Category: 1. Russia

What we know about Thai-Cambodia truce deal touted by Trump

by AFP Staff Writers

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Oct 26, 2025

US President Donald Trump jetted into Malaysia on Sunday to oversee the signing of a Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire pact,…

US VP Vance says Gaza ceasefire holding despite ‘skirmishes’

by AFP Staff Writers

Washington (AFP) Oct 28, 2025

US Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday the ceasefire in Gaza is still holding despite “skirmishes,” after Israel…

Pentagon chief Hegseth set for multi-country Asia tour

by AFP Staff Writers

Washington (AFP) Oct 26, 2025

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will visit four Asian countries in the coming days, the Pentagon announced Sunday, his…

Gaza’s civil defence says at least 50 killed in Israeli strikes

By AFP team in Gaza with Jay Deshmukh in Jerusalem

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Oct 29, 2025

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Wednesday that overnight air…

Romania says US will cut some troops in Europe

by AFP Staff Writers

Bucharest (AFP) Oct 29, 2025

Washington has told Romania and allies it will reduce some US troops deployed on NATO’s eastern flank, the Romanian defence ministry…

Israel defence minister warns Hamas leadership will have no immunity

by AFP Staff Writers

Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 29, 2025

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas leaders on Wednesday that they would have no immunity after a…

Sergey Lukonin, head of the Chinese Economics and Politics sector at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, said in the Opinion program on News Front that the United States and China did not…

Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has, during the war in Ukraine, quietly amassed millions of rubles in property and income that far exceed her official earnings, the investigative news outlet Explainer reported…

Since midsummer, Ukrainian forces have played a game of whack-a-mole in Pokrovsk, watching individual Russian soldiers and small units pop up in building ruins or basements in the frontline Donetsk region city, and then hammering them one by…