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North Korea will back Russia until victory in Ukraine, foreign minister says
MOSCOW - North Korea will back Russia until it achieves victory in the Ukraine war, Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said on Friday at talks...
Nov 3, 20242 min read


Blinken expects North Korea troops to enter fight against Ukraine in coming days
WASHINGTON - The United States expects North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk region to enter the fight against Ukraine in the coming...
Nov 2, 20243 min read


Ukraine's Zelenskiy outlines 'victory plan' to allies, discusses long-range weapons
LONDON/PARIS/ROME - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday discussed his proposed "victory plan" with the leaders of Britain, France...
Oct 11, 20243 min read


Exclusive-World Bank board approves new Ukraine fund, with money from US, Japan, Canada, sources say
WASHINGTON - The World Bank's executive board on Thursday approved the creation of a financial intermediary fund (FIF) to support...
Oct 11, 20242 min read


Russia hits civilian, critical infrastructure, injures 10 in Ukraine
KYIV - Attacks by Russian forces on Ukraine overnight and on Thursday across the country hit civilian and critical infrastructure...
Oct 11, 20242 min read


Ukraine's vast forests devastated in hellscape of war
SVIATI HORY NATIONAL PARK, Ukraine - Serhiy Tsapok surveyed the smouldering ruins of pine trees, blackened stumps as far as the eye can...
Oct 11, 20245 min read


Russian guided bomb hits apartment building in Ukraine's Kharkiv, injures 10
A Russian guided bomb struck a five-storey apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, late on Wednesday, starting fires...
Oct 4, 20242 min read


Russian troops reach centre of Ukrainian bastion Vuhledar
KYIV - Russian troops have reached the centre of Vuhledar, a bastion on strategic high ground in eastern Ukraine's industrial Donbas...
Oct 2, 20243 min read


Explainer-How significant would Russia's capture of Ukrainian town of Vuhledar be?
Russian troops have reached the centre of Vuhledar, a bastion on strategic high ground in eastern Ukraine that has resisted Russian...
Oct 2, 20243 min read


Putin orders conscription of 133,000 servicemen in Russia's autumn draft
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the conscription of 133,000 new servicemen in Russia's autumn draft that starts Oct. 1 and goes...
Oct 1, 20241 min read


Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS - NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear...
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Who is Putin ally Alexei Dyumin, new member of Russia's Security Council?
MOSCOW - Alexei Dyumin, who was appointed to Russia's Security Council on Monday, is one of President Vladimir Putin closest allies. *...
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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