KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine, April 29 (Reuters) – In a foggy field in northeast Ukraine, four soldiers stare at red and yellow dots on a screen in the back of a van, armed with interceptor drones and energy drinks to get through the night. These pilots, and about a thousand other crews like them, are on…
SEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised soldiers who committed suicide while fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, confirming an extreme battle policy. North Korea sent an estimated 14,000 troops to fight with Russian forces in Kursk region. South Korean, Ukrainian and Western officials said they suffered…
MOSCOW, April 28 (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed and 13 others injured in a fire at a building under construction in northern Moscow on Tuesday before firefighters brought the blaze under control, authorities said, according to TASS news agency. Russia’s emergency services said the fire broke out in an unfinished multi-storey residential…
MOSCOW, April 28 (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it was important to quickly restore peace and stability in Mali where its forces are helping the military-led government battle insurgents who launched a series of weekend attacks near the capital Bamako and across the country. Russian state media have said that Russia’s Africa Corps, a…
DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) – Iran is ready to share its defensive weapons capabilities with “independent countries, especially members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)”, Deputy Defence Minister Reza Talaei-Nik said on Tuesday, according to Iranian state media. Iran fought a war with the United States and Israel from late February to early April, during…
By Steve Holland and Christian Martinez WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – A U.S. official said on Monday that President Donald Trump is unhappy with an Iranian proposal because it did not address Iran’s nuclear program. “He doesn’t love the proposal,” the U.S. official said, referring to Trump. Earlier in the day, Trump discussed the proposal…
MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov held talks in Kyrgyzstan on Monday with Iran’s Deputy Defence Minister Reza Talaei-Nik, state-run TASS news agency reported. Belousov reiterated Russia’s longstanding position that the Iran war should be resolved exclusively through diplomatic means and said he was confident Moscow and Tehran would continue to…
MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in St. Petersburg on Monday and told him he hoped the Iranian people would weather what he described as a “difficult period” and that peace would soon prevail. Russia has offered to mediate to try to help restore…
BERLIN, April 27 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday that Ukraine may have to accept that parts of its territory could remain outside Kyiv’s control in a future peace deal with Russia, linking such concessions to the country’s prospects for joining the European Union. “At some point, Ukraine will sign a ceasefire…
By Steve Holland and Asif Shahzad WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, April 27 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran could telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to their two-month war, as Tehran’s foreign minister landed in Russia on Monday to seek support from President Vladimir Putin. Hopes of reviving peace efforts receded on Saturday when…