The fighting in southern Lebanon marks the collapse of a fragile truce – and could redraw the region’s balance of power On Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a series of coordinated strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon. According to Israeli sources, the strikes targeted weapons depots, command…
Dialogue on bilateral issues is underway but isn’t progressing quickly enough, the foreign minister has said Russia sees readiness from the administration of US President Donald Trump to continue dialogue but undoing the damage done to bilateral ties under Joe Biden will take significant time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov…
The EU has been seeking ways to use sovereign Russian funds as collateral to fund Ukraine There is “no legal way” for the EU to seize Russia’s frozen assets and use them to finance Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Western nations have frozen around $300 billion in…
Lukoil-owned facilities in Bulgaria and Romania risk ceasing operations following Washington’s blacklisting of the oil major EU members Bulgaria and Romania have been working to save refineries owned by Russian oil giant Lukoil following US sanctions on the company, Politico has reported. Lukoil controls Bulgaria’s largest refinery, Neftochim Burgas, as…
The overthrow of PM Sheikh Hasina in 2024 was funded by USAID and Clinton family money, Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury told RT The unwillingness of Bangladesh to condemn Russia over the Ukraine conflict was one of the reasons the US wanted to oust Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former cabinet minister and…
The team has secured its second consecutive championship, and a record fourth overall The North Korean football team has won the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup, claiming a fourth title on Saturday to become the most successful team in the competition’s history. The final took place at the Olympic Stadium…
President Karol Nawrocki sought to ban the promotion of groups that massacred Polish civilians during World War II The Polish parliament has rejected a bill proposed by President Karol Nawrocki that sought to criminalize the public glorification of Ukrainian nationalist movements that collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II….
The European Commission has given members a choice between the economic and legal consequences of funding Kiev, the newspaper has reported EU member states will face ballooning deficits and debt unless they agree to use frozen Russian assets as collateral to fund Ukraine, the European Commission has warned in a…
US intelligence reportedly found that the IDF feared there was proof it was intentionally targeting civilians Israeli military lawyers were reportedly concerned about the growing body of evidence suggesting that the country’s actions in Gaza could amount to war crimes, according to US intelligence gathered during the first year of…
The Defense Ministry has sent out letters to all of the country’s 17-year-olds The Belgian military has sent 149,000 letters to all 17-year-olds in the country, outlining the benefits and encouraging them to consider a year of voluntary service once they turn 18, Defense Minister Theo Francken has announced. Francken…