Ukraine reported bringing war deep into Russia with attacks on Moscow and border region

Ukraine brought the war far from the front line into the heart of Russia again Sunday in drone penetrations that Russian authorities said damaged two office buildings a few miles (kilometers) from the Kremlin and a pig breeding complex on the countries’ border. The attacks, which Ukraine didn’t acknowledge in keeping with its security policy, […]

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China says US military aid to Taiwan will not deter its will to unify the island

TAIPEI-China accused the United States of turning Taiwan into an “ammunition depot” after the White House announced a $345 million military aid package for Taipei, and the self-ruled island said Sunday it tracked six Chinese navy ships in waters off its shores. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office issued a statement late Saturday opposing the military aid […]

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Italy made an “improvised and atrocious” decision when it joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

four years ago as it did little to boost exports, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said in an interview published on Sunday. Italy signed up to the BRI under a previous government, becoming the only major Western country to have taken such a step. Crosetto is part of an administration that is considering how to break […]

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Bomb at political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 75, injures more than 150

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State group operates across the border in Afghanistan. A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, police and health officials said. At least 75 people […]

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