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Six days after a Russian missile destroyed their homes, residents of one nine-story apartment building in Kyiv’s northern district Obolon are back to the site of the tragedy. It’s a short visit as the building is falling apart and it’s dangerous to stay for long. Despite the risks, people come to see what was left […]

The “fashion choice” of the three cosmonauts who just arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday has become the latest tool that the US-led West has employed in their “information war against Russia” amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said on social media.   A […]

he Syrian regime’s Bashar Assad’s visit to the United Arab Emirates left the U.S. “profoundly disappointed,” it said Saturday, urging allies to avoid normalizing ties with a regime accused of “horrific atrocities.” Assad’s surprise trip on Friday was his first official visit to an Arab country since civil war erupted in his country in 2011, killing close […]

Dozens of soldiers were killed after Russian troops struck a Ukrainian military barracks in the southern city of Mykolaiv, witnesses told AFP on Saturday while a rescue operation was underway. “No fewer than 200 soldiers were sleeping in the barracks” when Russian troops struck early Friday, a Ukrainian serviceman on the ground, 22-year-old Maxim, told […]

MiG-31K fighter of the Russian air force carrying a Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022 –   Copyright  Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP The Russian army said on Saturday that it fired hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, the first known use of the new weapon system in a combat environment. Defence Ministry spokesperson Igor […]

It’s now more than three weeks since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. The fighting has forced in excess of three million Ukrainians to flee their homes, with thousands of people killed or wounded and widespread damage in the wake of shelling and aerial bombardments. Follow our latest updates from Saturday below or tune into […]

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad was welcomed by Dubai officials, March 18, 2022. (Supplied) Syrian President Bashar Assad was in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, his office said, marking his first visit to an Arab country since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011. In a statement posted on its social media pages, the office says that Assad […]

Russia lost 14 planes, 8 helicopters, 102 tanks, 536 BBM, 15 heavy machine guns, and 1 BUK missile since Feb. 24, according to Ukraine’s military.  The Kremlin also lost over 3,500 soldiers, Ukraine’s Armed Forces said on Feb. 26. Nearly 200 service members have been kept hostage. Russia has begun redeploying reserve units in the areas bordering […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told United States President Joe Biden during a secure video call that the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is in “no one’s interest”, Chinese state TV has reported.   The call, which began shortly after 9:00am ET (1300 GMT) on Friday, was months in the making and follows the first virtual meeting between Biden and […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has clear demands from Ukraine for a peace deal, and these demands can be categorized into two groups, Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalın said Thursday after the Russian leader’s phone call with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Accordingly, the first four demands are not too difficult for Ukraine to meet. On the other […]