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Russian President Vladimir Putin calls Canada’s ex parliament speaker ‘idiot’

MOSCOW, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called Canada's former parliament speaker an "idiot" after…

Chinese firm sold satellites for intelligence to Russia’s Wagner: contract

PARIS, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) - Russian mercenary group Wagner in 2022 signed a contract with a Chinese firm to…

US warplanes shoot down Turkish drone in Syria, escalating tensions between NATO allies

By W.G. DUNLOP WASHINGTON, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) - US warplanes on Thursday shot down a Turkish drone that was…

Russia says it destroyed 8 Ukrainian drones after deadly strike on village

MOSCOW, Oct 6, 2023 (AFP) - Moscow said Friday it had destroyed eight Ukrainian drones in western Russia, following a…

Russian strike kills 51, including a 6-year-old, gathered for wake in east Ukraine

By Anatoly STEPANOV GROZA, Ukraine, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) - A Russian strike killed at least 51 people gathered for…

Russia to build naval base in breakaway Georgian region

MOSCOW, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) - Russia's navy will establish a base on the Black Sea coast of a separatist…

Ukrainians evacuate ‘ghost town’ amid Russian push to retake territory

By Anna MALPAS KUPIANSK, Ukraine, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) - Sergiy walked out of his grey-brick house carrying two plastic…

Ukraine frontline attacks ‘failed’: Moscow

MOSCOW, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) - Kyiv's attempts to penetrate Russian defences on frontlines in the east and south of…

Kyiv criticises Musk for making fun of Zelensky

KYIV, Ukraine, Oct 2, 2023 (AFP) - Ukraine on Monday reacted angrily to a social media post by billionaire Elon…

The geopolitical concerns facing Armenia after Nagorno-Karabakh collapse

By Joris FIORITI PARIS, Oct 2, 2023 (AFP) - Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh have, after three decades of struggle, agreed…

Kremlin says Ukraine fatigue ‘will grow,’ after US aid rift

MOSCOW, Oct 2, 2023 (AFP) - The Kremlin said on Monday that Western fatigue over Ukraine "will grow", as the…

Record number of children attacked and killed in DR Congo: UN

KINSHASA, Sept 30, 2023 (AFP) - The Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to see record numbers of children…

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