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On Sunday, several countries worldwide continued to condemn Sweden allowing a politician to burn a copy of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, under police protection in Stockholm People protest Sweden in front of the Taksim Mosque in Istanbul, Türkiye, Jan.22, 2023 (AA Photo) With permission from the government, Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the Hard Line […]

The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that it held a training exercise on repelling air attacks in the Moscow region. “In the Moscow region, a training session was held with the personnel of the anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Western Military District on repelling air attacks on important military industrial and administrative facilities,” the ministry […]

Ukrainian air forces have launched 14 strikes on Russian personnel clusters and three strikes on enemy air defense missile system positions in the past 24 hours. The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Ukrainian air forces have launched 14 strikes on Russian […]

Kenyan security forces have killed 10 fighters from the Somalia-based al-Shabab group in eastern Kenya, a government official says. They also recovered rocket-propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices after fighting the group on Wednesday in the village of Galmagalla in Garissa county, Thomas Bett, deputy county commissioner of the Bura East sub-county, said on Thursday. […]

Kyiv believes in Ankara as a ‘loyal mediator’ with Russia, the Ukrainian envoy said amid the sides’ efforts to establish a humanitarian corridor A woman embraces a Ukrainian prisoner of war after a swap, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in an unknown location, Ukraine, Dec. 31, 2022. (Reuters Photo) The Ukrainian envoy to Ankara on […]

Russian tank captain Aleksei Ukhachev, speaking in a Moskovsky Komsomolets magazine article, tore into Kremlin leadership for sending him and his crews to war aboard vehicles grossly vulnerable to high tech missiles like U.S.-made Javelin and the Swedish/British NLAW. A Russian serviceman patrols a destroyed residential area in the city of Severodonetsk on July 12, 2022, amid […]

Britain is considering supplying Ukraine with tanks for the first time to help the country fight Russian forces, Sky News reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources. Czech soldiers salute from a Leopard 2A4 tank during a ceremony for the hand over of the symbolic key of the tank to the Czech army, in Praslavice, Czech […]

Routed Ukrainian soldiers and panicked civilians were nearly impossible to find just west of the battleground town of Soledar on Sunday. Nevertheless, Russian state media claimed that the town’s capture had delivered the Kremlin a decisive victory and ripped a gaping hole in Ukrainian defenses. Kyiv Post reporters travelled through a chain of villages near Soledar, […]

The European Parliament called for imposing sanctions against Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik over his destabilizing role in the country. President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik attends on parade in East Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Jan. 9, 2023. (EPA Photo) “The EP reiterates its call for the adoption of targeted sanctions against destabilizing actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina […]

Saudi Arabia handed over command of an international naval task force to the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy on Wednesday. The Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150) has been under the command of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces since July. Royal Saudi Naval Force mine-countermeasures vessel Al-Shaqra (MCMV 422) participates in a photo op during a 60-nation […]