War & Conflict
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Ukraine aid is the best boost for global economy: Yellen
Jul 17, 2023The “single best” strategy to help the world economy, according to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, along with supporting developing markets and addressing debt distress, is to increase support for the war-torn Ukraine. On the eve... -
Wagner troops training Belarus forces
Jul 16, 2023Following weeks of ambiguity regarding the group’s future following its aborted uprising in Russia, Belarus said on Friday that instructors from the Russian mercenary organization Wagner were instructing its forces. A pact that called for some... -
Ukraine will receive more military equipment and aid from South Korea.
Jul 15, 2023In a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Saturday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced that his nation will send a larger shipment of military equipment and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Yoon made... -
Syria opens key aid corridor to rebel-held areas
Jul 14, 2023Syria’s UN ambassador announced on Thursday that the government will permit humanitarian aid to pass through its main border crossing into rebel-held territories, reopening a channel that had been shut following a Security Council impasse. According... -
Egypt hosts regional meeting in push to resolve Sudan war
Jul 14, 2023Despite concerns over a large Nile river project, Egypt has summoned the neighbors of the war-torn Sudan to a summit on Thursday to “stop the bloodshed,” according to the presidency. Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed is also... -
Armenia condemns Karabakh ‘blockade’ ahead of peace talks
Jul 13, 2023On Thursday, Nikol Pashinyan, the prime minister of Armenia, called for international cooperation to end Azerbaijan’s “illegal blockade” of the Nagorno-Karabakh territory, which is home to many Armenians. new peace negotiations between Baku and the EU.... -
North Korea fires long-range ballistic missile
Jul 13, 2023The South Korean military announced Wednesday that North Korea has launched a long-range ballistic missile, days after Pyongyang threatened to shoot down US spy planes that had violated its airspace. The North Korean leader, Kim Jong... -
China conducts extensive military exercises close to Taiwan
Jul 12, 2023According to Taiwan’s defense ministry on Wednesday, China conducted military drills for a second day, deploying naval ships and a sizable number of aircraft, including fighter jets and bombers, toward the island. Taiwan had discovered 30... -
NATO allies to spend ‘at least’ 2% of GDP on defence
Jul 12, 2023According to Jens Stoltenberg, the head of the alliance, NATO members have decided that their established goal of allocating 2% of their national output to defense will become a minimum threshold. “Eleven allies now reach or... -
Mexican protesters free 13 security personnel taken captive
Jul 12, 202313 security officers who had been kidnapped by demonstrators who had allegedly been recruited by a criminal organization the day before were freed by Mexican police on Tuesday, according to a senior official. According to the...
