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Vladimir Putin’s Nuclear War Risk Warning If West Escalates Ukraine Conflict

February 29, 2024 admin

The West has repeatedly criticised Putin for what they see as his reckless use of nuclear rhetoric Moscow: President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday of a “real” risk of nuclear war if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine. In a defiant speech in Moscow, the Russian leader said his soldiers were advancing in Ukraine…

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Raisina Dialogue | Support Ukraine, join Swiss peace conference on conflict: European Ministers tell India

February 22, 2024 admin

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishnkar with Denmark Foreign Affairs Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen during a meeting on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue 2024, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI European Ministers gathered for the Ministry of External Affairs’ Raisina Dialogue here urged India to reconsider trade and ties with…

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Seoul says North Korea has likely sent missiles as well as ammunition, shells to Russia

November 2, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left in front, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, second right in front, examine a rocket assembly hangar during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, in Russia, on September 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea has likely supplied several types of missiles…

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Abortions in Russia | A chequered history from Joseph Stalin to Vladimir Putin

October 27, 2023 admin

Abortions were banned under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin but a commonplace under later Kremlin leaders. Now, after less than a century, official attitudes about abortion in Russia are changing once again. Although abortion is still legal and widely available, new restrictions are being considered as President Vladimir Putin takes an increasingly socially conservative turn and…

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Putin’s visit to Beijing underscores China’s economic and diplomatic support for Russia

October 16, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after speaking to the media during a signing ceremony following their talks at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023. Russian President Putin is expected to meet this week with Chinese leaders in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s…

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Hamas attack on Israel prompts South Korea to consider pausing military agreement with North

October 10, 2023 admin

South Korea’s Defence Minister said, on October 10, he would push to suspend a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement in order to resume frontline surveillance on rival North Korea, as the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas militants raised concerns in South Korea about similar assaults by the North. Also Read | What did Hamas achieve…

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North Korean leader urges greater nuclear weapons production in response to a ‘new Cold War’

September 28, 2023 admin

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, bottom centre, attends a meeting of the country’s Parliament in Pyongyang, North Korea. | Photo Credit: AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a…

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Russia’s air attack on Odesa in southern Ukraine injures one: official

September 25, 2023 admin

Emergency workers operate at the site of a heavily damaged hotel during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Cherkasy, Ukraine/ | Photo Credit: REUTERS One woman was injured and port infrastructure was damaged in Russia’s overnight missile and drone attack, Oleh Kiper, Governor of the Odesa region in southern Ukraine, said…

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Azerbaijan claims full control of breakaway region; holds initial talks with ethnic Armenians

September 22, 2023 admin

Azerbaijan regained control of its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a deadly two-day military offensive and held initial talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area into the mainly Muslim country, Azerbaijan’s top diplomat told the UN Security Council on September 21. Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov reaffirmed Azerbaijan’s determination to guarantee…

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South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol warns Russia against weapons collaboration with North Korea

September 21, 2023 admin

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol sounded a warning to fellow world leaders on September 21 about the recent communication and possible cooperation between North Korea and Russia, saying any action by a permanent U.N. Security Council member to circumvent international norms would be dangerous…

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