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Five people were killed and 46 injured in a Ukrainian attack on the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod late on Friday, the local governor said. Vyacheslav Gladkov said that 37 of the injured, including seven children, were taken to…
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Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the Ukraine government’s move to ban a Russia-linked branch of the country’s Orthodox Church. “Do not touch churches,” the pope said in his weekly prayers, one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
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Azerbaijan formally applied Tuesday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country to shore up regional ties and secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade…
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Russia launched its fifth missile attack on Kyiv this month, Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday, with preliminary data showing air defense systems were again successful in repelling the strikes. The missile attack followed a drone attack…
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A Polish deputy prime minister on Friday denied his country’s involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September 2022. “Poland did not take part in anything. It has to be said clearly that this is…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged on Saturday to “strengthen our Ukrainian spiritual independence,” suggesting that the country’s leadership was moving toward effectively banning the branch of the Orthodox Church that has links…
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Dozens of Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, two European intelligence sources told Reuters, adding that they expected the imminent delivery of hundreds of the…
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The United States on Friday announced $125 million in new military aid for Kyiv, as Ukrainian forces push ahead with a surprise offensive inside Russian territory. The aid package underscores “our unwavering commitment to (Ukraine) as…
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Ukraine has received a $3.9 billion grant from the United States via the World Bank, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Monday. “This is the first tranche of direct budget support from the United States in 2024. In total,…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un over devastating floods that caused untold casualties and damaged thousands of homes, the Kremlin said on Saturday. North Korea said this…
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