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Indian soldiers participate in a mock drill exercise in New Delhi in 2016. The transfer of Indian munitions to support Ukraine's defense against Russia has occurred for more than a year, according to the sources and customs data.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 19, 2024
Ammunition from India enters Ukraine, raising Russian ire
The transfer of munitions to support Ukraine's defense against Russia has occurred for more than a year, according to the sources and the customs data.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Ukrainian service members in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on July 8, 2022. Zelenskyy has given few clues of the contents of his "victory plan," indicating only that it aims to create terms acceptable to Ukraine.
WORLD
Sep 19, 2024
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 'victory plan' is ready
The plan is intended to bring peace to Ukraine while keeping the country strong and avoiding all "frozen conflicts," he says.
Ryan Routh speaks during an interview at a rally to urge foreign leaders and international organizations to help provide humanitarian aid in central Kyiv in April 2022, amid Russia's invasion of its neighbor. Routh, 58, was charged with two gun-related crimes in a federal court in Florida on Monday, a day after he was spotted with a rifle hiding in shrubbery on the property line of Trump's golf course.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2024
Suspect in second Trump assassination attempt had criminal history
Ryan Routh was charged with two gun-related crimes in a federal court in Florida a day after he was found with a rifle hiding near Donald Trump's golf course.
A display details the history of the gulag in Moscow in 2022. The gulag was the government agency in charge of the Soviet network of forced labor camps, a major instrument of political repression in the Soviet Union, reaching its peak during Josef Stalin's rule from the 1930s to the early 1950s.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2024
'Slave to fear': Ghosts of the gulag haunt modern Russia
When Russians started being arrested for opposing the Ukraine offensive, many felt the same kind of fear that victims of the Soviet gulags lived through.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni meet on Monday and plan to discuss a proposal for Ukraine to use British long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles on Russian territory.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2024
U.K.’s Starmer seeks Italy’s support for missiles to Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's visit to Rome comes days after he met with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington.
A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives past an honor guard during a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Moscow's Red Square in May 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2024
Putin's options for Ukraine missiles response include nuclear test
In his clearest warning yet, Putin said the West's next possible move could be seen as directly fighting Russia, altering the nature of the conflict.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu at an undisclosed location in North Korea on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 15, 2024
North Korean weapons sales to Russia called Ukraine’s biggest worry
Once a cargo carrying the weapons docks at a Russian port, military activity typically intensifies within eight to nine days, Ukrainian officials said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in Saint Petersburg on Friday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2024
Russia sharing nuclear secrets with Iran fuels U.S.-U.K. worries
The nuclear information and technology may be in exchange for Tehran providing Moscow with ballistic missiles for its war in Ukraine.
Speaking remotely to a forum in Kyiv, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said President Joe Biden will meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in late September at the U.N. General Assembly in New York to discuss aid to Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2024
Biden to use rest of term putting Ukraine in 'best position'
The U.S. president will meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in late September at the U.N. General Assembly in New York to discuss aid to Kyiv.
Russia and Japan flag together realtions textile cloth fabric texture
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 14, 2024
Japan and Russia bureau-chief-level officials hold talks
According to the Japanese Embassy in Russia, the Japanese side reiterated Japan's demand that Russia immediately stop its invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy as he arrives at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 14, 2024
Diplomacy over Ukraine war is about weapons more than peace talks
For both Ukraine and Russia, battlefield gains now might provide an upper hand in any negotiations later. That’s reflected in their discussions over arms with allies.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy speak to the media outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Friday following a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 14, 2024
Biden hasn’t let Ukraine strike deep into Russia. Could Britain change that?
A trip to Washington by Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, came after President Vladimir Putin of Russia warned that the allies’ next step could mean war for NATO.
A Ukrainian serviceman carries a part of a downed Russian suicide drone amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, near Kyiv last November.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2024
Russia produces new kamikaze drone with Chinese engine
The intelligence indicated that a subsidiary of a Russian state-owned weapons-maker produced more than 2,500 attack drones from July 2023 to July 2024.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an event in St. Petersburg on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 13, 2024
Giving Kyiv long-range missiles pulls West into war, Putin says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pleading with Kyiv's allies for months to let Ukraine fire Western missiles deep into Russian territory.
Part of the tail section of a North Korean Hwasong-11 short-range ballistic missile in Kyiv earlier this year.
WORLD
Sep 12, 2024
North Korean missiles rain down on Ukraine despite sanctions
The Hwasong missiles found in Ukraine used common commercially available electronic components made by Western nations as recently as last year.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center) and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy meet in Kyiv on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 12, 2024
U.S. and U.K. envoys mull Ukraine’s push for deep strikes into Russia
The visit to Ukraine came as the Biden administration struggles to curtail aid to Russia from Iran, North Korea and China.
Vadim Morus, a Russian professional skater and trainer, practices for his performance in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 19.
WORLD / Society
Sep 11, 2024
A mini-Russia emerges in Serbia as thousands flee war
Russian-owned clubs, kindergartens and medical practices have sprung up in Belgrade, a city of less than two million people.
Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, during a news conference in London on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Russia received missiles from Iran, U.S. says as it piles on sanctions
Russian defense ministry representatives are believed to have signed a contract in December with Iranian officials for ballistic missile systems.
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu
WORLD
Sep 11, 2024
Top Russian official reports swift advance in Ukraine
Russia said its forces had advanced by 1,000 square kilometers in eastern Ukraine, which ruled out any cease-fire talks with Kyiv.
Russian-British political activist, journalist, author, filmmaker and former political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza poses during a photo session in Paris on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2024
Freed Kremlin opponent urges against 'face-saving exit' from Ukraine for Putin
In an interview in Paris, Vladimir Kara-Murza predicted that he would be able to return to his homeland as the Russian president's "regime" would not last.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
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