Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of Yevhenii Khmara as new defence minister on Wednesday, Reuters reports. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy nominated Khmara, whom he had earlier appointed as acting minister, after the ousting of Mykhailo Fedorov in July. Նյութերը գեներացվում են տարբեր կայքերից արհեստական բանականության միջոցով
US President Donald Trump is pushing his aides to arrange a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as soon as this fall, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The report, citing US officials, said Trump has privately discussed meeting Kim in person during his next trip to Asia, which could take place…
The President of Azerbaijan received the newly appointed Ambassador of Great Britain. Duncan Norman welcomed the efforts to establish peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the progress achieved. He also noted that work on a new strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Great Britain continues. The Ambassador emphasized that this, among other things, will allow…
More than 600 drones targeted the city of Moscow on the night of 17-18 August, with 180 reportedly “destroyed” over Moscow Oblast. After 02:30 Kyiv time, Sobyanin began reporting drones “flying towards Moscow” being shot down. In less than an hour, Russian authorities reported 23 such drones. Russian authorities and media outlets…
Ukraine is already officially purchasing a new guided aerial bomb for the Armed Forces, while simultaneously developing nearly a dozen similar weapons that could change the balance in the skies, Colonel Vladyslav Voloshyn, head of the Central Directorate for Innovation Activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said in a comment to Ukrinform. After…
US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman if the Gulf country “gets in the way” of Washington’s efforts to strike a peace deal with Iran, FT reports. Fox News reported on Monday that the president had delivered the threat in response to questions from a reporter, as tensions between Washington and Tehran…
The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, has announced a further expansion of the sanctions list against Russia. In an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt on Monday, she announced that the number of sanctioned Russian entities would increase by a third under the new European sanctions package. “This…
The death toll from an earthquake that struck Indonesia on August 15 has risen to 38, The New York Times reported. According to the newspaper, data from the US Geological Survey showed that the earthquake struck north of the island of Flores, about 1,000 miles east of the country’s capital, Jakarta. Indonesia’s Meteorology,…
US President Donald Trump said he plans to soon declare the Strait of Hormuz “a territory of the United States” as he once again asserted U.S. control of the critical waterway amid the war in Iran, USA Today reports. Trump made the extraordinary remark as he touted the success of an American naval blockade…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will impose tariffs on imports of drones and their components, including from some key U.S. allies, with the Trump administration saying the country was “too reliant” on foreign sources of drones, Reuters reports. A proclamation signed by Trump imposes a 100% ad valorem tariff on drones of…
Reuters/CCTV. U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that the United States had “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and will “keep it.” Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. naval blockade of the waterway had been described as a “wall of steel” and said Iran lacked the capability to challenge it….
Reuters/CCTV. Thousands of volunteers and rescuers are racing against time to find survivors trapped under the rubble in Cali, western Colombian, as the critical 72-hour rescue window nears its close following Monday’s devastating earthquake. Rescue workers raised their arms to call for silence upon hearing signs of life beneath the rubble, bringing all activity…
Despite publicly pledging his support for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has largely avoided sending Chechens to the front en masse, The Economist reported on Aug. 11, citing a source close to the republic’s leadership. Kadyrov does not want to sacrifice Chechnya’s population for the “Russian world,” the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened retaliation for Western seizures of its commercial vessels, describing them as “piracy.” Speaking on a visit to a Russian warship that was taking part in a naval exercise in the Pacific, Putin described the Western moves to detain vessels linked to Russia as a breach of international…
The United States and 40 other nations have called for at least 24 hours’ notice before long-range ballistic missile launches, following a rare Chinese missile test in the Pacific last month that they said raised concerns over accidents and military miscalculation. In a joint statement released by the US State Department on Tuesday, the…
Reuters. A Syrian court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday (August 11) after a trial in absentia, convicting him of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest during the country’s nearly 14-year war. It was the first conviction against Assad, who was ousted in a rebel offensive in December 2024 that…
Reuters. Turkey’s parliament passed a law on Monday (August 10) establishing a legal framework for the disbandment of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a major step toward ending a decades-old conflict that has killed tens of thousands. The legislation provides legal protections for many former militants who have not committed specific crimes and…
Reuters/CCTV. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that “we are only semi-negotiating” with Iran, noting that he is prepared to allow economic pressure on Iran to mount — as opposed to ordering a new military offensive, Axios reported. “We are low keying it,” Trump told Axios during a brief phone call, arguing that…
The U.S. Secretary of State has issued a statement regarding the Washington summit on August 8. In his statement, handed by the U.S. Department of State, Marco Rubio said: One year ago today, President Trump secured peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan when he hosted President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia together at the White House and witnessed their signing of a…
Reuters. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said during an interview aired on Iranian state TV on Friday (August 7) that Iran thwarted what he described as efforts by its opponents to weaken or destabilise the country through military pressure. Pezeshkian said his government had been engaged in negotiations before the conflict with the US began…
EU’s Chief Diplomat Kaja Kallas said each new attack on Ukraine is another reason for Europe to tighten the screws on Russia. “As a response to the recent series of Russian airstrikes, the EU today adopted new sanctions listings targeting five individuals involved in Russia’s military-industrial complex. With its army stalled on the…
Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (August 6) told reporters that he believed the war with Iran would be over soon and said the armed forces were experiencing issues with supplies of some weapons. “I think it’s going to end pretty soon. I don’t think they can go much longer,” Trump said in…
Ambassador Narek Mkrtchyan hosted Cate Dillon, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, and Shannon Sprenger, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, at the Embassy. Armenian Embassy to the USA said, during the meeting, the parties discussed opportunities to expand Armenian-American cooperation in the field of…
Ukraine is continuing its work with the United States and other partners to create conditions for real diplomacy and an end to the war, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening address. He added that Kyiv is ready for all formats of meetings and expects Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to remain actively involved in…
A Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 15 people overnight on Wednesday, August 5, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) said. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, said nine people were killed in the Brovary district, four were killed in the Buchanskyi district, and…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he has disagreements with Donald Trump over the mechanisms for resolving the situation in Gaza. According to Netanyahu, Hamas must be fully disarmed before the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip can begin. Earlier, the U.S.-initiated Board of Peace confirmed that Hamas had formally committed to disarmament,…
Reuters. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday (August 3) there were no talks under way with the United States and no plans for any meetings, while talks with Oman over management of the Strait of Hormuz continued. U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday (August 2) that a negotiation with…
Reuters. President Donald Trump said on Sunday (August 2) the U.S. held off on a fresh attack on Iran for a deal to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday that negotiations between Tehran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz were in…
Reuters. Israeli forces struck a warehouse containing medical supplies overnight on Saturday (August 1), according to a doctor at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Gaza. “In the middle of last night, it targeted a warehouse containing medical supplies for the hospital, and the occupation completely destroyed it,” Khalil Al-Daqran told Reuters. Reuters footage…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an interview with Fox News, said that diplomatic efforts will be made in the coming weeks aimed at determining whether peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia can be restarted, Urkainska Pravda reports. Rubio said diplomatic activity aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine is expected to intensify…
