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The government has agreed to sign off the delivery of used Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, Lambrecht told an international meeting of defence ministers at the US Ramstein airbase, according to a draft of her speech seen by AFP. Forty countries are holding emergency talks at the airbase in southwestern Germany on bolstering the defence capabilities of […]

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin met one-on-one Tuesday for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine, with the United Nations later saying that the pair had agreed in principle on the UN and Red Cross being involved in the evacuation of civilians from the besieged steel plant in Mariupol. A […]

Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has warned that Lebanon will be deprived of promised regional and international aid if Hezbollah and its allies control the country by winning a parliamentary majority in the elections set for May 15. Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses supporters from a screen in Beirut, March 8, 2022. (File photo: […]

Israeli air strikes near Damascus on Wednesday killed nine combatants, among them five Syrian soldiers, in the deadliest such raid since the start of 2022, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an ammunition depot and several positions linked to Iran‘s military presence in Syria were among the targets. File photo of Syrian volunteers during […]

Russia’s temporary takeover of the Chernobyl site was “very, very dangerous” and has raised radiation levels but they have now returned to normal, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Tuesday. “The situation was absolutely abnormal and very, very dangerous,” Rafael Grossi told reporters as he arrived at the sarcophagus that covers the […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded top Chechen politician Adam Delimkhanov the country’s highest honorary title in recognition of his role in the invasion of Ukraine.     Adam Delimkhanov, deputy prime minister of the Chechen Republic.Chingis Kondarov / TASS Delimkhanov was made Tuesday a Hero of the Russian Federation for his “courage and heroism”. Delimkhanov led Chechen […]

Three Chinese nationals were killed after what appeared to be a targeted suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan outside the University of Karachi’s Confucius Institute on Tuesday afternoon local time, the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan told the Global Times.  Police inspect a site around damaged vehicles following a suicide bombing near the Confucious Institute affiliated with […]

Tensions are rising after the visit of two top US officials to Kyiv late on Sunday, with Russia unleashing a string of attacks Monday against rail and fuel installations deep inside Ukraine, and far from the front lines Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the talks in Moscow, Russia, […]

North Korea and Russia have developed their ties and sent the strongest ever support to each other on the international stage, as their reinforced relations have contributed to ensuring peace and security in Northeast Asia, the North Korean state newspaper said Monday in a special article. The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers’ […]