Russian President Vladimir Putin has selected a former Wagner Group aide to coordinate volunteer soldiers in Ukraine. The Kremlin announced the appointment of Andrei Troshev, a former aide to Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a Friday statement. Putin told Troshev, in remarks released by the Kremlin, that his job …
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Railway traffic across the border of North Korea and Russia has surged since last month with unknown cargo. US-based Korean unification think tank Beyond Parallel examined satellite imagery of railcars and transportation facilities between the two countries and found traffic “far greater” than any point in the last five years. …
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Pakistan’s military said its forces raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the local Taliban near the border with Afghanistan, triggering an intense shootout that killed eight militants. Elsewhere, a suicide bomber on Monday targeted a vehicle with security forces in the northwestern Bannu district, killing two civilians …
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A top Polish military official revealed that a Russian missile may have entered his country’s airspace before striking Ukraine, according to a report. “Everything indicates that a Russian missile intruded in Poland’s airspace,” Gen. Wiesław Kukuła, Poland’s defense chief, said. “It was monitored by us on radars and left the …
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North Korean fertility rates are in free-fall and far below levels necessary to replace its aging population, South Korea’s central bank claims. The Bank of Korea’s Economic Research Institute shared its data on Friday, claiming fertility rates in North Korea have dropped to as low as 1.38. “The results show …
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Russia’s election commission has registered two candidates to oppose President Vladimir Putin in the upcoming 2024 elections. Liberal Democratic Party candidate Leonid Slutsky and New People Party candidate Vladislav Davankov were approved for the March election by official this week. Danankov currently serves as the deputy speaker for the state …
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Nepal’s prime minister resigned Tuesday after protesters set fire to homes of the country’s top political leaders during violent demonstrations against a ban on social media platforms and government corruption. The departure of Khadga Prasad Oli comes a day after police opened fire on the protesters, killing 19 in Nepal’s …
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The White House issued a rare public rebuke of Israel for its strikes on Hamas leaders in Qatar, putting Washington in an awkward position between two key allies. The Trump administration almost never breaks publicly with Israel on military campaigns. But analysts say the deeper question is how much the …
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Raphael Lemkin was a Jewish lawyer, scholar, and refugee who gave the world a vocabulary for one of humanity’s greatest evils. Out of the ashes of the Holocaust, in which nearly 50 members of his family were murdered, he coined the very word genocide to describe the Nazi attempt to …
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White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff was photographed Saturday visiting an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) base in the northern Gaza Strip as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be holding for a second day. The image was obtained exclusively by Fox News. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) leader Adm. …
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