ISTANBUL: Russia said early Monday that over 110,000 people have been evacuated from the border region of Kursk amid Kyiv’s offensive since August. ‘According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 112,337 people were evacuated (from the Kursk region),’ Russian Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova told Argumenty i Fakti newspaper.
ISTANBUL: North Korea announced Sunday that it had ordered its artillery units near the South Korean border to be fully prepared for potential strikes following threats of a “horrible disaster” over alleged drone flights over its capital. Pyongyang accused South Korea of sending unmanned drones into its airspace three times
ISTANBUL: Taiwan on Monday ‘strongly condemned’ the joint-military drills by China around the island nation, calling them ‘irrational’ and ‘provocative.’ The Defense Ministry said it ‘will deploy appropriate forces to respond and defend our national sovereignty’ against the Joint Sword-2024B exercises by Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). A statement by
ANKARA: India Monday revoked direct rule in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the formation of a new elected government in the region. According to a notification signed by President Droupadi Murmu, the order dated Oct. 31, 2019 in relation to the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall stand revoked
ANKARA: The European Union foreign ministers will gather in Luxembourg on Monday to discuss the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is set to chair a two-day Foreign Affairs Council meeting which Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha will attend via videoconference for an
ISTANBUL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Sunday that the coming week would focus on enhancing cooperation with international partners, as reports indicate the involvement of North Korean troops in Russia’s war on Ukraine. In his evening address, Zelenskyy highlighted the deepening alliance between Russia and North Korea, pointing out that
