Category: 1. Russia

U.K. to recognize a Palestinian state if Israel does not halt war

by Mike Heuer

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 29, 2025

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday said the United Kingdom will recognize a Palestinian state if Israel does…

Ukraine says Russian attacks targeted western city, home to airfield

by AFP Staff Writers

Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 28, 2025

Russia fired hundreds of drones and seven missiles at Ukraine overnight, the main target of which was a…

Ukraine to let over 60s into armed forces amid shortages

by AFP Staff Writers

Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 29, 2025

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday signed a law allowing Ukrainian people over 60 to join the armed forces, which…

Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 30

by AFP Staff Writers

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

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Tuesday that Israeli air strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians,…

President says Lebanon determined to disarm Hezbollah

by AFP Staff Writers

Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) July 31, 2025

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Thursday that his country was determined to disarm Hezbollah, a day after the…

Thailand accuses Cambodia of violating hours-old cease-fire

by Darryl Coote

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 29, 2025

Thailand said Tuesday that Cambodia violated their hours-old cease-fire that ended days of fighting between the neighbors…

‘This is no vacation’: young Poles do summer army bootcamp

By Stanislaw NAKLICKI

Warsaw (AFP) July 29, 2025

Sweating and out of breath, young Poles throw grenades and practise evacuating the wounded at a training ground outside…

Thailand accuses Cambodia of ‘flagrant violation’ of truce

By Montira RUNGJIRAJITTRANON

Bangkok (AFP) July 30, 2025

Thailand accused Cambodia on Wednesday of a “flagrant violation” of a truce deal to end cross-border fighting,…

As an 8.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Pacific coast on Wednesday morning, doctors in Kamchatka were performing open abdominal surgery on a cancer patient. A video from the operating room shows the medical team holding the…

Russia’s Justice Ministry has added Patriot, the posthumous memoir of the late opposition politician Alexey Navalny, to its list of banned “extremist” materials. 

According to the Justice Ministry’s website, the Russian-language…