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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…
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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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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un at the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to his country during their talks in Russia, state media reported on September 14, with…
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Russian Defence Ministry headquarters is seen in Moscow on August 31, 2023. Russian air defences destroyed a drone approaching Moscow in the Voskresensky district, about 60 km from the capital, the city’s Mayor said. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian air defences destroyed a drone approaching Moscow, the city’s Mayor said on Friday, September 1, 2023,…
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