Exclusive-China spent $15.3 billion on Pacific exercises in 2023, internal Taiwan estimates show
TAIPEI - China spent about $15 billion, or 7% of its defence budget, on exercises in the Western Pacific in 2023, according to a...
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In Kyiv, Indian PM urges Zelenskiy to sit down for talks with Russia
KYIV - India's Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday to sit down for talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine...
Aug 231 min read
Ukraine says it used U.S.-made bomb to hit target in Russia's Kursk region
KYIV - Ukraine's air force said on Thursday it used a U.S.-made GBU-39 bomb to strike a Russian platoon command post in the Kursk region...
Aug 231 min read
Ukraine says it hosts first follow-up to Swiss peace summit
KYIV - Ukraine said representatives of more than 40 countries and international organisations took part in a meeting on Thursday to...
Aug 231 min read
Ferry loaded with fuel sinks at Russian port after Ukrainian attack
MOSCOW - A ferry loaded with fuel tanks sank in the Russian port of Kavkaz in southern Krasnodar region on Thursday after a Ukrainian...
Aug 231 min read
IAEA's Grossi to visit Kursk nuclear plant after drone attack
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Thursday its Director General Rafael Grossi will assess the situation at Kursk...
Aug 233 min read
Indian PM Modi set to visit Kyiv for talks with Ukraine's Zelenskiy
KYIV - India's Narendra Modi is set to visit wartime Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, the first trip by an...
Aug 231 min read
China, Belarus agree to strengthen cooperation in trade, security
BEIJING - China and Belarus have agreed to strengthen cooperation in a range of sectors including trade, security, energy and finance,...
Aug 224 min read
Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Russia with US-made weapons
KYIV - Ukraine said on Wednesday it had destroyed Russian pontoon bridges with U.S.-made weapons to defend its incursion into Russia's...
Aug 223 min read
Ukraine attacks Moscow in one of largest ever drone strikes on Russian capital
MOSCOW - Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones that were shot down by air defences in what Russian officials...
Aug 221 min read
Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due to weather, Fars says
DUBAI - The helicopter crash in which Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused by weather conditions and the...
Aug 211 min read
Kyiv says its forces under heavy Russian attack in east Ukraine
KYIV - Ukraine's military said its forces had come under multiple Russian attacks over the course of Tuesday on the Toretsk and Pokrovsk...
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