German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephonic exchange on Friday, discussing ways to end the Ukraine war for an hour, according to a Bloomberg report citing sources.The first direct communication between the leaders in almost two years comes as Ukraine braces for the third full winter under Russian attack, with…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, walks near Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (AP file photo) North Korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday, marking its first test in nearly a year. The launch of a weapon that can potentially reach the US mainland, comes just days before the US election, a…
“PM Modi can influence the end of the Ukraine war. This is the huge value of him in any conflict. This is the huge value of India,” said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an exclusive interview to the Times of India . When asked about the possibility of PM Modi holding negotiations between Ukraine and…
“PM Modi can influence the end of the Ukraine war. This is the huge value of him in any conflict. This is the huge value of India,” said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an exclusive interview to the Times of India. When asked about the possibility of PM Modi holding negotiations between Ukraine and Russia,…
TOI correspondent from London: Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson says in his memoir that when he first met PM Narendra Modi in London he felt “his curious astral energy”.Johnson says that in 2012, on his first trade trip to India as London mayor, the FCDO had told him not to meet Modi “because he…
HYDERABAD: About seven months after a video of him pleading to be rescued from the war-hit Russia-Ukraine border surfaced, Telangana native Mohammad Sufiyan returned home to a rousing welcome on Friday. The 22-year-old was accompanied by three other young men from Karnataka – all deceived by a fraudulent agent and slyly drafted into a private…
When asked about Kamala Harris, the frontrunner to replace Joe Biden in the US presidential election, the Kremlin on Monday said it had noted Harris’s “unfriendly rhetoric” against Russia.“There have been some statements which were full of unfriendly rhetoric towards our country,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.Reacting to US President Joe Biden dropping out of…
In a significant reshuffle within the Russian government, President Vladimir Putin has appointed Andrey Belousov, a civilian economist and former first deputy prime minister, as the new head of the ministry of defense, replacing longtime minister Sergei Shoigu. This move indicates a shift towards integrating economic strategies with military operations, particularly as the conflict in…
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a stark warning regarding the potential deployment of US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, saying that Russia would target and destroy these jets just as it has with other Western-supplied military equipment. This declaration comes amidst discussions among several Nato countries about donating F-16s to Kiev and…
MOSCOW: A Russian distributor of Western sports brands will start selling Adidas and Reebok products as soon as this week, despite the companies’ departure from the market over the war in Ukraine, the Kommersant daily reported on Wednesday. Adidas and Reebok were among hundreds of Western companies that decided to suspend business operations in Russia…
