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Putin calls for Christmas truce in move rejected by Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Thursday for a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Orthodox Christmas, a move rejected by Kyiv ...Ukraine military says it killed 800 Russian soldiers in past day
Ukraine’s military estimated on Thursday that 800 Russian soldiers were killed in the past day, mostly in fighting in the eastern Donetsk ...Afghan hospital wards fill with children suffering from pneumonia
In a bitterly cold bedroom at the start of winter in Kabul, 22-year Maryam sat with her baby son bundled up in ...Russia blames its soldiers’ mobile phone use for deadly missile strike
Russia’s defence ministry on Wednesday blamed the illegal use of mobile phones by its soldiers for a deadly Ukrainian missile strike that ...South Korea’s Yoon warns of ending military pact after North drone intrusion
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday he would consider suspending a 2018 inter-Korean military pact if the North violates its ...Israel’s Ben-Gvir visits contested Jerusalem holy site, Palestinians protest
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefly visited the compound that houses the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Tuesday, a move ...Anger in Russia as scores of troops killed in one of war’s deadliest strikes
Russia acknowledged on Monday that scores of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war’s deadliest strikes, drawing demands from ...Russian drones attack critical infrastructure in and around Kyiv, officials say
Waves of Russian drones targeted infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital and surrounding areas on Monday, damaging energy facilities and causing some power outages, ...Lula takes over in Brazil, slams Bolsonaro’s anti-democratic threats
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s president on Sunday, delivering a searing indictment of far-right former leader Jair ...Ukrainians cheer the new year as Russian drones are blasted from the skies
Ukrainians cheered from their balconies while their air defences blasted Russian missiles and drones out of the sky in the first hours ...














