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  • Biden to announce $375 million military aid package for Ukraine including ammunition May 20, 2023 07:21 AM IST

    Biden to announce $375 million military aid package for Ukraine including ammunition

    The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the package will include artillery, ammunition and HIMARS rocket launchers.

  • In Pics: New fighting kills 2 Palestinian militant commanders, elderly man in Israel as Egypt pushes truce May 12, 2023 01:20 PM IST

    In Pics: New fighting kills 2 Palestinian militant commanders, elderly man in Israel as Egypt pushes truce

    It has been the worst bout of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza in months, with at least 10 civilians — mostly women and children — among the dead. The conflagration, now in its fourth day, comes at a time of soaring tensions and spiking violence over the past year in the occupied West Bank.

  • Number of internally displaced people hits record due to war, climate change May 11, 2023 10:57 AM IST

    Number of internally displaced people hits record due to war, climate change

    The Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said that figure represented a 20% increase since 2021, with an unprecedented number of people fleeing in search of safety and shelter.

  • 31 tribals from Karnataka stranded in war-torn Sudan April 18, 2023 04:42 PM IST

    31 tribals from Karnataka stranded in war-torn Sudan

    Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority Commissioner Manoj Rajan said, "We have got a message that a group of 31 people hailing from Karnataka are stranded in Sudan. We have informed the Ministry of External Affairs about it."

  • With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, NATO readies for combat on its borders April 17, 2023 06:56 PM IST

    With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, NATO readies for combat on its borders

    NATO is rapidly moving from what the military calls deterrence by retaliation to deterrence by denial.

  • German imports from Russia down over 90% in war's 1st year April 13, 2023 05:40 PM IST

    German imports from Russia down over 90% in war's 1st year

    The Federal Statistical Office said Germany imported goods worth 300 million euros ($329 million) in February, down from 3.7 billion euros a year earlier. That was a 91% fall, and dropped Russia from the 11th-biggest source of imports to 46th place.

  • Jr NTR set to star along side Hrithik Roshan in 'War 2' April 05, 2023 02:57 PM IST

    Jr NTR set to star along side Hrithik Roshan in 'War 2'

    The shooting for the War 2, a sequel to the 2019 movie War, is expected to start at the end of 2023.

  • Russia-Ukraine War: 20 years since the Iraq War, the steady crisis of civilisation March 19, 2023 08:18 PM IST

    Russia-Ukraine War: 20 years since the Iraq War, the steady crisis of civilisation

    Rebuilding Ukraine could cost more than $1 trillion, an epic human tragedy. The world has likely forgotten that other catastrophe which began on March 19, exactly two decades ago.

  • International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes March 18, 2023 10:25 AM IST

    International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes

    The Kremlin dismissed the ICC move. Russia “doesn’t recognize this court’s jurisdiction and any decisions of such kind are void from the point of view of international law,” Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said

  • Russia must be punished for Ukraine war, US, Quad allies say March 03, 2023 11:24 AM IST

    Russia must be punished for Ukraine war, US, Quad allies say

    The so-called Quad group also said that the use, or threat of use, of nuclear weapons in Ukraine was "inadmissible". Late last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended a landmark nuclear arms control treaty and threatened to resume nuclear tests.

  • Oil-rich Norway donates $7.4 billion in aid to Ukraine February 16, 2023 03:44 PM IST

    Oil-rich Norway donates $7.4 billion in aid to Ukraine

    In a video address to the 169-seat parliament, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Norway for the donation.

  • Bird flu spreads to new countries, threatens non-stop "war" on poultry February 15, 2023 06:35 PM IST

    Bird flu spreads to new countries, threatens non-stop "war" on poultry

    Reuters spoke to more than 20 experts and farmers on four continents who said the prevalence of the virus in the wild signals that record outbreaks will not abate soon on poultry farms, ramping up threats to the world’s food supply.

  • U.N. agencies appeal for $5.6 billion to help war-stricken Ukrainians February 15, 2023 03:32 PM IST

    U.N. agencies appeal for $5.6 billion to help war-stricken Ukrainians

    The announcement, made jointly by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR), comes days before the one-year anniversary of the invasion on Feb. 24.

