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Poland’s president says his country will fulfill existing arms supply agreements with Kiev but it may only send more of its older weapons to the country. President Andrzej Duda made the remarks to walk back his prime minister’s comments about not providing Kiev with more weapons. Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, said …

Ukraine says dozens of Russian naval officers, including “senior” ones, have been killed in a missile attack against Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol. The Ukrainian army said in a statement Saturday that the Russian navy officers were killed a day earlier after it launched …

Russia has announced that Armenian troops fighting against Baku’s rule in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region started to give up their weapons to the Russian peacekeepers following a Moscow-mediated ceasefire. “The armed formations of Karabakh have begun handing over weapons and military equipment under the control of Russian peacekeepers,” Russia’s defense ministry, …

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York that his “main task” this week is to mobilize more support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. “If the United States is concerned about China and wants to pivot towards Asia, then …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday the veto power in the “hands of the aggressor” has pushed the UN into a “deadlock”. “Veto power should be voluntarily suspended but we can also observe that Russia will not give up this stolen privilege voluntarily,” he said in an address to …

Azerbaijan said on Wednesday it had halted military action in its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after Armenian separatist forces there agreed to a ceasefire whose terms signaled the area would return to Baku’s control. Under the agreement, confirmed by both sides and effective from 1 p.m. (0900 GMT) on Wednesday, …

UK doctors have staged a two-day strike over pay and conditions as the British government considers minimum service level rules to stop the danger of “coordinated and calculated strike action.” English senior doctors, known as consultants, began a 48-hour walkout on Tuesday and will be joined by junior doctors on …

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China in October to mark the 10th anniversary of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, a senior official said on Tuesday. “In October, we expect to have thorough bilateral negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President …

Azerbaijan says it has launched a military operation in Karabakh almost three years after it went to war with Armenia over the disputed mountainous region. Blasts were heard Tuesday in the Armenian separatist stronghold of Khankandi which Armenians call Stepanakert in the breakaway region. They said Karabakh towns and cities …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has received drones and body armor as he wrapped up a trip to Russia that has rattled the West. Russia’s official TASS news agency said Sunday that the “leader of the DPRK received five kamikaze drones and a ‘Geran-25’ reconnaissance drone with vertical takeoff,” using the official …

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has warned that the “future of Europe is at stake” in the wake of a surge in the number of migrants and refugees arriving from the North African coast. It is “the future that Europe wants for itself that is at stake here, because the …

After Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov was dismissed earlier this month, the Ukrainian government decided to dismiss six deputy defense ministers on Monday. Hanna Maliar, who has frequently issued public updates on Russia’s war against Ukraine, was also included among those removed. The government gave no reason for the dismissals. …

Ukraine says it will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against unilateral grain-import bans imposed by the country’s three European Union neighbors. On Friday, the EU announced plans to suspend a temporary ban placed on the export of Ukrainian grain to a selected number of countries in Eastern …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia’s defence minister discussed practical issues to boost military cooperation, state media said on Sunday, in what Pyongyang called a “fresh heyday” for bilateral relations. During his visit to Russia, Kim inspected Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers, hypersonic missiles and warships on Saturday, accompanied …

On Sunday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned that the war in Ukraine is likely to continue for an extended period, emphasizing that Ukraine will eventually become a NATO member. In an interview with the German media group “Funke”, Stoltenberg dismissed the possibility of a quick end to the Ukrainian conflict, …

Russia has downed seven Ukrainian drones over Moscow and Crimea as Kiev increases attacks carried out by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) following its much-hyped counteroffensive on the ground. In a statement on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said its forces shot down one Ukrainian drone over the outskirts of Moscow …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara may “part ways” with the European Union, signaling the country’s frustration with the bloc’s assessment process to include Turkey as its member. Speaking to reporters ahead of his trip to the United States, Erdogan said, “The European Union is trying to distance itself from …

The US Treasury Department has targeted Russia with new sanctions over the war in Ukraine, adding 20 people and over 100 entities to its updated blacklist. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday blacklisted Russian automakers AvtoVAZ, Moskvich, GAZ Group, and Sollers. Among the individuals targeted in …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has checked out Russia’s nuclear-capable strategic bombers, hypersonic missiles and warships as part of his visit to the country that has angered the United States. Kim on Saturday visited Knevichi airfield, nearly 50 km from the Pacific city of Vladivostok, and was received by Russian Defense …

Ukraine is building a large number of drones to conduct more attacks against targets in Russia, according to the Ukrainian vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov. “There will be more drones, more attacks, and fewer Russian ships. That’s for sure,” Fedorov said in an interview with Reuters …