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Russian forces at 70% of level needed for full Ukraine invasion, U.S. officials say
Russia has in place about 70% of the combat power it believes it would need for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and ...Thousands protest vaccine mandates in Canada, further fraying nerves
Thousands of people demonstrated in Canadian cities, including the financial hub Toronto, on Saturday as mostly peaceful but noisy protests against vaccine ...Taiwan condemns ‘contemptible’ timing of China-Russia partnership
Taiwan on Saturday condemned as “contemptible” the timing of China and Russia’s “no limits” partnership at the start of the Winter Olympics, ...China’s Xi Jinping meets Russia’s Vladimir Putin as tensions grow with west
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday arrived in Beijing, where he is expected to attend the 2022 Winter Olympics and hold a ...U.S. warns Russia may stage video as pretext to invade Ukraine
Russia has formulated several options as an excuse to invade Ukraine, including the potential use of a propaganda video showing a staged attack, ...Civilians killed in US special operations raid in Syria
U.S. special forces successfully carried out a counter-terrorism mission in northwest Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon said, a raid which Syrian sources ...U.S. to deploy more troops to Eastern Europe amid Ukraine crisis
The United States will send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to shield Eastern Europe from a potential spillover from ...Putin accuses U.S. of trying to lure Russia into war
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Tuesday of deliberately creating a scenario designed to lure it into war and ignoring Russia’s security concerns over ...African Union suspends Burkina Faso after military coup
The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso from all its activities in response to last week’s military coup, effective until constitutional order ...Myanmar sees anti-junta protests on coup anniversary despite crackdown
Streets in some of Myanmar’s main cities were nearly deserted on Tuesday as opponents of military rule called for a “silent strike” ...