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Nine NATO countries pledge new military aid for Ukraine in defiance of Russia’s warnings
Jan 21, 2023 03:42A group of nine NATO countries, including Britain and Poland, have pledged a raft of new military aid to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, defying Moscow’s repeated warnings about the protraction of the months-long conflict by funneling Western arms into the former Soviet republic.
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France’s Macron set to boost military budget despite protests over pension cuts, inequality
Jan 21, 2023 03:39French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed to allocate a huge chunk of the country’s budget to the military despite widespread opposition and mass protests against his pension reform plan.
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Sanctions won’t stop Pakistan from buying Russian oil, says Pakistani minister
Jan 21, 2023 03:21Pakistan has said that the US-led sanctions targeting Russia over the Ukraine war will not stop Islamabad from purchasing oil from Russia.
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Protesters dump rotten apples outside Scotland Yard after police rape confessions
Jan 21, 2023 03:18British activists and campaigners protesting domestic abuse and violence against women have dumped rotten apples outside Metropolitan Police headquarters in London.
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Russia claims capture of town near Ukraine's strategic city of Bakhmut
Jan 20, 2023 09:46Russian military forces have reportedly taken control of a settlement south of the strategic city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine amid heightened tensions over the continued flow of Western weapons and munitions into the war-ravaged country.
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There is evidence US secretly sponsoring Daesh in Afghanistan: Russian envoy
Jan 20, 2023 09:42A senior Russian diplomat and presidential envoy to Afghanistan says there is evidence the United States is trying to secretly sponsor the Daesh terrorist group in the country in order to undermine the current de-facto political dispensation.
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Hundreds evacuated as massive blaze erupts in one of Seoul’s last slums
Jan 20, 2023 09:40At least 500 people were evacuated on Friday after a massive blaze erupted in Guryong village, one of the last remaining slums in South Korea's capital Seoul, according to local fire officials.
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Portuguese airline cancels 1,300-plus flights ahead of strike
Jan 20, 2023 05:38Portugal's state-owned airline TAP said Thursday that it had cancelled over 1,300 flights ahead of a one-week strike called by unions starting next week to protest pay cuts.
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Afghanistan's winter turns deadly, kills 78 amid worsening humanitarian crisis
Jan 20, 2023 05:31At least 78 people have died in just over a week in Afghanistan amid inclement weather conditions as the war-ravaged country continues to grapple with a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis, local officials said.
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US announces whopping $2.5bn in new military aid for Ukraine amid raging war
Jan 20, 2023 05:24The United States has announced a whopping new package of arms and munitions for Ukraine worth $2.5 billion, defying Moscow’s repeated warnings against supplying Kiev with heavy weaponry almost a year into the devastating war.