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The Pentagon wants President Biden sign off on sending several hundred special operations troops into Somalia to help stop the spread of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab terrorist group, The Wall Street Journal reported. © Getty Images The Pentagon wants President Biden sign off on sending several hundred special operations troops into Somalia to help stop the spread of the al Qaeda-linked […]

A boy holds his luggage, as he arrives by ferry after fleeing from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at the Isaccea-Orlivka border crossing, Romania, March 12, 2022. (Reuters Photo) Since Russia invaded Ukraine two weeks ago, the number of refugees fleeing has almost reached 2.6 million, the United Nations said Saturday. The U.N. High Commissioner for […]

© Mikhail Klimentyev/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS MINSK, March 11. /TASS/. Belarusian and Russian Presidents, Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, have conceptually agreed on mutual support amid the sanctions, Belarusian presidential press secretary Natalia Eismont told BelTA agency after their Friday’s talks in Moscow. “As for the most important matted, the heads of state […]

After twelve days of siege, the strategic southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol is without water, gas, electricity or communications, and people were seen fighting for food in recent days. The situation is “almost desperate”, warned Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The number of civilians killed during the siege of Mariupol reached 1,582, and some of […]

On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin ordered his cabinet to “act decisively” against the swathes of foreign companies leaving the Russian market following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and imposition of sweeping sanctions. “In no case should we allow damage to local suppliers. It is necessary to introduce external management, and transfer the enterprises to those who want to […]

A drone attack hit an oil refinery in Riyadh causing a small fire at 4:40 a.m. on Thursday, an official spokesperson at Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy was reported as saying by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Friday. The “small fire had been brought under control” SPA reported, adding that the attack did […]

The Pakistan Air Force on Friday held an induction ceremony for the first batch of six J-10CE fighter jets in Kamra, with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan attending the event. The official commissioning of China’s new generation, main battle aircraft into the Pakistan Air Force marks the systematized, organic export of such aviation equipment by […]

he Russian invasion has so far destroyed $100 billion worth of roads, bridges, businesses and other Ukrainian assets, Kyiv’s head economic advisor announced Thursday, representing a huge blow to country’s economy. “Currently around 50% of our businesses are not operating, and those which are still operating are not operating at 100%,” said Oleg Ustenko, chief […]

Editor’s note: The Kyiv Independent isn’t sharing the names of the restaurants in this story for security reasons. Before the war, one restaurant in central Kyiv was always packed, no matter the time of the day. It was a popular spot among creative youth and foreigners. In usual times, it served Beef Bourguignon and Kyiv […]

Nearly two million people have fled the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv’s mayor has said, as Russian forces advance on the city. “From our information, one in two Kyiv residents has left the city,” Vitali Klitschko told Ukraine television on Thursday. Ukrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee by crossing the Irpin River on […]