Category: International News

Washington is reportedly ready to provide “intelligence assets and battlefield oversight” for a post-conflict European-led initiative The US has signaled readiness to provide support for any European-led “security plan” for post-conflict Ukraine, Financial Times reported on Tuesday citing unnamed European officials.  Senior US officials allegedly told their European counterparts in multiple discussions that Washington would be…

Tehran has rejected Canberra’s claim it was behind two arson incidents targeting its Jewish community Australia is expelling Iranian ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi and three other diplomats over alleged ‘anti-Semitic’ attacks in the country that were supposedly orchestrated by Tehran, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced. The Islamic Republic quickly denied the allegations. Speaking at a…

Serzh Sargsyan has revealed that he personally asked businessman Samvel Karapetyan to acquire Armenia’s power grid Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has denounced Yerevan’s push to nationalize a company owned by a jailed Russian-Armenian tycoon. Samvel Karapetyan was arrested in June, allegedly for calling for the overthrow of the government after he supported the Armenian…

Russia will not face restrictions alone if no progress in settling the conflict is made, the US president has warned Washington could impose sanctions and tariffs on both Russia and Ukraine if the two adversaries fail to make progress in settling hostilities, US President Donald Trump has said. Trump made the remarks to reporters at…

Kiev has targeted the Druzhba conduit multiple times, drawing the ire of EU members Hungary and Slovakia Continued Ukrainian attacks on the Druzhba pipeline carrying Russian oil to European consumers are nothing short of terrorism, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated. Built in the 1960s and spanning 4,000km (2,485 miles), Druzhba (‘friendship’) is one…

The bombardment has reportedly trapped hundreds of civilians under rubble and strained emergency services More than 1,000 buildings have been destroyed in Gaza City’s Zaytoun and Sabra neighborhoods since Israeli forces began a new ground incursion this month, Al Jazeera has reported, citing Palestinian Civil Defence. Israel has said the operation is necessary for national…

The president has been trying to boost his extremely low popularity with warlike rhetoric, Matteo Salvini has claimed Some 80% of France’s population “can’t wait” for President Emmanuel Macron to leave office, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has claimed. Macron’s warlike rhetoric, including talk of sending troops to Ukraine, is aimed only at boosting…

Abandoned trenches, collapsing bastions, encirclements, and empty strongpoints: the warning signs of collapse are no longer subtle Something shifted on the Ukraine conflict frontlines this summer. Throughout July and the first half of August, a series of cascading events signaled a dramatic turn. Most decisive among them was the breach of Ukrainian defenses along the…

Gerard Araud has claimed that Kiev’s backers have been unable to accept the shift in the global balance of power The Ukraine conflict has highlighted a gradual shift in the global balance of power and has signaled the end of Western supremacy, former French Ambassador to the US Gerard Araud has claimed. “We are experiencing…

Valerie Zink has accused Western outlets of perpetuating Israeli propaganda and contributing to the deaths of dozens of reporters Canadian photojournalist Valerie Zink has resigned as a Reuters stringer after eight years, alleging the agency has been “justifying and enabling” Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza, including members of its own staff. Her announcement came…

Robert Habeck, former economy minister in Olaf Scholz’s cabinet, has told the press he can’t find answers in the system he helped build A former German vice chancellor and economy minister has announced he is quitting active politics, warning that if current trends continue, “mainstream party dominance will be over.” Robert Habeck, a former co-leader…

The issue of reparations has been facing resistance from former colonial powers, including the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands When the African Union launched its 2025 theme – “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations” – at its 38th summit in Addis Ababa last February, it marked one of the…

Kiev would give up its remaining positions in return for security guarantees by the US, Vadim Prystaiko and other former Ukrainian officials have told the NYT Kiev could give up the remaining territory it holds in Donbass if it receives “an American-backed security guarantee,” several former Ukrainian officials and political analysts told the New York…

An unidentified UAV has crashed and exploded in Estonia, the country’s national security service has said The remains of a crashed UAV have been discovered in a field in southern Estonia. The country’s authorities suspect that it was a “combat drone” which originated in Ukraine and had been sent to attack installations in Russia. The…

The iPhone maker plans to invest $2.5 billion to boost manufacturing in the South Asian country Apple Inc. is defying US President Donald Trump’s request to reduce manufacturing in India and is planning to invest about $2.5 billion to boost iPhone production in the South Asian country, the Times of India (TOI) reported on Tuesday….

President Cyril Ramaphosa has said Pretoria is pursuing measures to reduce dependence on traditional markets amid “potentially high” US tariffs South Africa remains committed to advancing national interest through strategic economic diplomacy and principled engagement on the global stage amid tariff pressures from US and global trade disruptions, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. In his…

Valery Zaluzhny, widely seen as most-likely to replace Vladimir Zelensky, believes Kiev should adopt Soviet-style indoctrination in schools Retired Ukrainian General Valery Zaluzhny, widely seen as a potential successor to Vladimir Zelensky, has called for education programs that highlight members of the neo-Nazi Azov military unit as role models. As Ukraine’s former top military commander…

Botswana’s president has said the measure will allow his government to “fast-track solutions” to the shortage of medical supplies in hospitals Botswana’s president has declared a public health emergency, saying the southern African country’s health system is under “severe strain due to past irregularities.” Duma Boko won a landslide in elections late last year, ending…

The Russian president is scheduled to visit China next week for talks and to take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit Russian State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, where he delivered greetings and best wishes from Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting comes ahead of Putin’s…

The Zelensky regime’s attacks on a key pipeline are hurting an EU member – and he chooses to add insult to injury In the swirl of the Ukraine war, headlines rarely fail to shock. Yet the latest spat between Kiev and Budapest raises a question that would have been unthinkable two years ago: has Ukraine…

The US president has claimed that the charges give China’s tech companies a free pass US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened “substantial” new tariffs and curbs on semiconductor exports against countries that maintain digital taxes and regulations he says “discriminate” against American tech firms. Digital services taxes (DSTs), now in place in dozens of…

Burkina Faso says it has ordered the Target Malaria research team to halt activities and destroy all genetically modified mosquitoes Burkina Faso has suspended a project funded by the Gates Foundation aimed at curbing the spread of malaria in Africa, amid concern that it could be misused to advance population control on the continent. The…

Amar Preet Singh took to the skies a month ahead of the Russian-designed fighter’s retirement Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh entered the cockpit of the MiG-21 to join in one of its final sorties, one month ahead of the fighter jet’s official decommissioning ceremony, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said on Monday. The MiG-21…

The president said Washington should seek ownership rather than leases for sites in South Korea President Donald Trump has said he would like the United States to obtain ownership of the land where its military bases are located in South Korea, instead of leasing it. Sitting alongside South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae-myung, on Monday,…

Kiev’s attacks on critical energy infrastructure are unacceptable, top Hungarian officials have said Ukraine cannot force its way into the European Union with extortion, bombings and threats, according to Prime Minister Victor Orban and other Hungarian officials, who accused Kiev of jeopardizing the country’s energy security. Ukrainian forces struck the Soviet-era Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline several…

The US is now profiting from selling weapons to Kiev, the president has said The United States is no longer directly funding Ukraine and will instead be profiting from arms sales to its European NATO partners, who in turn supply those weapons to Kiev, President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday….