France summons Italian ambassador over challenge to Macron on Ukraine
- 23-Aug-2025
PARIS: France summoned the Italian ambassador after Italy’s deputy prime minister challenged the French president for suggesting that European soldiers be deployed in Ukraine in a post-war settlement, a French diplomatic source said on Saturday. Asked earlier this week to comment on French President Emmanuel Macron’s appeals to deploy European soldiers in Ukraine after any […]
Putin says bridge attack shows Ukraine’s leaders do not want peace
- 04-Jun-2025
MOSCOW, June 4: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he did not think Ukraine’s leaders wanted peace after accusing them of ordering a deadly bomb attack in Russia that killed seven and injured 115 more just a day before talks in Turkey. A highway bridge over a railway line in the Bryansk region […]
Zelenskiy demands ‘more truth’ after Trump accuses Ukraine of starting war
- 19-Feb-2025
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hit back on Wednesday at Donald Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion, saying the US president was trapped in a Russian disinformation bubble. Speaking ahead of talks with Trump’s Ukraine envoy, a day after Trump said Ukraine “should never have started” the conflict, Zelenskiy said […]
Ukraine receives bodies of 757 troops killed in war with Russia
- 24-Jan-2025
Kyiv said Friday it had received the bodies of hundreds of Ukrainian troops killed in battle with Russian forces, in one of the largest repatriations since Russia invaded. The exchange of prisoners and return of their remains is one of the few areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv since the Kremlin mobilised its army […]
Putin issues warning to United States with new nuclear doctrine
- 19-Nov-2024
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks, and Moscow said Ukraine had struck deep inside Russia with U.S.-made ATACMS missiles. Putin approved the change days after two U.S. officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Sunday […]
India says oil prices would have rocketed without its Russian imports
- 09-Nov-2024
NEW DELHI: Global oil prices “would have hit the roof” if big importer India had not bought oil from Russia following the Ukraine war, India’s oil minister said, adding that prices would determine where the country buys oil from. India, the world’s third largest oil importer and consumer, has become the top buyer of discounted […]
US weighs sending 100-mile strike weapon to Ukraine
- 28-Nov-2022
The Pentagon is considering a Boeing proposal to supply Ukraine with cheap, small precision bombs fitted onto abundantly available rockets, allowing Kyiv to strike far behind Russian lines as the West struggles to meet demand for more arms. U.S. and allied military inventories are shrinking, and Ukraine faces an increasing need for more sophisticated weapons […]
Europe heading for recession as cost-of-living crisis deepens
- 05-Sep-2022
The euro zone is almost certainly entering a recession, with surveys on Monday showing a deepening cost of living crisis and a gloomy outlook that is keeping consumers wary of spending. While there was some easing of price pressures, according to the surveys, they remained high and the European Central Bank is under pressure as […]
US vows to move ‘heaven and earth’ on bolstering Ukraine
- 26-Apr-2022
The meeting was aimed "to help Ukraine win the fight against Russia's unjust invasion and to build up Ukraine's defences for tomorrow's challenges".
What if your city was nuked? NUKEMAP has the answers
- 07-Mar-2022
Have you ever wondered about what impacts would a nuclear bomb attack have, if it was dropped in your city? NUKEMAP can answer your questions. The platform launched a decade ago, has gained sudden popularity amid World War III threats and the Russia Ukraine crisis. The idea of the platform was of an expert Professor […]