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The Kremlin on Saturday slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to repatriate several Ukrainian commanders who should have remained in Turkey until the end of the conflict under a deal.   Commanders of Ukrainian forces who held Mariupol’s resistance in the city’s Azovstal steel plant hug their relatives in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv […]

July 8, 2023 (KHARTOUM) – On Saturday, a series of airstrikes by the Sudanese army on the neighbourhoods of Omdurman resulted in the tragic loss of at least 22 lives, with numerous others sustaining injuries. Sudanese army chopper attacks RSF positions in Khartoum on April 22, 2023 Over the past few days, the Sudanese army […]

Russia denounces the soldiers’ return, accusing Kyiv and Ankara of violating a prisoner exchange deal under which the men were to remain in Turkey until the end of the war. mUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, centre, and other officials pose for a picture with commanders of defenders of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol […]

Long sought by Ukraine, cluster bombs are weapons that open in the air, releasing submunitions, or bomblets, that are dispersed over a large area and are intended to wreak destruction on multiple targets at once. By Euronews  •  Updated: 07/07/2023 – 14:36 US President Joe Biden officially approved the provision of cluster munitions to Ukraine on Friday. The […]

Kenya’s national police force said on Thursday that 20 “militants” had been killed and eight officers injured in a suspected Al-Shabaab attack near the country’s border with Somalia.  Kenyan military personnel. Image: Staff Sgt. Nic Raven/US Air Force A special unit of police officers came under “heavy” fire in an ambush on Wednesday while patrolling […]

Veteran Ukrainian infantry is spearheading close-in assault to capture new ground around Bakhmut. Russian counterattack to regain the key terrain was repelled. Photo:libkos/instagram Ukrainian assault and airborne infantry units were consolidating around newly-captured terrain at locations across the frontline Bakhmut sector and repelled Russian attempts to recapture lost ground at two locations, according to news reports and official Ukrainian […]

ASwedish court Thursday found a Turkish citizen guilty of “attempted terrorist financing” for the PKK terrorist organization, a first in the Scandinavian country seeking Ankara’s approval to join NATO. President of the court, chief councilor Mans Wigen talks to the media at a press conference after the verdict in the case of attempted financing of […]

Russia lost more than 20,000 men over six months to secure its prestige victory of capturing the city of Bakhmut. Now Ukrainian troops are reversing the loss in tough, close-quarter fighting. Photo:libkos/instagram Ukrainian infantry has reclaimed lost ground around Bakhmut, the Donbas’ regional center, after a series of gritty, short-range attacks. Kyiv’s forces have advanced […]

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it had downed five Ukrainian drones near Moscow, calling it a “terrorist act” that disrupted flights at one of the capital’s main airports. Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport.Valery Sharifulin / TASS Four unmanned aircraft were downed by air defense systems near Moscow, with the fifth “suppressed by electronic warfare” in the Moscow […]

China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region on Tuesday launched their first China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) international multimodal freight train services, enhancing connectivity between Central Asia and two major economic hubs in China, China Media Group (CMG) reported.   The first China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) international multimodal freight train departs at Guangzhou International Port Station on July […]