The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies linked to Wagner and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, that it alleged were used to help pay the paramilitary's forces fighting in Ukraine and undertaking operations to support Russian interests in Africa. "The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries...
Russia said Monday that 63 of its troops were killed on New Year's Eve in Ukrainian missile strikes on their quarters in the town of Makiivka in the Russian-controlled part of the Ukraine's Donetsk region. The unusual casualty announcement by Russia's Defense Ministry came as Russia continued its barrage of air attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, although Mayor Vitali Klitschko said all 40 drones targeting the city and its environs had been shot down. Russia's Defense Ministry said Ukraine hit the Makiivka site with four of the six rockets fired from the precision High Mobility...
The Ministry of Defense of Belarus stated on Thursday that the submission had brought down "an air movement target from Ukraine" on the western side of Belarus, in the Brest region. In a video statement released Thursday by the losing side, an unnamed Belarusian defense battalion commander said the division's surveillance equipment had detected a "target". "As a result of the appropriate and well-coordinated actions of the combat crew, the target was escorted by us, assisted and after trapping the national border and entering our airspace, it destroyed the target in the Gorbakha area,...
Families hoping to board Southwest Airlines flights after days of flight delays, losing suitcases and missing connecting flights, appear to be facing yet another disappointment with a new wave of flight cancellations. More than 2,500 flights were removed from the list of arrivals and departures announced on Wednesday (28/12). Exhausted passengers try to find a way out by using other airlines, rental cars, or trains. Not a few who surrender and just give up. According to tracking service FlightAware, more than 91% of all canceled flights in the Americas Wednesday were from airline Southwest...
Hong Kong will scrap some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travelers and vaccination requirements to enter certain venues, the city's leader said Wednesday. For most of the pandemic, Hong Kong has aligned itself with China's "zero-COVID" strategy, requiring stringent COVID-19 tests and isolation for close contacts of infected cases as well as for incoming travelers. But the mainland has relaxed measures in recent weeks, and Hong Kong is preparing for the January reopening of its border with China, which had previously imposed harsh restrictions and snap...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the government that it was the Ukrainian government that decided how long the fighting in the country would last. Russia launched the conflict by taking control of its neighbor 10 months ago. Tass news agency quoted Lavrov as saying Ukraine "can stop senseless resistance at any time." Lavrov said Ukraine was aware of Russia's proposals for the "demilitarization and denazification" of Ukrainian territory and the elimination of the Ukrainian threat to Russia, including in four areas Russia claims to have annexed. The international community...
North and South Korea have restored a communication hotline that was cut off by Pyongyang last June.
According to the South's presidential office, the leaders of both countries have agreed to...
Critical infrastructure facilities were hit by drone strikes early on Thursday, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Volodymyr Zelenskiy's presidential office said on Thursday.
"Another attack...
Andrew McCabe, pejabat FBI No. 2 yang secara umum dikritik Presiden Donald Trump atas dugaan bias politik, mundur dari biro tersebut hari Senin waktu AS, beberapa minggu sebelum masa pensiunnya,...