Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (AP) Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to support its nearly three-year war against Ukraine. Some of these troops have already been deployed…
Explosions seen in the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike (left) and in a Ukrainian drone attack in Dzerzhinsk (Picture credit: Agencies). Four firefighters sustained minor injuries from shrapnel on Sunday when a Ukrainian drone attacked an industrial area in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia. The region’s governor, Gleb Nikitin, said on the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday quoted PM Modi and said that the Brics is not “anti-West”, but is just “non-West”, just days before the 16th Brics Summit scheduled in his country. “BRICS was never meant to be against anyone. The Indian Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) said that BRICS is not an anti-western group, it…
Political storm churning over disaster aid for hurricane victims WASHINGTON: An ugly political storm is churning over disaster aid for hurricane victims, with MAGA Trumpers alleging that Kamala Harris is “stealing” emergency relief money to give to illegal immigrants and fund war in Ukraine. The charges are coming from the top levels of the MAGA…
WASHINGTON: A devastating hurricane, a port workers strike, and wars in the middle-east and Ukraine is buffeting Kamala Harris‘ campaign in a Presidential race that polls say is still a toss-up. Latest numbers from the non-partisan Cook political report shows Harris with slight leads in five of the seven battleground states, and Trump leading in…
Russia may have used the ODAB-9000, a thermoarbic bomb in Ukraine for the first time, as per reports. According to pro-Kremlin Telegram channels, a video allegedly shows the bomb being used in Vovchansk, located in the Kharkiv region.While some Russian military experts claim this is the bomb’s first deployment in Ukraine, the video has raised…
While many have perished, the war has left many others with severed limbs. A Polish company founded by two Indians is providing advanced bionic arms for soldiers and civilians alike (AFP photo) LVIV: Yevhen Pramonov, a member of a Ukrainian special forces battalion, lost his legs while clearing mines in Donetsk region last Dec. Working…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with former US President Donald Trump in New York on Friday amid growing tensions surrounding US support for Ukraine’s defence against Russia. Zelenskyy stressed the importance of halting the war and said, “I think we have a common view that the war in Ukraine has to be stopped and Putin…
Keir Starmer recently met Donald Trump for a two-hour dinner in New York, aiming to establish a positive rapport with the Republican presidential candidate.The Prime Minister attended the meeting alongside Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who previously described Trump as a neo-Nazi sympathiser in 2018 but has since indicated willingness to cooperate with him in office.During…
Explosion of drone seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike (Reuters photo) KYIV: In the early hours of September 26, the familiar sound of air raid alerts filled the skies over Kyiv, starting at 4.30 am and lasting until 7.30 am. Residents once again took refuge in bomb shelters as…
