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The Ukrainian air force shot down a Russian Beriev A-50 early warning and control plane and an Il-22 command center they claimed Monday.

Ukrainian officials vowed at peace summit in Davos on Sunday to continue the war against Russia until the return of all occupied territories.

The Chinese government abstained from voting on the UNSC resolution condemning the wanton Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping.

$3.2 billion will cover long-range missiles, thousands of drones, air defense, artillery ammunition and maritime security.

Republicans should refuse to reauthorize the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which offers preferential trade to several African countries, due to South Africa’s behavior in siding with murderous regimes and terrorists against the West.

Russia has detained a dual Russian-U.S. citizen named Robert Woodland on drug charges that could carry a 20-year prison sentence.

Finland will extend the closure of its because it suspects Moscow is trying to send undocumented migrants across the frontier.

The Ukrainian National Agency of Corruption Prevention (known by its Ukrainian acronym NAZK) on Wednesday added the Subway chain of sandwich shops to its list of “International Sponsors of the War” list, accusing Subway of helping to fund the Russian invasion because it has over 500 restaurants selling food in the “aggressor’s market.”

Israel has been barred by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) from competing in world championship events over “security concerns.”

Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania on Thursday signed an agreement to jointly tackle rogue sea mines that have threatened Black Sea shipping since the start of the Ukraine war.

North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong-un declared that his country has “no intention of avoiding war” with South Korea on Tuesday during an inspection of a military munitions factory.

Russia reactivates Stalin-era ‘SMERSH’ spycatcher agency amid the Ukraine war, the latest indicator a new Cold War emerging.

Russia´s national elections commission on Tuesday registered the Communist Party’s candidate to compete with President Vladimir Putin.

In a full-blown panic, the German establishment attempted to denigrate the farmer protests as a creation of Russia and the “far-right”.

Ukraine came under strong Russian missile attacks early Monday that struck near the front lines of fighting in the east.

Eleven people, including five children, were killed Saturday in Russian shelling in Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk province.

Russian air defenses downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in occupied Crimea and southern Russia on Friday, officials said.

Russia registered the first two candidates who will compete with President Vladimir Putin in the March election he is all but certain to win.

Russian officials in the border city of Belgorod offered to evacuate worried residents on Friday, amid waves of fatal Ukrainian attacks.

The BRICS economic group dealt with some internal oil drama this week, as Iran withheld oil shipments from China to demand higher prices and India cut back on its heavy purchases of Russian oil because Russia was no longer peddling crude at fire-sale discounts.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says he does not believe Donald Trump would halt U.S. support for the war against Russia.

Russian air defenses downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in occupied Crimea and southern Russia on Friday, officials said.

More than half of Germans of all ages – with one key cohort excepted – want to restore compulsory military service, a survey released Thursday reveals, as war on the European continent between Russia and Ukraine drags on into another year.

Russia said it shot down 10 Ukrainian missiles over Crimea, as both sides pounded each other with long-range aerial strikes.

Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war under a deal sponsored by the United Arab Emirates.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry declared itself “fully confident in the BRICS’ future” on Tuesday following Argentina’s rejection of membership in the trade and security alliance.

The Associated Press (AP) and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research published a poll on Tuesday that found nearly twice as many Americans — almost 40 percent — think foreign policy will be a top issue in 2024, compared to the same poll one year ago.

Ukraine’s two largest cities came under fire from Russian ballistic missiles, killing at least four and injuring almost 100, officials said

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that Russia would feel the “wrath” of Ukraine in the new year with the arrival of Western F-16 jets.

Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine during the early hours of the new year, the Ukrainian air force said Monday.

The anti-American BRICS economic and security coalition will welcome five new members on January 1: a country in a severe economic crisis, another openly defaulting on its sovereign debt, and two countries embroiled in a proxy war against each other.

The world is approaching the conclusion of President Joe Biden’s third year in office in a state of elevated geopolitical chaos.

The National Security Agency (NSA) released its 2023 cybersecurity report on December 19, looking back over a year in which China and Russia remained massive cyber threats, artificial intelligence (A.I.) displayed growing promise and peril, and cyber threats to critical infrastructure grew more alarming.

Vladimir Putin vowed that Russia “will never back down” in his New Year’s address, as the invasion of Ukraine approaches its two-year anniversary.

Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine on Saturday night, after promising retaliation over strikes on the border city of Belgorod.

2023 started with Spring Counteroffensive optimism but ends with acknowledgement the conflict has devolved into static attrition warfare.