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US to pump Ukraine with $275mn more in military aid
Oct 28, 2022 04:32The United States is preparing a new $275 million package of military aid for Ukraine as it continues to bolster Kiev's forces amid Russia's ongoing special operation, a report says.
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Russia complains to UN about US' 'military-biological activities' in Ukraine
Oct 28, 2022 03:56Russia has called on the United Nations Security Council to launch a probe into the US's "military-biological activities" in Ukraine.
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Biden has 'no intention to sit down' with Putin at G20: White House
Oct 28, 2022 03:50The White House says US President Joe Biden has "no intention" to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month while attending the G20 summit in Indonesia, amid escalating tensions between the two countries over the Ukraine conflict.
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American military forces smuggle wheat crops, crude oil from northeast Syria to Iraq's Kurdistan
Oct 27, 2022 13:54As part of the US military’s systematic smuggling of basic commodities out of Syria, a convoy of nearly two dozen US military trucks and tankers has carried tons of grain and crude oil from the northeastern province of Hasakah to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.
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Putin: We're aware of Ukraine's 'dirty bomb' plans
Oct 27, 2022 03:24Russia's President Vladimir Putin repeats claims made by several Russian officials that Ukraine plans to deploy a "dirty bomb" during Moscow's current military operation in the ex-Soviet republic.
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Russia defense minister raises Ukraine ‘dirty bomb’ threat with India, China counterparts
Oct 26, 2022 14:03Amid boiling tensions between Russia and the US-led Western countries over the war in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in a video call with his Chinese and Indian counterparts, has sounded the alarm that Ukraine was preparing a provocation using a “dirty bomb.”
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Russia notifies US of nuclear drills
Oct 26, 2022 05:35Russia has notified the United States about its plans to carry out annual military exercises using strategic nuclear forces.
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Russia has no hope for improving ties with UK under Sunak
Oct 26, 2022 03:03Russia says there is no hope for the improvement of ties with Britain under new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has vowed to support Ukraine.
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World is in its 'first truly global energy crisis': IEA's Birol
Oct 26, 2022 02:34Tightening markets for liquefied natural gas (LNG) worldwide and major oil producers cutting supply have put the world in the middle of “the first truly global energy crisis”, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.
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Iran rejects ‘illegal’ UN probe into alleged use of its drones in Ukraine
Oct 25, 2022 08:24Iran has warned the United Nations against implementing the West’s “instructions” to conduct a so-called investigation in the context of Security Council Resolution 2231 to assess the type of unmanned aerial vehicles allegedly used in the current conflict in Ukraine.