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Missile launch comes hours before S. Korea, US announce outcomes of high-level defense talks People watch a TV report on North Korea’s launch of an intermediate- or long-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea at Seoul Station on April 13, 2023. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the launch in the vicinity of […]

The May 14 elections are critical for President Erdoğan’s goal of another term in office, while the Turkish leader highlighted it was essential to send ‘a message’ to the West and address its ‘plans for Türkiye’ The fight against “hitmen of global imperialists” was among the highlights of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s election manifesto speech […]

People standing in line outside of the Ukrainian Consulate General building witness the shocking scene of someone setting themselves on fire. At 8:00 this morning, April 13 a queue of people outside Consulate General of Ukraine building in Krakow were horrified when an elderly man started haranguing them, calling for his fellow countrymen to return […]

Qamar Ali Haji has been using skin-lightening products for four years. Initially she liked the change in her appearance but now the exposure to the chemicals in the products is taking a toll. She says she regrets it. “I can’t sit too long in the school, I cannot bear the heat, my cheeks turn red, […]

Are the documents authentic? Where did they come from? What was in the documents? What are some of the takeaways regarding Ukraine? How bad are the leaks, and for whom? Ukrainian servicemen (L and R) look on with binoculars next to another (C) sitting on an anti-air gun near Bakhmut, on March 24, 2023. Aris […]

A computer-generated animation released on April 9, 2023 shows conventional missiles and long-range rocket launchers on land, warplanes in the air and warships at sea simultaneously launching attacks from multiple directions. Photo: screenshot of animation from PLA Eastern Theater Command   The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command organized its multiple affiliated military […]

Both France and China see it to be too early for peace talks on Russia’s war against Ukraine as “today, the time is military”, French president Emmanuel Macron said in an April 9 interview with Les Echos. China’s President Xi Jinping (L) and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron review a honor guard during the official welcoming […]

An alleged leak of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites on Friday appeared to detail US and NATO aid to Ukraine. A Ukrainian soldier waves atop a tank as he checks the readiness of equipment for combat deployment, at a military base in Zaporizhzhia region, 5 April 2023   –  Copyright  AP Photo/Kateryna […]

Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushchenko yesterday announced the resumption of Ukrainian electricity exports and a surplus of generating capacity. Workers repair power line on January 26, 2023. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushchenko yesterday announced the resumption of Ukrainian electricity exports and a surplus of generating capacity. “The Ukrainian power system has […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed his country’s enemies would “pay a price” following a barrage of rockets from Lebanon that was blamed on Palestinian groups. An Israeli soldier walks on top of a tank near Shtula, by the Israel Lebanon border, in northern Israel April 6, 2023. (Reuters) “We will strike our […]