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Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is interested in stabilising the situation in Syria and that removing Russian presence in the country is “crucial” for its security. Syria is in a state of transition after rebels toppled the regime of Bashar al Assad earlier this month. Russia – a key supporter of Assad, has seen its presence…
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North Korea says it will support Russia in its war with Ukraine “until the day of victory” – after the US warned thousands of Pyongyang’s troops are set to enter combat in the coming days. North Korea’s foreign minister Choe Son Hui hailed Vladimir Putin’s “wise leadership” ahead of talks in Moscow on Friday, and insisted that…
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Iran’s supreme leader has decorated the Revolutionary Guards aerospace commander for the Islamic Republic’s missile attacks on arch-foe Israel, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s website said on Sunday. “Ayatollah Khamenei presented the Order of Fath (“Conquest” in Farsi) to General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the Guards Aerospace Force,” it said. The decoration was bestowed because of “the…
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The foreign secretary has said the UK and allies will not be “bullied by Putin’s shameless grandstanding” as the prime minister faces pressure to allow Ukraine to fire British long-range missiles into Russia. David Lammy told Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips the Russian president’s threats to use nuclear weapons if the West sends…
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Britain plans to equip its armed forces with a homegrown hypersonic cruise missile by the end of the decade, according to a report. Military chiefs are under pressure to catch up with China, Russia and the US by developing a weapon capable of flying at speeds higher than Mach 5 – five times the speed…
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The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday that he will travel to Russia to hold high-level consultations as part of his ongoing efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security in the region. Rafael Grossi’s remarks came during the agency’s board of governors meeting in Vienna, where he discussed various issues…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to press on with his war in Ukraine during a major speech to Russian lawmakers and military commanders. The annual state of the nation address came just days before the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor and on the ninth anniversary of the start of the…
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Another ballistic missile launch by North Korea has been condemned as “serious provocation that harms peace”. The South Korean military said a pair of short-range ballistic missiles were detected overnight on Saturday, flying towards its eastern waters – the latest in the country’s barrage of weapons tests in recent days. The launch, the North’s sixth…
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A popular Russian state TV anchor has warned that Moscow could wipe Britain off the map with a nuclear tsunami in retaliation for supporting Ukraine. In his Sunday evening primetime show on Channel One, one of the most-watched in Russia, Dmitry Kiselyov claimed on May 1 that a strike by the country’s Poseidon nuclear underwater…
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Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a series of air strikes on Crimea after a month of uncertainty over who was behind them. One of the attacks, which took place in early August, targeted Russia’s Saky military base and killed one person. Ukraine had refused to acknowledge its role and even blamed them on Russian soldiers’…
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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters Friday that the U.S. doesn’t have “firm indications” that Russia is planning a so-called “false flag” operation to justify use of chemical or biological weapons, but that it is something officials think “could happen that we want to watch out for.” “We’re watching this as closely as we can,”…
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A report issued by the Taiwanese defense ministry claims China’s armed forces can “paralyze” Taiwan’s defenses and are able to fully monitor Taiwan army deployments. Beijing has recently increased military activities around the island, which it described as Chinese territory. Further, China has always been clear that it would retake Taiwan with force. In this…
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A Chinese newspaper is criticizing the recent successful intercept of a mock nuclear missile, in this case, a simulated ICBM, by a U.S. Navy destroyer using an SM-3 IIA missile. The Beijing-backed paper alleged that the ship-launched missile defense capability would not prove effective in a “real-war” scenario or have any chance of stopping a maneuvering hypersonic missile. The claim in the paper, which…
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An ominous threat from North Korea about a “Christmas gift” will keep the world on edge through New Year’s Day — and beyond, The Hill reported Thursday. With no delivery of a missile from the increasingly nuclear-armed nation, anxiety has only ramped up for what, where and when North Korea might make good on its warning. No nation…
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The United States and South Korea must produce new solutions for the current standoff on the Korean Peninsula, a senior North Korean military official said on Monday, warning that hostile policies towards Pyongyang would lead to serious consequences. The remarks add to recent comments from Pyongyang expressing discontent at the lack of progress in its…
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In response to Boris Johnson’s statement that the UK would consider taking part in a US-led military coalition against Iran for allegedly attacking Saudi Arabia, Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has denied any part in the attacks. Zarif said Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who claimed responsibility, “have every reason to retaliate” for the Saudi-led coalition’s…
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