  • Shock of war hits a world economy at the crossroads February 10, 2023 11:05 AM IST

    Shock of war hits a world economy at the crossroads

    Most immediately, the war added new uncertainties to the economic trauma of a COVID-19 pandemic that had already led to record rises in public debt, inflation-fuelled cost-of-living crises, and labour shortages in essential sectors.

  • 'Russia will lose war:' Ukraine President Zelenskyy in historic address to UK lawmakers February 08, 2023 08:46 PM IST

    'Russia will lose war:' Ukraine President Zelenskyy in historic address to UK lawmakers

    "I stand before you on behalf of our brave soldiers who are right now under artillery fire," Zelenskyy said in a rousing address to Parliament, during which he complimented the “strong British character”.

  • Ukraine replaces defence minister; faces delays in delivery of Western weapons February 08, 2023 12:50 PM IST

    Ukraine replaces defence minister; faces delays in delivery of Western weapons

    The developments place a question mark on the fate of the Ukraine-Russia war, which approaches the one-year mark this month.

  • Up to IOC to decide if Russia can compete in Paris 2024, says Paris Olympic head February 03, 2023 07:14 PM IST

    Up to IOC to decide if Russia can compete in Paris 2024, says Paris Olympic head

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the governing body to ban them from the sporting event, stating that allowing Russia to compete at the Games was tantamount to showing that "terror is somehow acceptable".

  • Ukrainians to get millions of LED light bulbs to ease energy shortfall January 30, 2023 06:15 PM IST

    Ukrainians to get millions of LED light bulbs to ease energy shortfall

    The goal is in the next few months to reduce by a quarter the energy deficit caused by Russian missile and drone strikes on power infrastructure that have frequently left millions of Ukrainians without light, water or heating.

  • US Air Force general warns of war with China in 2025 January 29, 2023 06:23 AM IST

    US Air Force general warns of war with China in 2025

    US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said earlier this month he seriously doubted that ramped up Chinese military activities near the Taiwan Strait were a sign of an imminent invasion of the island by Beijing

  • INS Vagir: Fifth Kalvari class submarine commissioned on January 23 | In Pics January 23, 2023 04:35 PM IST

    INS Vagir: Fifth Kalvari class submarine commissioned on January 23 | In Pics

    The commissioning of INS Vagir comes amid the increasing presence of the Chinese Navy in the Indian Ocean. Vagir has been built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai with technology transfer from France and will give boost to the force's prowess.

  • Private bomb shelters in Ukraine: Cost of a shelter same as a 2-BHK | World News January 20, 2023 04:53 PM IST

    Private bomb shelters in Ukraine: Cost of a shelter same as a 2-BHK | World News

    Bunker apartments designed to withstand heavy artillery are being produced by entrepreneurs in Kharkiv. The bunkers are being produced to satisfy an increased demand for private underground shelters with a constant missile attacks from Russia. The shelters built under 'Project Skhov' are self-contained units with full amenities. Watch the video to find out more details about the underground bunkers in Ukraine.

  • Russian missiles hit infrastructure in Kyiv and Kharkiv - officials January 14, 2023 03:19 PM IST

    Russian missiles hit infrastructure in Kyiv and Kharkiv - officials

    Russia, which invaded last February, has been pounding Ukraine's vital energy infrastructure with missiles and drones since October, causing sweeping blackouts and disruptions to central heating and running water as winter bites.

  • What does it mean to provide ‘security guarantees’ to Ukraine? January 10, 2023 07:54 PM IST

    What does it mean to provide ‘security guarantees’ to Ukraine?

    What seems clear is that short of a Russian collapse and defeat, with Ukraine winning back all of its territory, any security guarantees are likely to be both partial and fragile.

  • Italy says "technical issues" delay supply of air defence system to Ukraine January 10, 2023 03:11 PM IST

    Italy says "technical issues" delay supply of air defence system to Ukraine

    Two weeks ago Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Rome was considering supplying air defences after a phone call with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in which she reaffirmed her government's "full support" for Ukraine.

  • Ukraine’s economy shrank 30% in 2022, official says January 05, 2023 09:56 PM IST

    Ukraine’s economy shrank 30% in 2022, official says

    The minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, who is also the first deputy prime minister of Ukraine, said preliminary data showed that the country’s GDP fell 30.4% in 2022, the largest decline since Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.