Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to soon visit Russia’s Vladimir Putin and, according to media, hold a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy weeks after China proposed a 12-point plan for peace in Ukraine. China’s foreign ministry has said it is in communication
Geneva: Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killing in occupied regions, amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity, according to a report from a UN-backed inquiry released Thursday. The sweeping human rights report, released a year to the day after
New Delhi: A latest report has revealed that of 63 exporters, the United States continues to be the largest international exporter of major arms, accounting for 40 per cent of the global share, rising by 14 per cent from 2013-2017. On the other hand, of
Kyiv: One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's goals, that of preventing further expansion of the NATO military alliance, seems to be under threat. Hungary is sending a delegation to Sweden and Finland to discuss their entry into the NATO military alliance. Both countries want to join
Madrid: Spanish police said that they arrested a criminal gang that targeted the homes of refugees who had fled the war in Ukraine and stole items worth more than 1 million euros. The 10 suspects “had specialized in this type of victim since they usually bring
Warsaw: United States President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been sparring verbally, presenting starkly different views of the world and the Ukraine war, Biden promising to defend democracies and Putin asserting the West was a threat to Russia. In speeches just hours apart,
Kyiv: As missiles streaked across Kyiv's skies one mid-February morning, a group of high school pupils sat against a metro station's walls, scribbling away in notebooks and focused on their teacher Olena's instructions. To avoid the lesson being disrupted by yet another Russian attack, she had
Moscow: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 not only brought war to Europe once again but saw Sweden and Finland formally apply for NATO membership, a decided shift away from the long-standing policies of neutrality cherished by several European countries. When Sweden and Finland
Warsaw: Months after Russian forces occupied southern Ukraine’s Kherson province last year, they started paying visits to the home of a Ukrainian woman and her Russian husband. They smashed their refrigerator and demanded possession of their car. One day, they seized the wife and her teenage
United Nations: Marking one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, the UN General Assembly will vote next week on a draft resolution stressing "the need to reach, as soon as possible, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace" in line with the founding United Nations Charter. It again