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‘Germany may draft teens in army as Putin readies nuclear forces’
NEW DELHI: Germany is actively contemplating the reintroduction of compulsory military service for all 18-year-olds as it faces increasing geopolitical pressures from an assertive Russia,…
Navalny’s Widow Accuses Putin of Mocking Christianity for Refusing to Return Her Husband’s Body | World News
MOSCOW: Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has accused President Vladimir Putin of mocking Christianity by attempting to coerce his mother…
May annex more Ukrainian regions: Medvedev
Moscow: Russia‘s former leader Dmitry Medvedev suggested Saturday that Moscow may annex more regions of Ukraine, as he marked one year since the Kremlin claimed…
Putin: Putin to meet China’s foreign minister in Russia: Kremlin
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Wednesday host China’s foreign minister Wang Yi for talks in Saint Petersburg, the Kremlin said. The top Chinese…
Putin: China’s Wang Yi visits Russia ahead of possible Xi-Putin meeting
BEIJING: China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, begins on Monday a four-day trip to Russia during which both nations are expected to pledge deeper mutual political…
F-16 Jets: Ukraine says it has no hope of using F-16 fighter jets this year
KYIV: Ukraine will not be able to operate US-built F-16 fighter jets this coming autumn and winter, air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat told Ukrainian television…
Ukraine’s Unseen Army: The Mechanics Who Keep the Tanks Rolling
UKRAINE: A battered worker’s van whizzed back and forth along a village road near the front line in southern Ukraine, searching. It screeched to a…
Ukraine Fierce Fighting: Ukraine reports fierce fighting, ‘some success’ in counteroffensive
KYIV: Ukraine on Monday reported fierce fighting along its entire front line and “some success” in pushing back Moscow’s troops in one part of the…
Russia’s bruised space programme eyes comeback with lunar launch
MOSCOW: Russia is launching its first mission to the Moon’s surface in nearly 50 years on Friday, hoping to reclaim prestige in space despite military…
Drone Attacks: ‘Russia shoots down two combat drones headed Moscow’
MOSCOW: Two Ukrainian combat drones headed for Moscow were shot down, Russian officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting…