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North Korea tested a “relatively new” intercontinental ballistic missile system on Feb. 26 and March 4 test-firings, according to a senior Biden administration official. “After careful analysis, the US government has concluded that the DPRK’s two ballistic missile tests on Feb. 26 and March 4 of this year involved a …

Today, Sunday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards claimed the missile attack that targeted Erbil. And the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced its adoption of the missile attack on Erbil Governorate in the Kurdistan Region after midnight last night. And he said in a statement: “After the recent crimes of the fake Zionist …

Russia’s military says it has acquired evidence showing that the United States has funded biological weapons research in Ukraine, over two weeks into the Russian special military operation in the country. Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a televised briefing on Thursday that Russia’s Armed Forces had obtained documents from …

Russia has rejected as “information terrorism” a claim that its forces have bombed a children’s hospital in Ukraine’s Mariupol City, more than two weeks after Moscow launched a military offensive against Ukraine. Ukraine claimed on Wednesday that Russian forces had hit a children’s hospital and maternity ward in the besieged …

Ukrainian authorities have informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that there is a danger of a radiation leak at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, after electricity was cut off to the plant, but the UN nuclear watchdog says there is “no critical impact on security.” Ukraine’s state-run nuclear company …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed the “flagrant violation” of international humanitarian law by Ukrainian forces, calling on the leaders of Germany and France to pressure Kiev to force its nationalist battalions to stop their crimes. Putin made the remarks during a phone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and …

YouTube, the US-owned video sharing platform, has taken down Russian channels over Russia’s military actions in Ukraine, citing a policy barring content that denies, minimizes or trivializes violent events. YouTube, which is owned by Alphabet Inc’s Google, said Russia’s military operation in Ukraine now fell under its violent events policy …

A UK official has called on the country’s former military service personnel not to travel to Ukraine to fight against Russia after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that soldiers would be court-martialed. In a letter to British armed forces charities on Friday, Leo Docherty, the minister for veterans, wrote, “Veterans always step up in …

Russian President Vladimir Putin says there has been some progress in talks between Russia and Ukraine, as Moscow’s military offensive against its neighboring country enters its third week. “There are certain positive shifts, negotiators from our side reported to me,” Putin told his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, during a televised …

Fuel prices have registered a record high in the UK, as the British government is set to phase out imports of Russian oil during the course of the current year. According to a report from data firm Experian Catalist published on Friday, the average cost of a liter of gas at …

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will in the end emerge stronger and more independent after surmounting the difficulties created by the West’s “illegitimate sanctions.” On February 24, Putin announced a “special military operation” aimed at “demilitarization” of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in eastern Ukraine, which in 2014 had declared …

The executive director of the Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) says US and British warships are preventing tankers carrying fuel and oil derivatives from mooring in the strategic western port of Hudaydah and take them to Saudi ports, despite the fact that the vessels have obtained the necessary permits from the United …

Russia has rejected any possibility of a nuclear war amid the conflict in Ukraine, warning the United States and the European Union that Moscow will never depend on the West again. In a press conference in Turkey on Thursday, when asked if he thought a nuclear war could be triggered, …

The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine have met in Turkey for face-to-face talks, marking the first high-level in-person contact between the two diplomats since Moscow launched a military operation in its neighbor, but news conferences suggest no progress has been made. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian …

The United States is reportedly mulling sanctions on Russian nuclear supplier Rosatom, a move that could considerably impact the nuclear power and uranium mining industries. A senior US administration official anonymously told Bloomberg on Wednesday that the White House was consulting with those involved in the nuclear power industry about the …

The US House of Representative has voted to pass a massive government funding bill that includes $13.6 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine following Russia’s military operation there. The sweeping $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package was passed on Wednesday night hours after lawmakers scrapped billions in funding to combat the …

The United States and the United Kingdom have rejected the notion of implementing a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine, saying they cannot afford to have a direct military confrontation with Russia. Speaking along with UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday, US Secretary of State …

Russia has demanded transparency from the United States over the military biological programs implemented in Ukraine, saying Washington needs to inform the world why it had supported the project. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the remarks at a news briefing on Wednesday, saying Russia had evidence showing US-funded biolabs …

Russia’s armed forces have destroyed as many as 974 Ukrainian tanks and other armored vehicles during Moscow’s ongoing military operation in the ex-Soviet republic. Russia’s defense ministry announced the figure on Wednesday, the Russian ITAR-TASS news agency reported. The number is up from 897 reported on Tuesday. The ministry said …

Opposition conservative Yoon Suk-yeol has been elected South Korean president, after rival Lee Jae-myung from the ruling Democratic Party conceded defeat. “With 98 percent of the vote counted, Yoon had 48.59 percent of the vote against Lee of the liberal Democratic Party (DP)’s 47.79 percent,” the official Yonhap news agency …