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South Korea's Yoon warns against Russia-North Korea military cooperation and plans to discuss at UN
South Korea's Yoon warns against Russia-North Korea military cooperation and plans to discuss at UN
Russia is punishing drunk and mutinous soldiers by sending them to their deaths in Storm-Z human shield squads.
"Donald Trump is no longer rich enough for the country's most exclusive club," according to Forbes.
Patrick McHenry is coming under fire for targeting the former House speaker in one of his first moves.
Naval successes ‘every bit as important’ as last year’s counteroffensive, claims UK
Neal Katyal picks apart the flaws in Trump's remaining legal arguments in the New York civil fraud case.
There's one glaring issue standing in the way of the far-right plot to install Trump as next House speaker.
The president-elect of the Maldives said he will stick to his campaign promise to remove Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago state, promising he would initiate the process. Mohamed Muiz told his supporters gathered Monday night at a celebration of his election victory that he wouldn't stand for a foreign military staying in the Maldives against the will of its citizens. It’s a serious blow to India in its geopolitical rivalry with China in the India Ocean region, where the Maldives' presidential runoff election Saturday was seen as a virtual referendum on which of the regional powers would have the biggest influence on the archipelago.
The election of the pro-Kremlin nationalist Robert Fico reveals a country in crisis – and one that young people like my sons will leave, says Slovakian writer Monika Kompaníková
The Clinton-era GOP speaker lashed out at breakaway Republicans who ousted Kevin McCarthy from the speakership.
The former president blasted New York Attorney General Letitia James as ‘a racist’ as he took pictures with two young girls in Santa Monica, California, on Friday
Relations between countries continue to fracture over alleged assassination of Sikh separatist in British Columbia
Ukrainian special forces said on Tuesday, October 3, that they recently destroyed a column of Russian equipment in Zaporizhzhia Oblast as fighting continued along the southern front.The pro-Ukraine channel RIA Melitopol said that scouts had been tracking the Russian unit’s movements through the Tokmak district of Zaporizhzhia since September 21.The channel said scouts followed the Russian unit through the town of Novomykolaivka, where they were transferring 16 BMP infantry fighting vehicles and two Kamaz trucks from southern Ukraine.After noon on October 2, according to the report, Ukrainian special forces hit the vehicles after they stopped near Svitle, some 45 km southeast of Novomykolaivka.The Ukrainian military said the Russians had concentrated the reserve units in the forest, but were “quickly detected”.Artillery fire destroyed five BMPs, the two trucks, and a field unit, they said.Heavy fighting has continued around the Tokmak axis in Zaporizhzhia as part of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. On Saturday, the Russian defense ministry claimed to have shot down Ukrainian drones in the region. Ukraine’s Armed Forces General Staff reported Russian strikes in the area on Monday. Credit: Ukraine Special Operations Forces via Storyful
India's external intelligence service is a feared foe in its neighborhood: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all accused it of political meddling and involvement with outlawed groups that have perpetrated acts of violence. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegation last month that Indian government agents were involved in the June killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in a Vancouver suburb has thrust Delhi's secretive Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) into the global spotlight. India angrily denied the allegations and demanded that Canada - which expelled RAW's station chief - furnish evidence.
José Ramos-Horta rejects concerns about plan that includes enhanced military engagement as ‘imagined Chinese ghosts’
Single family offices could also face stiffer rules as value of assets under investigation swells to $2bn
The Pentagon is running low on money to replace “critical” weapons for Ukraine and has already been forced to slow down resupplying some troops, according to a leaked letter.
A 16-year-old Iranian girl is in a coma and is being treated in hospital under heavy security after allegedly being attacked by Tehran’s morality police for not wearing a headscarf.
The late-night host turned Trump’s attack on late-night “creeps” into a joke about the former president’s adult sons.
Moscow condemns ‘extremely hostile’ decision that would oblige former ally to arrest Putin if he visits
The former president is ticked that the late-night hosts are back and already making fun of him.