Last Updated:September 12, 2025, 00:07 IST Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda confirmed the safe arrival of the freed prisoners across the Lithuanian border on Thursday. The timing of the release is significant, coming just a day after Russian drones were spotted over Polish territory (Image: AP) Belarus has released 52 political prisoners on Thursday, following US…
A slew of foreign leaders took China’s signature high-speed railway from the northern port city of Tianjin to Beijing on Monday and Tuesday, having departed from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to attend a Victory Day parade. Seven state leaders arrived on Monday night: President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz…
The Russian president defends the military campaign in Ukraine, blaming NATO and Western policies for the conflict. Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the West for igniting the war in Ukraine, insisting Moscow’s assault was provoked by years of Western provocations. Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)…
Resource constraints and precedent mean China is unlikely to become one of Ukraine’s security guarantors – despite Russia’s suggestion that it could, according to analysts. With rising expectations for a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, security guarantees for Kyiv have taken centre stage in discussions about a…
WARSAW (Reuters) -A drone which crashed into a field in eastern Poland most likely came from the direction of Belarus, a regional prosecutor said on Thursday, following an incident described by the defence minister as a provocation by Belarus’ ally Russia. The military drone fell into a cornfield overnight on Tuesday, scorching crops, shattering windows…
Russia on Monday announced it will stop abiding by a decades-old nuclear missile treaty with the United States, raising fears of the return of a Cold War-style arms race. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, signed in 1987, had put a moratorium on the deployment of short and medium-range missiles between the world’s leading military…
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia has started production of its newest hypersonic missiles and reaffirmed its plans to deploy them to ally Belarus later this year. Sitting alongside Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Valaam Island near St. Petersburg, Putin said the military already has selected deployment sites in Belarus for…
United States President Donald Trump threatened to impose “very severe tariffs” on Russia on Monday if a peace agreement to end the Ukraine war is not reached in the next 50 days. Trump has also unveiled a new agreement to supply Ukraine with more weapons. On the campaign trail ahead of last year’s presidential election,…
Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng called for practical cooperation and mutual respect with India as he met the Indian foreign minister in Beijing on Monday. Han said China and India should “steadily advance practical cooperation, respect each other’s concerns and promote the sustained, healthy and stable development of [bilateral] relations”, state news agency Xinhua reported. Jaishankar,…
Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has hosted his Iranian counterpart and other senior defence staff on an advanced Chinese warship days after the US bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities, while stating “hegemony” is the biggest source of global chaos. Iranian Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh was among defence chiefs received by Dong on the ship on Wednesday…