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The ex-US leader claims he is the only candidate that can prevent World War III. President Joe Biden is leading the United States “into oblivion,” Donald Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland on Saturday, promising to stop wasting US taxpayer money on “stupid” foreign wars as he …

Russian artillery pounded the last routes out of Bakhmut on Friday, aiming to complete the encirclement of the besieged Ukrainian city and bring Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest battle of the war. The head of Russia’s Wagner private army said the …

After recounting its islands, Japan found it has 7,000 more than what is known. According to the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), the islands number had doubled to reach 14,125 from 6,852. GSI used advanced technology cross-referenced with past aerial photos to conduct the recount. The new number does …

The British police have recorded dozens of such offenses since the start of the Ukraine conflict, according to the outlet’s investigation Russians in the UK have been subject to an increasing number of hate crimes, including violent assaults, abuse, and vandalism, a Sky News investigation released on Friday found. In …

Russian troops and mercenaries were closing off the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Friday, on the cusp of Moscow’s first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting of the war. The head of Russia’s Wagner private army said the city, which …

Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov says Moscow will not engage in strategic stability negotiations with Washington in the foreseeable future, since the US is openly taking “hostile steps” against the country. Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to International Organizations in Vienna, said, “one cannot really talk about resuming the dialogue with the …

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that Moscow would not review its suspension of the New START nuclear arms treaty with the United States until the United States changed its policy on Ukraine, Interfax reported. President Vladimir Putin last week announced that Moscow was suspending its participation …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that he has no plans to meet either the foreign ministers of Russia or of China during the Group of 20 (G20) meeting in New Delhi. Blinken was on a brief tour of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and will head to the …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered officials to tighten security on the border with Ukraine, after several drones targeted areas deep inside the Russian territory. Putin made the remarks during a speech at a meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB) board in the capital Moscow on Tuesday, without referring …

Air raid alerts continued nationwide in Ukraine Saturday, as Russia and China blocked a statement from the G20 condemning the war, amid new saber-rattling from a Putin ally. Finance leaders and central bank chiefs from the world’s largest economies meeting in India strongly condemned Moscow for the invasion a year …

Thousands of Italians have demonstrated across the country in Rome, Florence and Genoa against Western sanctions imposed on Russia and transfer of lethal military hardware to Ukraine, a day after the first anniversary of the Ukraine-Russia war. The protesters chanted “No to war” and “Peace”, demanding an end to the …

President Vladimir Putin has said the US-led NATO was an indirect accomplice to the crimes committed by Ukraine, as the west keeps supplying the ex-soviet country with lethal armaments. In an interview for “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” program on Rossiya-1 TV channel aired on Sunday, Putin said that Moscow should take …

New EU sanctions over Russia’s war in Ukraine adopted on Saturday target 121 individuals and entities, including drone manufacturers, officials said. The measures, agreed late Friday ahead of Saturday’s formal adoption, are the 10th round of European Union sanctions aimed at undercutting Russia’s finances and military supplies used in its …

Russia welcomed on Friday Chinese proposals to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and said it was open to achieving the goals of what it calls its “special military operation” through political and diplomatic means. China has called for a comprehensive ceasefire as part of a 12-point plan for dealing with …

The United States marked the first anniversary of Russia’s war with Ukraine on Friday by announcing new sanctions against Russia and its allies, new export controls, and tariffs aimed at undermining Moscow’s ability to wage war. Washington also said it would provide another $2 billion in weaponry for Kyiv as …

The United States is preparing a fresh military aid package to Ukraine worth $2 billion, a senior US official has said, defying repeated warnings from Moscow as the war completes one year. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan made the disclosure on CNN Thursday night, asserting that Washington …

A selection of images attesting to the tragedies inflicted on the Ukrainian people. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago brought death, destruction and hardship to the country, and awakened fears of a new Cold War. The February 24, 2022 full-scale attack resulted in more than eight million Ukrainians fleeing …

China is calling for a cease-fire in Ukraine and for peace talks as soon as possible in a much-anticipated position paper released on one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion. As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its second year, Beijing is pushing harder for a negotiated end to the war. It has …

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has arrived in Ukraine to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the eve of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Sanchez’s office said on Thursday. On his arrival in Kyiv, Sanchez was received by Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister, the Ukrainian ambassador in Madrid, and the Spanish …

President Vladimir Putin said he’s waiting for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to visit Russia as he hailed deepening ties with Beijing at talks with China’s top diplomat. Cooperation between Russia and China is “very important for stabilizing the international situation,” Putin told Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi at talks …