Politics
Putin accuses West of pushing Russia to its ‘red lines’
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of pushing Russia to its ‘red lines’ and said Moscow had been forced to respond. In addition, Putin
Xi calls on Chinese party to ‘turn the knife inwards’ to root out corruption
China’s Communist Party must ‘turn inwards’ to eliminate discipline problems, including corruption, President Xi Jinping has said. Since coming to power more than a decade
Georgia lawmakers elect Western critic as new president
Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as president, preparing him to replace a pro-Western incumbent. The ruling Georgian Dream party’s
North Korean troops join Russian attacks in significant numbers
Russia has begun using North Korean troops in significant numbers for the first time to carry out attacks against Ukrainian forces fighting to hold an
Russia says it will respond to Ukraine’s latest ATACMS attack
Russia will definitely respond to Ukraine’s latest use of US-made ATACMS missiles to attack Russian territory, the Kremlin said. Russia said on Wednesday Ukraine had
South Korean President Yoon pledges to ‘fight to the end’ as he defies impeachment threat
South Korean President Yun Seok-yol said Thursday he would ‘fight to the end’ as his own political party leaned closer to voting with the opposition
South Korean police try to search Yoon’s office because of martial law
South Korean police on Wednesday tried to search President Yun Seok-yol’s office but were unable to enter the main building, Yonhap news reported, as the
Interim Syrian leader promises to rebuild country but faces money shortage
Syria’s new interim prime minister said his aim was to bring back millions of Syrian refugees, protect all citizens and provide basic services, but admitted
Ukraine to raise NATO invitation at meeting with European allies
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will raise the issues of Ukraine’s invitation to join the NATO military alliance, as well as security guarantees, at a meeting
Israel strikes Syrian army bases, denies deeper invasion
Israel struck Syrian army bases on Tuesday, saying the strikes were aimed at preventing weapons from falling into enemy hands, but denying that its troops