has a significant role on Iranian economic growth and has an enormous capital structure that consists…
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UNRWA funding cuts ‘a death sentence’ for civilians in Gaza Funding cuts for the UN Palestinian agency by some of the world’s wealthiest nations is a “death sentence” for civilians inside Gaza, according to the humanitarian organisation ActionAid. A number of UNRWA employees have been sacked after Israel claimed they were involved in the 7…
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