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Iran lodged a protest with Moscow over what it called the “violent” arrest of two Iranian students in the Russian city of Kazan, state media reported Saturday. The students were detained Friday at Kazan Federal University after visiting a visa extension center, where police allegedly subjected them to “inhumane and unprofessional beating,” according to the […]
An unprecedented year of elections around the world has underscored a sobering trend – in many countries the commitment to act on the climate crisis has either stalled or is eroding, even as disasters and record temperatures continue to mount. So far 2024, called the “biggest election year in human history” by the United Nations […]
Even for a new Labour government which has proved to be repeatedly accident-prone –adept only at scoring own goals – there was something particularly cack-handed about announcing cuts to our defence capabilities on the same day British-made Storm Shadow missiles started smashing into military bases on Russian soil. Allowing Ukraine to use longer-range US and […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday that thousands of North Korean troops currently stationed in Russia are expected to enter combat against Ukraine “soon.” Speaking during a visit to Fiji, Austin said around 10,000 North Korean soldiers are believed to be in Russia’s Kursk region, near the border with Ukraine, where they are being […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused US President Joe Biden of disrupting Donald Trump’s peace plans in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to use ATACMS missiles against Russia. Lavrov compared Biden’s actions to Barack Obama’s 2016 expulsion of Russian diplomats, suggesting they were deliberate efforts to hinder Trump’s dialogue with Moscow. Moscow escalated with new missile […]
Moscow previously banned the export of strategically important nuclear fuel to Washington Moscow is set to become Beijing’s largest foreign supplier of nuclear fuel by the end of this year, after China significantly increased its imports of Russian enriched uranium in recent months, according to data from Chinese customs analyzed by RIA Novosti. Over the […]
The No 2 US envoy warned on Friday that the ties between China and Russia are growing and threatening the interests of Washington and its allies, two months before the current administration turns over control of the government to Donald Trump. Speaking at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, US Deputy Secretary of State […]
After 20 years and $2.3 trillion spent, after more than 100,000 American and Afghan lives lost, one would think our war in Afghanistan would be more of a reference point today. Yet, outside of a few jabs from conservatives regarding President Biden’s handling of the exit, the war was hardly brought up at all this […]
Since February 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has spawned a range of viral slogans, memes, and images that continue to shape public perceptions of the war. There is the ominous Russian Z, the call to “be brave like Ukraine,” and a Ukrainian soldier giving the middle finger to a sinking Russian warship. Among the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would carry out more tests of the hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile in “combat conditions”, a day after firing one on Ukraine. “We will continue these tests, including in combat conditions, depending on the situation and character of the security threats posted to Russia,” Putin said in […]