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MA woman struggles with an umbrella in Malmö on Saturday afternoon as Storm Malik arrives. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT Rescue authorities on the West coast of Sweden were on Saturday braced for the arrival of Storm Malik, which has already pummelled the UK with winds of up to 100kph, with one woman killed by a falling […]

US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on Thursday called on Beijing “to use its influence with Moscow” to urge a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis. A Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman peers through a spyglass in a dugout on the frontline near Gorlivka, Donetsk region on January 23, 2022. Photo: VCG Nuland […]

South Korea’s military said the North Korean missile was launched at a steep angle from the northern province of Jagang – flying 800 kilometers but reaching a maximum altitude of about 2,000 kilometers SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – North Korea launched an intermediate range ballistic missile early Sunday, according to South Korea’s military, Pyongyang’s longest-range missile […]

Boris Johnson will hold a call with Vladimir Putin this week and plans to visit Eastern Europe to ‘accelerate diplomatic efforts’ as tensions intensify over the Ukraine-Russia crisis. Boris Johnson is due to speak to Vladimir Putin this week over the Ukraine crisis (Picture: AP/Getty Images) The Prime Minister wants to ‘ramp up deterrence to […]

Russia is not only pouring soldiers into the military buildup near Ukraine but other supplies including blood and other medical materials that would allow it to treat casualties as well, in yet another key indicator of Moscow’s military readiness, three U.S. officials told Reuters. Current and former U.S. officials say concrete indicators – like blood supplies […]

The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, set to double natural gas supplies from Russia to Germany, has become a key bargaining chip for the West in its bid to stop Moscow from invading Ukraine.   A sign reading “Nord Stream 2 Committed Reliable Safe” hangs above a painted map at the natural gas receiving station in […]

North Korea on Friday confirmed it had test-fired an upgraded long-range cruise missile and a tactical guided missile this week, as its leader Kim Jong-un inspected a munitions factory for the first time in years. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (center) inspects a munitions factory, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central […]

“The delegations of the State of Qatar, the Republic of Turkey and the Afghan caretaker government concluded Thursday in Doha a tripartite meeting on the management and operation of Kabul International Airport,” a Qatari Foreign Ministry statement said. Fighters of the Taliban Badri 313 military unit stand guard as passengers on board a Qatar Airways […]

A file photo of Prime Minister Imran Khan while addressing the Parliament. PHOTO: APP/FILE Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed grief and sorrow over the martyrdom of Pakistan Army soldiers in the Kech district of Balochistan. Ten soldiers embraced martyrdom after terrorists attacked a security forces’ check post in Kech in the night between […]

Russia is not seeking war with the United States and NATO, the country’s top diplomat said Friday as he signaled openness for further dialogue despite the West’s rejection of its sweeping security demands. MFA Russia / flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) “If it depends on Russia, there will be no war. We don’t want a war,” Foreign Minister […]