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Borrell: Russia is causing a global food crisis with grain deal withdrawal

Russia is responsible for a major global food supply crisis, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said on Thursday, some days after the Kremlin announced it would suspend an agreement for Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea.

North Korean Nuclear Attack Would ‘End’ Kim Jong Un Regime, Seoul Warns

The rebuke comes after Pyongyang claimed the visit of a U.S. nuclear-capable sub to South Korea this week could justify the North’s use of nuclear weapons.

Rishi Sunak suffers two election losses as British voters reject ailing Conservative government

Russians bring in workers from 6 Russian nuclear plants to ZNPP

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant personnel are refusing to cooperate with occupiers, so the Russian invaders have been forced to bring in Russian specialists from six nuclear power plants.

Opposition party claims victory as govt agrees to arrest Putin if he ever sets foot in South Africa

The South African government has conceded that it failed to execute its international responsibilities by failing to issue a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin if he enters the country.

Putin is again warning that Ukraine could be invaded and occupied by Poland

In remarks on Friday, the Russian leader accused Ukraine's close ally of having eyes on the country's western lands.

Egypt Criticizes Russia for Ending Ukraine Grain-Export Deal.

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Hungary opposes EU's €20 billion military support plan for Ukraine

Hungary has opposed the EU’s attempt to create a long-term fund of up to €20 billion to support the Ukrainian army.

Putin tells Poland any aggression against Belarus is attack on Russia

President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused NATO member Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union, and said any aggression against Russia's neighbour and close ally Belarus would be considered an attack on Russia.

CIA Chief reveals Russia’s weak spots on battlefield

William Burns, director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, has said that Ukraine will be able to move forward in its offensive against Russia.

Putin claims part of Poland was 'gift of Stalin' to country

Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Mr Prystaiko as Ukraine's ambassador to the UK days after he criticised the president on Sky News. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin accuses the West of stoking the "flames of war" and claims Poland has forgotten the western part of the country is a "gift of Stalin".

South African Government agrees it will arrest Putin if he ever sets foot in SA

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Schoolchildren in Russia to study “combat use of drones”

Russian schools will begin teaching “the basics of the combat use of drones” as part of a basic military training course on 1 September. [the day when the school year traditionally starts in post-Soviet countries].

Shock in India: Women were paraded naked and sexually assaulted; Prime Minister Modi - 'Shame on the country'

In a video taken on May 4 in Manipur, amid deadly ethnic clashes, men are seen marching a mother and daughter without clothes and touching them while they cry and beg them to stop, after which they allegedly were gang raped; Modi promises 'we will punish, there is no forgiveness'

Putin foe Navalny blasts ‘senseless’ Ukraine war as he faces 20-year sentence

Amsterdam bans cruise ships to limit visitors and curb pollution

It comes months after young British men were urged not to hold bachelor parties in the Dutch capital.

Russian tour operators beg Crimea vacationers not to cancel trips following bridge attack |

Long-lost Greenland ice core suggests potential for disastrous sea level rise

Chinese professor says youth jobless rate might have hit 46.5%

BEIJING: An unusually public claim by a Chinese professor that the country's youth unemployment rate might have hit close to 50 per cent in March has revived a debate about official statistics and focused attent