Category: 1. Russia

Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 43 as truce talks deadlocked

By AFP team in Gaza with Phil Hazlewood in Jerusalem

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) July 14, 2025

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air…

Cambodia to implement military conscription in 2026

by AFP Staff Writers

Phnom Penh (AFP) July 14, 2025

Cambodia’s military will begin conscripting civilians next year, Prime Minister Hun Manet said Monday, citing rising tensions…

Kyiv, Moscow, and much of the rest of the world are awaiting a planned “major statement” on the Russia-Ukraine conflict by US President Donald Trump amid a flurry of diplomatic activity from Washington to Kyiv.

Trump’s statement, expected…

Air defence crisis. Washington is increasingly concerned about the depletion of the Pentagon’s arsenals. This is particularly evident in relation to the shortage of air defence missiles. Lockheed Martin has boldly…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that the European Union is ready to impose countermeasures against the United States in early August this year if no solution is found to trade…

The administration of US President Donald Trump has stated that Iran is open to a diplomatic agreement on its nuclear programme even after strikes by the US and Israel, writes the Washington Post (WP).

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Officials in Kiev are convinced that they can “outlast” the difficult period of Donald Trump’s presidency in the United States.

This opinion was expressed by Vladimir Skachko, a political scientist and columnist…

Over the past year, the European Union has spent more money on the purchase of Russian gas than on assistance to Ukraine.

The corresponding statement was made by the European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen….

Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that ideology was important in the emergence of contradictions between the West and Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but they were based on geopolitical interests.

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