North Korean state media on Thursday criticized the United States for a nuclear submarine deal with Australia under the AUKUS partnership signed in 2021, calling it a “threat to regional peace.” A commentary carried by KCNA said Washington should be wary of consequences for what it said were nuclear alliances, naming AUKUS and the trilateral cooperation with South Korea…
A Russian guided bomb killed at least one person on Wednesday in and around Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kupiansk, a key logistics centre subjected to increasing attacks in recent months. Kupiansk, east of Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv, was seized by Russian troops in the early weeks of their February 2022 invasion of Ukraine….
Russian forces have taken back more than 800 square km (309 square miles) of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, or about 64 percent of the total taken by Ukraine since an incursion began last year, a top Russian general said. “Over 800 square kilometers have been liberated, which is about…
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared at a Seoul court on Thursday for the first hearing of his criminal trial over insurrection charges, during which his lawyers demanded his release from jail. TV footage aired by local broadcasters showed justice ministry vehicles leaving the Seoul Detention Centre where Yoon is being held before arriving at…
A US appeals court on Wednesday let stand an order blocking President Donald Trump from curtailing automatic birthright citizenship nationwide as part of the Republican’s hardline crackdown on immigration and illegal border crossings. The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s request for an emergency order putting on hold a nationwide injunction…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday held a new meeting on Ukraine in a bid to coordinate a European response to what he called an “existential threat” from Russia after a shock policy shift in Washington. Macron was speaking to leaders of 19 countries including Canada, with most taking part by video link, according to the…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah is preparing for a massive turnout for the funeral on Sunday of its slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, an opportunity for a show of strength by the Iran-backed group after a bruising war with Israel. Nasrallah’s death nearly five months ago in a huge Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs left Hezbollah supporters in disbelief…
US airline Delta will offer $30,000 to each passenger on a plane that crashed as it landed at Toronto airport this week, the carrier told AFP on Wednesday. “This gesture has no strings attached and does not affect rights” of passengers, a company spokesman said. On Monday, a Delta Air Lines plane that departed from…
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Russians “have the cards” in any negotiation to end the war in Ukraine, after branding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” who refuses to hold elections. The Ukrainian leader, who has exchanged barbs with Trump since he initiated a dramatic shift in Washington’s stance on the war, was due…
The US president singled out Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for hosting talks between Washington and Moscow US President Donald Trump thanked Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for hosting talks between Washington and Moscow last week, calling the Kingdom a “special place with special leaders.” Speaking at the opening of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute,…
Donald Trump has called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” in a scathing post on Truth Social. The US president said his Ukrainian counterpart had done a “terrible job” and that he “better move fast or he is not going to have a country left”. “I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country…
Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy, arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and “listen,” as the war against Russia approaches its three-year mark. Kellogg’s visit comes a day after the United States and Russia met in Riyadh for talks on ending the war, without Ukraine. “It will give…
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun on Wednesday told US national security adviser Mike Waltz that it is necessary to end the Israeli occupation in the remaining points and complete the implementation of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement with Israel. Israeli troops withdrew on Tuesday from most of south Lebanon but Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel would…
A senior Hamas official told AFP on Wednesday that the Palestinian fighers group was prepared to release all remaining hostages in a single swap during the second phase of the Gaza truce. “We have informed the mediators that Hamas is ready to release all hostages in one batch during the second phase of the agreement,…
