PRESIDENT Biden has authorized the first use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia, U.S. officials said. The weapons are likely to be initially employed against Russian and North Korean troops in defense of Ukrainian forces…
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has offered what he called “total support” for Africa, including in the struggle against terrorism and extremism. The speech was read out at a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi by Russian Foreign…
RUSSIA has embarked on one of the largest exchanges of military remains since the ongoing war with Ukraine began in 2022 as it Ukraine has announced the repatriation of 563 soldiers’ bodies from Russian authorities, The bodies, mainly of troops…
JUST days before the U.S. presidential election, intelligence agencies in Washington are warning of targeted disinformation from Russia. The agencies blamed Russia for a video that “falsely depicted individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally in multiple…
UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky expects Russia to deploy North Korean soldiers from Sunday or Monday. “This is a clear escalation,’’ Zelensky said on the short message service X on Friday. He cited intelligence information that the soldiers were…
RUSSIA is urging BRICS countriesto establish a new international payment system, immune to Western sanctions, at the upcoming summit in Kazan from October 22-24. President Vladimir Putin aims to strengthen BRICS—expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE—as…
AROUND 200 women, aged between 18 and 22, from various African countries have been recruited to work in a Russian factory, assembling Iranian-designed attack drones destined for Ukraine. These women, many from countries such as Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, South Sudan, Sierra…
At least six people have been killed, 11 others injured – seven of them seriously – by a Russian missile strike in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa, authorities said. “The enemy’s target was once again the port infrastructure,’’…
RUSSIA has destroyed no fewer than 125 Ukrainian drones over its territory. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry revealed this on Sunday, with regional governors reporting some damage but no casualties from the attack. In a post on its Telegram, the ministry…
At least 10 people, including two children, have died following an explosion at a service station in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Friday. The blast, which occurred near the capital, Makhachkala, also left 11 others injured, according to the…
