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News in brief
Australia’s High Court has ruled against Russia in a dispute over plans to build a new embassy close to the nation’s Parliament House, confirming that the Australian government acted lawfully when it revoked Moscow’s 99-year lease. The government passed emergency legislation in 2023......
Ukrainian forces launched overnight strikes on key strategic targets, hitting a Russian oil refinery deep inside Russian territory and damaging critical oil infrastructure in occupied areas on November 11. The attacks mark an escalation in Kyiv's efforts to weaken Moscow’s war economy. The......
MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday it had foiled an operation allegedly organized by Ukraine’s Defence Ministry and “British supervisors” to hijack a Russian military jet carrying a Kinzhal hypersonic missile. According to the FSB, the......
Bucharest (AFP) — Romania’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that “possible fragments of a drone” were discovered on its territory following overnight Russian strikes targeting Ukraine’s Danube port of Izmail. Authorities reported that, during the night between Monday and......
Russia announced on Monday that its forces had taken control of three villages in eastern and southern Ukraine, marking what it described as new territorial gains in the ongoing conflict. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, troops advanced in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions,......
The United States has granted Hungary a one-year exemption from new US sanctions targeting Russian oil and gas, following Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington. The exemption comes after Trump imposed Ukraine-related sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft,......
A recent comprehensive study by the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) analyzed the balance of power between Europe and Russia across military, economic, and societal dimensions. The findings highlight significant contrasts in capabilities and long-term resilience. According to the report,......
Poland, a member of both the European Union and NATO, announced plans to train up to 500,000 civilian volunteers in military skills by the end of 2026, in an effort to strengthen its national defense amid heightened regional tensions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The new initiative,......
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signaled that Moscow may resume nuclear tests if the United States proceeds with its own, following statements by former U.S. President Donald Trump instructing the Pentagon to “begin testing” American nuclear weapons. During a Security Council meeting,......
Around 80 flights were cancelled at Brussels Airport since Tuesday night after drones were spotted near the area, forcing Belgium’s air traffic control agency Skeyes to suspend all flights twice. Between 400 and 500 passengers were stranded overnight at the airport, while several flights were......
HELSINKI — Finnish President Alexander Stubb declared on Monday, November 3, that the world has entered a “new era of nuclear weapons,” following recent statements by former U.S. President Donald Trump, who reiterated his intention to resume nuclear......
U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that Russia and China are carrying out nuclear tests “but don’t talk about it”, without specifying their nature, in an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS News. “Russia is doing tests, and China is doing tests, but they......
A second North Korean soldier captured in Ukraine has expressed his intention to defect to South Korea, according to an organization that assists North Korean escapees. The South Korean Constitution grants citizenship to all Koreans, including those from the North — a principle that Seoul says......
