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US President Joe Biden warned on Thursday that there was a “distinct possibility” of a Russian invasion of Ukraine next month as the Kremlin said the US rejection of its main demands to resolve the crisis left “little ground for optimism”. In this handout photo provided on Jan. 26, 2022, Russian military vehicles move during […]

Sweden may lift most of its Covid restrictions starting February 9th, if the ongoing outbreak of the Omicron variant peaks by then and vaccinations continue apace, Health Minister Lena Hallengren told a press conference on Wednesday. Swedish Health Minister Lena Hallengren. Photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT She was joined by Karin Tegmark Wisell, director-general of the Public […]

A Ukrainian National Guard soldier opened fire on security guards at a military factory in central Ukraine for reasons unknown, killing five people and wounding five others before fleeing. Five other guards were also wounded in the attack [File: Efrem Lukatsky/AP] The incident took place in the early hours of Thursday in Dnipro at the […]

WASHINGTON – Experts say North Korea has not abandoned its Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility, with satellite images suggesting Pyongyang has been maintaining the site that was partially sealed by detonations in 2018 before international witnesses. “All evidence points to the fact that North Korea has not abandoned the site and that the site is in […]

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) – Kurdish-led forces hunted down jihadists Thursday after retaking a Syria prison hit by an Islamic State group attack a week ago, as human rights groups appealed for urgent help for wounded inmates. Kurdish-led fighters deploy around Ghwayran prison after its recapture from Islamic State group jihadists in six days of deadly […]

Mesfin Tegenu, chairman of the American Ethiopian Public Affairs Committee, on Tuesday described the tone of Saturday’s five-hour meeting with the prime minister as “a very earnest desire to stop this thing. … Of course, the other side must be willing.” The prime minister “said that there will be negotiations, reasonable negotiations, that will keep […]

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has dispatched aircraft and vessels to deliver disaster relief supplies to Tonga after the Pacific Island nation was hit by a tsunami triggered by an undersea volcanic eruption, the Chinese defense and foreign ministries announced on Wednesday. A Y-20 large transport aircraft attached to an aviation division under the […]

Boris Johnson put on a defiant Commons display with his political future hanging in the balance. The prime minister faced a grilling during Prime Minister’s Questions on what could prove to be a decisive day of his premiership and with the country potentially on the cusp of entering a new political crisis. Boris Johnson put on […]

The Russian Army has deployed a new electronic warfare battalion in the Belgorod Region, close to the border with Ukraine, which will “reduce the time needed to obtain necessary information [about military movements],” it was revealed on Tuesday. Automated jamming station from the Borisoglebsk-2 electronic warfare complex during the Electronic Frontier field training competition in the Rostov Region. […]

 The French President was speaking at a joint news conference in Germany with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on his first visit to the country since last year’s election. “We are preparing simultaneously the common reaction and response in the event of an attack,” he stressed, claiming that the West was “totally united”, and repeating its joint […]