Politics

Kiev and Moscow should avoid strikes on leadership centers

Ukraine’s new chief of staff and former spy boss Kirill Budanov has urged both sides to avoid strikes on decision-making centers

Ukrainian Man Spared Mobilization After Gender Change

A Ukrainian court has sided with a transperson who demanded to be excluded from military service.

Seven dead in Ukrainian drone raid on Russian fertilizer plant

Seven people have been killed and ten injured in a Ukrainian drone raid on a fertilizer plant in Russia’s Smolensk Region

Trump touts ‘strong, prosperous and respected’ America in State of the Union address (VIDEO)

President Donald Trump has delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, using the primetime speech to defend his administration’s record and lay out priorities ahead of looming midterm elections

West won’t deploy troops to Ukraine without Russian approval

Western officials have privately conceded that there will be no NATO troops in Ukraine without Russian consent, The Telegraph has reported

German MPs urged to probe alleged Ukraine nuke plot

German MPs should question their leadership about an alleged plot to supply nuclear materials to Ukraine, a senior Russian senator has said

What’s so controversial about Modi’s state visit to Israel?

The Indian leader’s visit to Israel comes amid protests over allegations of genocide in Gaza

I'm Ukrainian

Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia has said he is Ukrainian, citing his parents’ Zaporozhian Cossack heritage

Rebel spokesperson killed in DR Congo

M23 military spokesperson Willy Ngoma has reportedly been killed in an attack near the DR Congo mining town of Rubaya

US promises not to ‘interfere’ in French affairs

The US envoy to France has reportedly promised not to “interfere” into the country’s affairs in response to a diplomatic row

Cuban coast guard kills 4 gunmen on US-flagged speedboat

A group of armed men aboard a US-registered speedboat reportedly opened fire on Cuban border guard forces in the island’s territorial waters

Former Polish intel chiefs charged over ‘Israeli spyware’ use

Two former Polish intelligence chiefs have been charged over alleged illegal use of Israeli-developed Pegasus software