North Korean leader calls for increased production of missiles, shells and more factories to produce them. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his officials to step up production of missiles and artillery shells and construct more factories to meet his military’s growing need for the weapons, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) […]
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Zelenskyy unveils details of new peace plan, seeks Trump talks on territory | Russia-Ukraine war News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a meeting with United States counterpart Donald Trump to discuss “sensitive issues” as negotiators inched closer to a final draft of a peace plan, nearly four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Zelenskyy told reporters in an embargoed briefing on Tuesday that US and Ukrainian negotiators had […]
Rand Paul says seizure of oil tankers in Caribbean a ‘prelude to war’
Republican Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday criticized President Donald Trump’s military mission off Venezuela’s coast, calling the seizures of multiple oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea “a provocation and a prelude to war.” “I’m not for confiscating these liners. I’m not for blowing up these boats of unarmed people that are suspected of being drug […]
US, Russian officials meet in Miami for talks on Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war News
Negotiators from Russia and the United States have met in the US city of Miami as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Washington to ramp up the pressure on Moscow to end its war on Ukraine. The meeting on Saturday took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, and US President Donald Trump’s […]
What It Takes to Pilot a War Drone in Ukraine
This grainy drone video shows what war looks like now. Piloting a drone may look like a video game, but these soldiers are in real danger. We joined a Ukrainian drone team at the front to understand this work, and how cheap drones have changed combat as we know it. Drone operators wage their war […]
Was Putin’s response to my question about war in Europe an olive branch?
Reporters ask world leaders questions all the time. No big deal. Right? But what’s it like putting a question to Vladimir Putin – the president who ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the leader whose country was accused this week by the head of MI6 of “the export of chaos”? And imagine asking that question […]
Cambodia counts the cost of its border war with Thailand
Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent in Cambodia BBC Cambodia is thought to have suffered far more military casualties in this war than Thailand The costs of the border war between Thailand and Cambodia are cruelly obvious in the hospital in Mongkol Borei, a breezy, low-rise complex surrounded by trees. Wounded soldiers lie quietly on their […]
Russia lists German broadcaster Deutsche Welle as ‘undesirable’ | Russia-Ukraine war News
Moscow says the label means any form of cooperation with the broadcaster will be prosecuted. Published On 16 Dec 202516 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Russia has labelled Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) an “undesirable organisation”, essentially banning its operation in the country. The designation appeared in a […]
How will US respond to the killing of three of its soldiers in Syria? | Syria’s War
Washington has blamed ISIL (ISIS) for the attack and promised retaliation. Three US soldiers have been killed in an attack in Syria’s central city of Palmyra. It is the first known deadly attack on US forces since former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was deposed last year. Washington has accused the ISIL (ISIS) group of carrying […]
ICC rejects Israeli bid to block Gaza war crimes investigation | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The decision comes amid mounting international pressure over the humanitarian toll of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Published On 15 Dec 202515 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected one of Israel’s legal challenges seeking to block an investigation into […]