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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hit yet another diplomatic setback at the hands of a supposed friend Friday, Sep. 16, when India’s leader openly criticized his war on Ukraine as harking from another
Sep. 17, 2022
War in Ukraine
The UN General Assembly is back in person after the pandemic disruption but in a world as full of crises as ever, with the war in Ukraine set to pit the West against Russia. Some 150 world leaders wil
Sep. 17, 2022
War in Ukraine
The leaders of South Africa and the United States called Friday, Sep. 16, for close cooperation on health, security and climate, as President Joe Biden puts a new focus on African powers after their r
Sep. 17, 2022
Politicians’ interest in sports, particularly football, is not uncommon. One of the most striking examples is the incumbent President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who played for several Istanbul s
Sep. 17, 2022
War in Ukraine
How they currently line up. A revealing vote on Sep.16 on whether President Volodymyr Zelensky, as an exception to the rules because of Russia’s war against Ukraine, should be allowed to address the
Sep. 17, 2022
War in Ukraine
Wars are planned in offices but fought on the ground, and the Russian army’s strategic errors in the Ukraine war point in particular to insufficient oversight of its rank-and-file fighters. After the
Sep. 17, 2022
War in Ukraine
Berlin is deliberately dragging on with the provision of real military assistance to Kyiv, as it still hopes to restore normal cooperation with Russia. This opinion was expressed by Poland’s Minister
Sep. 17, 2022
War in Ukraine
The European Union is “deeply shocked” at the discovery by Ukrainian officials of mass graves in the recaptured city of Izyum, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Friday. His statement
Sep. 17, 2022
A powerful fire destroyed the office tower of China’s largest mobile operator on Sept. 16 in the city of Changsha, the capital of the southern Chinese province of Hunan, Reuters reported. The fire co
Sep. 17, 2022
War in Ukraine
Ukraine’s foreign minister has renewed criticism of Germany for failing to send tanks to help fight Russian forces, saying new weapons pledged by Berlin were “not what we need most”. Berlin announced
Sep. 17, 2022
Vladimir Putin has suffered a serious military setback in his war in Ukraine in recent days, but China’s Xi Jinping dealt him a second, diplomatic blow on September 13. He “warned” any country against
Sep. 17, 2022
War in Ukraine
UN member states voted Friday, Sep. 16, to make an exception to allow Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to address next week’s General Assembly by video, despite Russian opposition. Of the 193 memb
Sep. 17, 2022
War in Ukraine
Key Takeaways The discovery of mass graves and torture chambers in liberated Izyum confirm previous ISW assessments that the Bucha atrocities were emblematic of Russian activities in occupied areas ra
Sep. 17, 2022
Russia
Russia has secretly spent at least £260 million ($US 300 million) since 2014 to try and influence politicians and other executives in more than two dozen countries, according to a diplomatic cable mad
Sep. 16, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russian servicemen, who were conscripted in the spring to the 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Taman Division, are being transferred from the Moscow Region to the Belgorod region “to protect
Sep. 16, 2022
Fighting on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has resulted in injuries to 42 people, the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan announced on Sep. 16. Medical facilities in the border region of Batken had been put on
Sep. 16, 2022
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The June 19 defense pact signed between Russia and North Korea included a promise to provide military assistance to one another – within days Pyongyang said it was sending troops to Ukraine.
Jun. 26