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Slovak Prime Minister meets with Putin

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sunday, the AFP news agency reports. The meeting has not been officially confirmed, but television images…

Zelensky discussed security guarantees with NATO and European leaders

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and other leaders on Wednesday. The goal was to strengthen war capabilities and obtain security guarantees. Among the countries invited…

South Korea: At least 100 North Korean soldiers killed in Russia

At least 100 North Korean soldiers sent to Russia have been killed in the Ukraine war, and around 1,000 have been wounded, says parliamentarian Lee Sung-kwon, who was briefed by…

Assad never considered resigning or fleeing the country

Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad said he never considered resigning or fleeing the country amid the recent escalation there, according to his statement issued on Monday on the Telegram account…

Russian, Belarusian and North Korean diplomats evacuated from Syria

Russia evacuated its own, Belarusian and North Korean diplomats out of Syria on Sunday, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The evacuation was carried out with a Russian military plane…

Russian cargo planes leave Syria

A Russian military cargo plane has left Syria and is headed for Libya, a Syrian security source told the Reuters news agency. On Friday, satellite images also showed significant activity…

Moldova declares state of emergency

The Moldovan parliament has decided to impose a state of emergency from December 16 due to the risk of a halt in Russian gas supplies from January 1, Reuters reports.…

New military package from the US to Ukraine

The United States is providing additional military aid to Ukraine worth $500 million. The package includes drones and ammunition for Himars systems. The value of the package is equivalent to…

NATO estimates 1 million killed and wounded in Ukraine war

Over 1 million people have been killed or wounded in Ukraine since Russia began its full-scale invasion war in February 2022, NATO estimates. “Every week, over 10,000 people on both…

Russia wants to keep Syrian military bases

Mikhail Bogdanov of the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Russia wants to keep its military bases in Syria, in order to “continue to combat international terrorism” in the…

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