Vladimir Putin Trying To 'Evoke Soviet Union' With Military Training In Schools, UK Claims
Pupils will be shown how to handle rifles and hand grenades as the war in Ukraine continues.
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Russia says nuclear arms treaty with U.S. may end after 2026
Russia told the United States on Monday that the last remaining pillar of bilateral nuclear arms control could expire in 2026 without a replacement due to what it said were U.S. efforts to inflict "strategic defeat" on Moscow in Ukraine.
In divided Russia, ‘compassion has become civil resistance’
Under government censorship, those opposing the war struggle to reach the other side.
Iran sentences pregnant Kurdish woman to death
Officials say prisoner in early 20s had set fire to portrait of former Iranian supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini
LEAK: EU biodiversity plan aims to ban bottom trawling in protected areas
EU countries will be required to reduce the harmful impacts of fishing on sensitive species and their habitats, under a draft EU biodiversity plan seen by EURACTIV.
Ukraine calls for faster weapons supplies as Russia presses eastern offensive
Russian missile strikes killed three people in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson while fighting raged in the eastern Donetsk region where Russia again shelled the key town of Vuhledar, Ukrainian officials said.
Ethiopia’s forgotten war is the deadliest of the 21st century, with around 600,000 civilian deaths
Estimates by European institutions and academics say over half a million non-combatants have died during the Tigray conflict as a result of a government blockade that kept out humanitarian aid
Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him 'with a missile'
Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with a "missile," and added it "would only take a minute".
Shocking anti-Israeli incitement found in textbooks of teenage Jerusalem attacker
Researchers discover glorification of violence and calls on students to sacrifice themselves, as well as graphic illustrations of IDF soldiers being murdered by Palestinians
Beaten Twice In Ukraine, Russia’s Elite 1st Guards Tank Army Is Poised To Attack Yet Again
A Luhansk offensive would be the 1st Guards Tank Army’s third chance to prove itself in Ukraine. Or, alternatively, a third chance for Ukrainian forces to wreck the formation.
Ukraine: Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike
Boris Johnson says he had an "extraordinary" call with President Putin before the Ukraine invasion.
Raising French retirement age to 64 is 'non-negotiable', says PM Borne as new strike wave looms
Children ‘arriving hungry’ as nurseries in England plead with ministers for extra funds
Survey finds rising number of childcare providers forced to turn to food charities to help provide nutritious meals
Russian teen faces years in jail over social media post criticizing war in Ukraine
Kherson under massive shelling, many people killed and injured
In the afternoon of 29 January, the Kherson Oblast Military Administration reported that Russians carried out a massive shelling of the city of Kherson. There is information that many people were killed and injured.
Zelenskyy: Russia expects to prolong war, we have to speed things up
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russia is trying to drag the war, and Ukraine should speed up the events and supply of weapons.
Turkey May Accept Finland Into NATO: Erdogan
Israel Reportedly Behind Overnight Drone Attack at Iranian Defense Facility
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Russia Had Plans for Ukraine's Nuclear Power Plants Before Invasion
Russia wanted to use Ukraine's nuclear power plants to bring Ukrainian officials to heel and to keep Europe from intervening.