Israel says it has concluded strikes on Iranian military targets and all its planes have returned safely home. Satellite imagery shows renovation work at an old Soviet-era laboratory called Sergiev Posad-6 - previously quiet for decades - with several new buildings bearing hallmarks of biological labs designed to handle extremely dangerous pathogens
Read MoreBritain’s Labour Party won a landslide election victory Friday morning, sweeping the Conservative Party out of power after 14 years in an anti-incumbent revolt that heralded a new era in British politics. Only days into it taking over the rotating presidency of the European Council and Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán has drawn the ire of Brussels for his unscheduled visit to Vladimir Putin in Moscow
Read MoreIsrael is on high alert for a possible direct attack from Iran. The former commander of the UK's Joint Forces Command has warned that Ukraine could face defeat by Russia in 2024
Read MoreEurope must prepare for potential war, as a full-scale conflict on the continent beyond Ukraine is “no longer a fantasy”, the EU’s chief diplomat has warned. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza is a “mistake,” said US president Joe Biden
Read MoreThe UN warns that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with northern Gaza facing imminent famine and the rest of the Strip at risk as well. Vladimir Putin said he is open to French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to propose a ceasefire during this summer's Paris Olympics
Read MoreA surprise cabinet shuffle in the UK that brings an unelected former PM to lead the Foreign Office. Gaza Strip’s hospitals “must be protected,” President Biden said. Turkey joins other countries in mass deportations of Afghan refugees.
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Johannesburg for a state visit and for the BRICS Summit. Air space around Moscow was closed once again due to the presence of Ukrainian drones
Read MoreUkraine's military says it had repelled more than 130 enemy attacks in 24 hours and claimed to be inflicting massive Russian casualties but gave no definitive word on the fate of Bakhmut, where Russian forces were said to have nearly surrounded the devastated city.
Read MoreOn the battlefield, the fight for the eastern city of Bakhmut raged on. While in Zaporizhizhia another Russian missile strike on populated civilian targets resulted in deaths and injuries.
Read MoreUkrainian tank crews have arrived in Britain to begin training for their continued fight against Russia, the British Defense Ministry said, just days after Britain and other NATO countries pledged more than 130 tanks to Ukraine. Ukraine's military said on January 29 that its forces had repelled an attack in the area of Blahodatne in the eastern part of the Donetsk region, while Russia's Vagner private military group said it had taken control of the village.
Read MoreA Russian strike on a city in the eastern region of Donetsk killed at least three people as Ukrainian forces engaged Russian troops in ferocious battles in several hot spots in the east, where Moscow has been pressing its offensive with increased urgency amid Western pledges of modern tank deliveries for Kyiv.
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to impose a 36-hour ceasefire on the Ukrainian front line. However it has been rejected as a cynical move by the Ukrainian leadership. The US and Germany have agreed to send heavy armoured fighting vehicles to Ukraine
Read MoreAir raid sirens sounded in Kyiv on Sunday night as the latest wave of drone and missile strikes from Russia continued. An attack which began shortly before midnight targeted critical infrastructure,
Read MoreRussia staged another attack on Kyiv with Iranian-built drones. All five were shot down. Air defenses also destroyed 10 attack drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk & Zaporizhzhia regions. Almost half-a-million people in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa and surrounding region remain without power
Read MoreMoscow says three military personnel were killed early on December 26 by debris from a downed Ukrainian drone, which was shot down and fell over a military base in Russia's southwestern Saratov region. Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations
Read MorePitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.
Read MoreA wave of Russian drones attacked Kyiv overnight and into the early hours of Monday morning, triggering air raid sirens twice. In all, Ukraine’s air defence managed to shoot down 30 out of 35 incoming drones.
Read MoreA fresh wave of Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine this morning, striking several major cities and interrupting critical services. EU has agreed on a fresh round of sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine after complaints from hawkish Eastern European leaders that some countries were trying to water them down.
Read MoreEuropean Union member states failed to agree on a ninth package of Russia sanctions in talks. US citizen held since June is among dozens released in a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia.
Read MoreHeavy shelling and artillery fire were reported in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region overnight. Russia will continue targeting Ukraine’s power supply, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said
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