The Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday oversaw some of the training of Moscow’s strategic deterrence forces, that’s the troops responsible for responding to threats of nuclear war, the Kremlin…
Continue ReadingWith winter approaching, Ukrainian soldiers on the front line are making preparations to survive the imminent freezing temperatures. At one trench in the eastern Donbas region, servicemen are stocking up…
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the country needed to speed up decision-making in relation to the military campaign in Ukraine as he addressed the first meeting of…
Continue ReadingUkraine slammed Russia on Sunday for alleging Kyiv was planning to use a radioactive bomb in its own territory, calling the claims "dangerous" lies and prompting Western allies to warn…
Continue ReadingIn Kryvyi Rih, a nuclear bunker hosts a city’s finals of the annual hand-to-hand martial arts competition. The bunker was transformed into arena and performance venue allowing people to continue…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s presidential race has narrowed to a 4-percentage-point gap between leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, and they are now statistically tied, according…
Continue ReadingVolodymyr Zelensky has rejected Moscow’s claims that Kyiv is set to use a radioactive so-called dirty bomb on its own territory. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu made the allegation in…
Continue ReadingThe United States has said Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming strand to a war that…
Continue ReadingThe European Parliament awarded the people of Ukraine on Wednesday its annual Prize for Freedom of Thought to honour their fight against Russia’s invasion. "They are standing up for what…
Continue ReadingAfter Russia’s renewed blitz on 11 Ukrainian cities, western arms deliveries stepped up, with some authorities in Kyiv hailing this as a turning point. And, one month in, protests are still going…
Continue ReadingRICHARD EDEN: As Sir Salman Rushdie slowly recovers from the assassination attempt that left him with ‘life-changing injuries’, he is being nursed back to health by the Rachel Eliza Griffiths.…
Continue ReadingEmbattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday announced another drastic U-turn to her tax-slashing mini-budget last month which has prompted market turmoil, vowing to raise corporation tax after all.…
Continue ReadingBritish Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday dismissed her finance minister, forcing Kwasi Kwarteng to carry the can for turmoil sparked by her right-wing economic platform as restive Conservatives plotted…
Continue ReadingThree Swedish right-wing parties have agreed to form a government with the unprecedented support of the far-right Sweden Democrats, conservative leader Ulf Kristersson said Friday. "The Moderates, Christian Democrats and…
Continue ReadingFrance’s CGT union, at the core of a weeks-long strike at oil major TotalEnergies , walked away from wage talks on Thursday night, dashing hopes for an end to a…
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