South China Sea: Philippines removes Chinese barrier in contested area
The Philippines says it has removed a floating barrier installed by Beijing in the South China Sea.
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US offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military
The Biden administration says it is offering $2 billion in loans to Poland to support the defense modernization of the ally which has been a hub for weapons going into Ukraine.
Russian officers who hadn't been paid by Moscow sold key intel on the Black Sea Fleet to Ukrainian resistance fighters. Then the headquarters blew up.
Resistance fighters told Ukrainian media that they obtained sensitive information from the Russian officers in exchange for financial compensation.
Russia tortured some Ukrainian victims to death, UN inquiry says
Russian occupiers tortured Ukrainians so brutally that some of their victims died, and forced families to listen as they raped women next door, members of a U.N.-mandated investigative body said on Monday, in their latest findings from the field.
US Deploys F-16s to Help Romania Enforce ‘No-Fly’ Zone, Beef Up Black Sea Ops Vs Russia
If US aircraft stationed in Romania take direct action against Russian assets, would it be a step towards nuclear confrontation in a region that has already seen its share of NATO-Kremlin war scares?
Ukraine claims commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet was killed in Sevastopol attack | CNN
Richest oil states should pay climate tax, says Gordon Brown
The former Labour PM wants the wealthiest oil producers to help poorer nations tackle climate change.
Modi’s Party Linked With Most Hate Speech in India, Report Finds
Venezuela sent 11,000 troops to seize control of a gang-run prison that had a pool, a zoo, and a nightclub
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's troops seized control of Tocorón prison, which had been run by the powerful Tren de Aragua gang for years.
First batch of US-made Abrams tanks arrived in Ukraine: Zelenskyy
Mafia boss ‘Diabolik’ dies in custody after nearly 30 years on the run, Italian reports say
Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions"
Danish toy giant Lego said 2 years of experimentation with blocks made from recycled plastic bottles showed they "didn't reduce carbon emissions."
Ukrainian Defence Forces kill 420 more Russian soldiers and destroy 25 artillery systems over past 24 hours
Russia continues to suffer losses in its war of aggression against Ukraine as Ukrainian forces killed 420 Russian soldiers and destroyed 27 artillery systems and 13 armoured combat vehicles belonging to the Russians over the past 24 hours alone.
Saudi Arabia sentences schoolgirl to 18 years over tweets, says rights group
Report comes after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman blamed 'bad laws' for death sentence against a Saudi man over social media posts
Zelenskyy meets with Kissinger in US: he was against Ukraine in NATO, but changed his mind
During his visit to the United States, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Henry Kissinger, a diplomat, scholar and politician who was previously against Ukraine's membership in NATO and now supports Ukraine's membership in the Alliance.
China flies more than 100 warplanes toward Taiwan in operation labeled harassment
Offered citizenship and a better life, Cuban ‘mercenaries’ join the fight against Ukraine
Recent recruits describe a transcontinental draft effort.
Russians want to remove cultural treasures from Sevastopol under pretext of evacuation | Ukrainska Pravda
The occupying authorities of Crimea plan to remove cultural treasures from Sevastopol’s museums and take them to the Russian Federation under the pretext of “evacuating the population”.
India had been riding a geopolitical high. But it comes to the UN with a mess on its hands
The recent G20 Summit hosted by India couldn't have gone better for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But circumstances have changed — quite abruptly.
In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth
The collected rocks and soil could help scientists unlock secrets about the solar system and how life emerged on this planet.