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The United States and Turkey held their largest joint military exercise in seven years last week, including Turkish F-16 fighters flying alongside American F-18s and a port call by the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

The government of communist North Korea announced on Sunday that its citizens currently located outside of the country would be allowed back in for the first time since the onset of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.

Ukraine announced it had recaptured a village on the southern frontline against the heavily entrenched Russian positions.

Poland and the Baltic states said they will close their borders with Belarus in the event of a military incidents or a migrant push by Minsk.

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) sees no downside in the U.S. supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, arguing Friday any attempt to rebuild the old Soviet Union must be challenged.

Russian authorities confirmed that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s body was among those killed in a plane crash outside of Moscow.

Russian forces struck a cafe in a key front-line area in northeastern Ukraine Saturday, killing two civilians and wounding a third.

A new drone attack on Moscow forced a temporary shutdown of all three major airports serving the city, Russian state media reported

The UK Foreign Office has come under fire for telling government officials to refrain from labelling countries like China “hostile states”.

Socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro offered Venezuela’s vast oil reserves to the BRICS economic and security bloc on Thursday, hoping to entice the China-led coalition to eventually accept the rogue socialist nation in the group.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree requiring paramilitary fighters in “volunteer formations” to swear an oath of allegiance to the Russian flag.

Cuban diaspora media outlets, citing military and political experts, suggested this week that agreements between the communist Castro regime and its comrades in the government of Belarus could result in Cuban special forces taking on a significant role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Chinese state propaganda outlet Global Times condemned President Joe Biden and other Western leaders for implying that Russian strongman Vladimir Putin orchestrated a plane crash believed to have killed Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) leader Yevgeny Prigozhin this week.

The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions Wagner Group warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin had been murdered on its orders in a plane crash as an “absolute lie” while adding confirmation of his death is dependent on test results.

The Pentagon announced Thursday it is ready to train Ukrainian aircrew to fly F-16 fighter jets at a National Guard base in Arizona as soon as this October.

Putin’s ranter-in-chief Medvedev made not-so-thinly veiled threats on Wednesday against two regions in Georgia, a NATO and EU aspirant.

The White House said that there is still bipartisan support for more Ukraine aid despite Republicans’ increasing reluctance to provide it.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied any involvement in the plane crash north of Moscow on Wednesday that reportedly killed Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, telling reporters “everyone realizes” who the true culprit is.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first comments on the death of mercenary leader Yevgeny Priogzhin.

India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission deployed its Pragyan moon rover on Thursday, beginning its cautious exploration of the lunar south pole while millions of Indians watched its livestream and celebrated the historic accomplishments of the mission.

Satellite images from Belarus suggest that organizers had begun to dismantle a large tent camp believed to house Wagner PMC fighters.

The first Republican primary debate included exchanges with Haley and Burgum that highlight the perils of paying China for “green energy.”

The BRICS economic and security coalition announced on Thursday that it would accept six new countries as members – notably including both Iran and Saudi Arabia, bitter rivals who set aside their differences in March as a result of talks brokered by China.

Moscow refers to a “crash” and “incident”, but Western govts have treated the event with cynicism, considering whether it was deliberate. 

Former President Donald Trump said during his interview with Tucker Carlson, which was in direct competition with Fox News’s Republican presidential debate Wednesday night, that President Joe Biden should be working to end the “horrible, horrible war” in Ukraine, but he is too “incompetent.”

The reported potential death of Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin on Wednesday concludes a curious post-mutiny career during which Prigozhin appeared to find some measure of acceptance in Moscow even though he led a column of mercenaries to within a few miles of it.

Russia says a private jet experienced an ‘incident’, killing all aboard including Yevgeny Prigozhin. Wagner PMC claims it was shot down.

India made history on Wednesday as its Moon mission became the first to land in the lunar south pole region. The triumph came 72-hours after a Russian attempt to make a similar landing ended in spectacular failure.

Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently targeting Moscow again.

Ukraine’s regular drone strikes on Moscow are a legitimate act of self-defence “within the framework of international law”, Germany says

The Times of India (TOI) reported on Sunday that conditions in Ukraine are increasingly difficult for visiting Indian students, because the Ukrainians resent India’s positive relationship with invading Russia. Indian visitors say the locals are increasingly telling them to “go back” as the war grinds on.

In a recent article published by the New Yorker, Ronan Farrow outlines Elon Musk’s influence on the U.S. government and the Ukraine war through the use of his SpaceX Starlink internet hardware.

“Extremely important that Ukraine’s other coalition partners make similar decisions” said govt advisor after two countries pledged jets.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Moscow will not stop its war in Ukraine until the Zelensky government is destroyed.

Genocidal communist dictator Xi Jinping landed in South Africa in the early morning hours of Tuesday to a personal welcome from President Cyril Ramaphosa, a traditional dance troupe, and the nation’s armed forces in anticipation of this week’s BRICS summit.

The founder and leader of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) Yevgeny Prigozhin resurfaced on Monday in what appeared to be his first video production since a failed attempt to oust the leaders of the Russian Defense Ministry in June, urging “real heroes” to join the mercenary organization.