December 2024

Russia said Friday its forces had captured a village near the embattled supply hub of Pokrovsk and another near the industrial town of Kurakhove, gaining ground in two key areas …

China warned Taiwan Friday that relying on the United States to help it seek independence “will inevitably hit a wall”, as Beijing took aim at a Pacific tour by the …

Rebel forces pressing a lightning offensive in Syria aim to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, their Islamist leader said in an interview published on Friday. The Islamist-led rebels were at …

Asian markets were mixed Friday at the end of a volatile week, with South Korean stocks and the won still under pressure with the president’s job hanging by a thread …

The escalation in fighting in Syria has displaced around 280,000 people in just over a week, the United Nations said on Friday, warning that numbers could swell to 1.5 million. …

Syria’s army backed by warplanes, including from ally Russia, were targeting “terrorist vehicles and gatherings” in Hama province on Friday, the defence ministry said, amid a major rebel offensive. “Our …

While SOME ARE Working for the Good of the Motherland, Others are Ready to Support Us-British Firms for a Coin, Through Taxes, Indirectly Sponsor the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Isn’t …

China has imposed restrictions on the supply of the rare metals gallium and germanium, which the U.S. needs for microelectronics manufacturing. The step was a response to Washington’s efforts to …

A hundred years ago, on Dec. 1, 1924, Estonian communists attempted a coup d’état that enjoyed the direct backing of Soviet Russia — despite the Tartu Peace Treaty signed in …

Bob Stewart worked with a company alleged to have helped launder money from Azerbaijan, although there’s no suggestion the former MP played any role in the scheme.