NATO troops join drills in Baltic Sea region
Some 9,000 troops from 20 NATO countries have been participating this month in military exercises in the Baltic Sea region, which has become strategically sensitive following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sweden, which had joined the drills in the past, took part in the Baltops exercises for the first time in...
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Ukraine claims its drones hit Russian oil facility, sparking huge blaze
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Talks by EU leaders on job nominees ends sans result
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China targets farmers in response to EU tariffs on electric cars
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Tens of millions in US under dangerous heat warnings
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S Korea orders doctors who joined protracted strike to return to work
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Half a million immigrants could get US citizenship under new plan from Biden
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3rd trial begins in alleged far-right coup plot in Germany
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Ex-Thai PM indicted on charge of royal defamation
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was granted release on bail hours after he was formally indicted on Tuesday on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have rattled Thai politics. Thaksin, an influential political figure despite being ousted from power in a...
S Korean soldiers fire warning shots
South Korean soldiers fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily crossed the rivals’ land border on Tuesday for the second time this month, South Korea’s military said. The South’s military observed increased North Korean constructin activities along their heavily armed border to install suspected anti-tank barriers, reinforce roads...
Kim, Putin vow to beat sanctions together
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for supporting his actions in Ukraine and said their countries will cooperate closely to overcome US-led sanctions as he headed to Pyongyang on Tuesday for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Putin’s comments appeared in an op-ed piece in North Korean...
West Indies Afghanistan to engage in battle for supremacy
Hosts West Indies and much-improved Afghanistan will indulge in a battle of one upmanship and strive to gain momentum for the Super Eight stage when they take on each other in their final group stage game of the T20 World Cup here. After starting off with a scrappy win over Papua...
Malawi's vice president laid to rest as president calls for independent probe into his death
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima was laid to rest in his village south of the capital on Monday following a funeral where President Lazarus Chakwera called for an independent probe into his death in a plane crash. Chilima and nine other people died in the plane crash last week in Malawi's...
Chinese premier agrees with Australia to properly manage differences
Chinese Premier Li Qiang said he agreed with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday to properly manage their nations' differences as they emerge from a hostile era in which minister-to-minister contacts were banned and trade barriers cost Australian exporters up to 20 billion Australian dollars (USD 13 billion) a...
The trial of US reporter charged with espionage in Russia to begin soon
The espionage trial in Russia of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will begin on June 26 and will be held behind closed doors, a statement from the court that will hear the case said Monday. Gershkovich, a US citizen, has been behind bars since his March 2023 arrest and faces...
