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The United States is providing Ukraine with $200 million more in additional military assistance as fighting rages between Ukrainian forces and Russian troops. US President Joe Biden authorized the additional military equipment for Ukraine Saturday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the “flagrant violation” of international humanitarian law by Ukrainian …

The United States is willing to take diplomatic steps to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, a State Department spokesperson has said, as Kiev expresses its readiness to negotiate with Moscow. The State Department spokesperson made the remarks on Saturday after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the West should be more involved …

In racist remarks toward the Iranian population and the people of other Farsi-speaking countries, a US senator has expressed doubt as to whether the phrase “good faith” exists in Farsi, saying he has never seen good faith on the part of Iranians. According to Press TV, the Republican Senator, Jim …

Officers of the French municipal police were attacked on Saturday by a knife-wielding man. Reports by the AFP suggest that the suspect was killed by law enforcement. Some reports, however, suggest that the attacker is alive, but in critical condition, and receiving medical assistance at the moment. One of the …

Air raid sirens have been heard across most cities in Ukraine, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying his country has “reached a strategic turning point” in the war with Russian forces appearing to regroup for a possible assault on Kiev. Sirens started in the capital city, the western city of Lviv …

The US and Russia exchange accusations at the United Nations Security Council over alleged biological weapons in Ukraine. Russia insists that the US has financed a biological weapons research program in Ukraine while Washington denies the accusation. The Russian permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya told the Security Council …

European Union leaders have dashed Kiev’s demand for an accelerated membership of the bloc over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with leaders declining to open a membership procedure at the time of war. As talks among the 27 national leaders ended early this morning, Croatia Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said no country …

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 …

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 …

Hundreds of large American companies have suspended their operations in Russia, amid a corporate exodus from the country over its military operation in Ukraine. Popular American brands such as McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and Disney are among more than 100 companies across nearly every industry that have severed their business relationships with …

House price growth in Britain hit a new eight-month high in February as the housing market showed little sign of losing momentum amid a growing cost-of-living squeeze, a survey showed on Thursday. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said a net balance of +79% of its members reported a …

North Korea says it will launch a number of reconnaissance satellites in the coming years to collect information on military actions by the United States and its allies. According to the state news agency KCNA, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said while visiting the country’s National Aerospace Development Administration, “A lot of …

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 …