BEIJING (AP) — China’s second-highest ranking general and eight other senior officials have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military on suspicion of serious misconduct linked to…
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China purges nine top commanders in People’s Liberation Army
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China has purged the number two general in the People’s Liberation Army and eight other senior commanders, in a big…
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BBC sanctioned for failing to disclose Gaza documentary narrator's ties to Hamas
The BBC previously apologised after acknowledging “serious flaws” in the making of “Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone” and removed it from its online player.
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Ukraine should rely on its own missiles, not America’s
Ukraine should rely not on U.S. Tomahawk missiles — which it is unlikely to receive, or will receive only in limited numbers — but on its own long-range weapons development.
That view was expressed in a comment to Ukrinform by Andreas Umland, an analyst at the Stockholm…
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Trump to meet Zelensky at White House after ‘productive’ call with Putin – live updates
Hungary still obligated to arrest people under ICC warrant – including Putinpublished at 14:32 BST
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Reporting from The Hague
Image source, Getty ImagesHungary’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
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IMF urges solid legal basis for use of frozen Russian assets
Alfred Kammer, Director of the European Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), declined to comment on a possible reparation loan for Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets, but stressed the need for a strong legal…
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Slovakia to provide Ukraine with EUR 500M worth of energy equipment
Slovakia will supply Ukraine with a new package of energy equipment worth €500 million and allocate €300,000 for the construction of shelters in schools.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced this on X, Ukrinform reports.
Sybiha met with his Slovak…
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Polish court blocks extradition and frees Ukrainian suspected in Nord Stream pipeline blasts
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish court on Friday blocked the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and ordered his release, a ruling that was…
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Ukraine’s SOF hit oil depot, Gvardeysky plant’s budgetary institution in Crimea
Ukrainian Special operations forces (SOF) units used strike drones to hit a number of enemy targets in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on the night of Friday, October 17.
“The result of the…
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Russia Jails Street Band for Performing Antiwar Songs
The group, called Stoptime, had been performing anti-Kremlin songs for months and gaining in popularity before the authorities moved against the open dissent.
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