Russia calls on the international community to accept ‘the reality on the ground’ in Ukraine. On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared that “under no circumstances” will Russia return to the 1991 borders, when Ukraine became independent from the Soviet Union.

“Never and under no circumstances. And the Trump administration understands that as well — it has stated more than once that Zelensky will have to accept the territorial issue,” he said.

Lavrov, whose country expanded its territory through the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and four other regions, emphasized that “a return to the 1991 borders, as Zelensky continues to demand, is impossible.”

“If only because people live in those territories whom Zelensky considers to be ‘creatures’. He said it more than once before the start of the special military operation,” Lavrov remarked, while attending a meeting of foreign ministers from the post-Soviet Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the Kazakh city of Almaty.

In this regard, he noted that while the United States wants to address the root causes of the current conflict in Ukraine, Europe refuses to do so. Russia is calling on the international community to accept the “reality on the ground” in Ukraine, which implies Russian control over nearly 20% of the neighboring country’s territory. Currently, the Russian army is launching a new offensive in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions to create a security zone along the border.

Around 30,000 people have signed a petition to boycott the small airline after Avelo made a deal with ICE to carry out deportation flights.

A little-known airline is facing backlash from tens of thousands of people after the company agreed to carry out deportation flights for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Avelo's entry into the deportation business comes as the Trump administration needs more planes to move detainees from one state to another and then to deport them from the U.S. to other countries. Avelo announced the contract with immigration authorities in early April.

Goff said the airline also carried out deportation flights for the Biden administration. Neither the company nor federal immigration authorities responded to questions about those flights.

The ultra-low-cost airline will fly deportation flights for the Department of Homeland Security on three of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport starting on May 12. The flights will travel internationally and domestically.

It’s unusual for a commercial airline to carry out deportation flights. Immigration authorities, the U.S. military or charter airlines typically operate the flights, according to Thomas Cartwright, who tracks deportation flights for immigrant rights group Witness at the Border.

Connecticut’s favorite local airline, Avelo, is in trouble for making a strategic business decision: taking a long-term contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to fly deportation flights for the Department of Homeland Security.

Starting in May they’re dedicating three of their 20 737 jets to fly from Mesa, Ariz. to destinations both in the U.S. and overseas (presumably flying over the “Gulf of America”) possibly even heading to El Salvador to deliver deportees to prisons there.

The public reaction, while understandable, is misplaced.

Avelo is a common carrier airline. Their business is flying planes, not passing judgement on passengers or destinations.

They’ve even flown deportation flights for ICE during the Biden administration… and nobody complained.

They even provided charters for the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016. This is their business: flying.

If you’re upset with ICE’s deportations, isn’t your anger better directed at them? Where are the legal appeals? Penalizing or boycotting Avelo won’t stop the deportations.

Taking on the ICE charters, they say, is a way of subsidizing their low fares as we face an economic recession and keeping their employees on payroll.

If protesters would “read the room” they’d realize that many of Avelo’s passengers probably support the deportations. After all, President Trump is only doing what he promised and what got him elected.

US airstrikes in Yemen under Trump-era orders result in 107 civilian deaths, worsening the humanitarian crisis. Yemen condemns attacks as UN Charter violations.

Since mid-March, under the order of former President Donald Trump, the US military aggression in Yemen has resulted in devastating consequences. According to reports from Yemen’s Health Ministry, at least 107 civilians have been killed and 223 others injured, with the majority of victims being women and children.

Recently, eastern Sana’a became the epicenter of new US airstrikes. Four bombings struck the Rijam area in Bani Hushayh district, east of the capital, while additional attacks were reported in Al-Nahdain, south of Sana’a. These incidents have worsened Yemen’s already dire humanitarian crisis.

The Health Ministry also reported rising casualties in the western province of Hodeidah, where 12 fatalities and 15 injuries were recorded, including women and children. Debris removal efforts continue, underscoring the scale of destruction caused by the strikes.

Yemeni authorities have condemned these attacks as a “blatant violation of the UN Charter,” which prohibits the use of force against a state’s territorial integrity and political independence. A statement from Yemen’s Foreign Ministry strongly denounced US actions, emphasizing their disproportionate impact on civilians.

This situation, already marked by years of conflict and humanitarian collapse, deteriorates with each airstrike, leaving vulnerable populations exposed to even greater suffering.