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At Least 4 Killed in Russian Drone Attack on Kyiv Region

At Least 4 Killed in Russian Drone Attack on Kyiv Region

A day after Ukraine launched a drone attack on Crimea, at least four civilians were killed and seven more were injured after Russia launched a drone attack on the city of Rzhyshchiv in the wider Kyiv region in the early hours of Wednesday.

Ukraine Launches Drone Attack on Crimea

Ukraine Launches Drone Attack on Crimea

Overnight on Monday, a drone attack on Crimea struck the city of Dzhankoi in the north of the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.

French Govt. Survives No-Confidence Vote, Pension Reform Becomes Law

French Govt. Survives No-Confidence Vote, Pension Reform Becomes Law

After protests erupted against his controversial pension reform, French Pres. Macron's government survived two votes of no-confidence on Monday. Government officials filed motions for the vote after Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne used a special constitutional power, called Article 49:3, to push ...

UK Updates Security Framework; Takes Aim at China, Russia

UK Updates Security Framework; Takes Aim at China, Russia

On Monday, the UK published an update to its foreign policy and security blueprint, the Integrated Review 2023 (IR23), characterizing China as an 'epoch-defining challenge' to the world order and warning the UK's security depends on the outcome of the Ukraine war....

Xi Arrives in Moscow for State Visit

Xi Arrives in Moscow for State Visit

In what both countries described as a deepening of their bilateral ties, Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Russia on Monday for a three-day visit. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Xi and Russian Pres. Putin would hold informal talks on Monday before dining together — formal talks on a ra...

Iran Agrees to Stop Arming Houthis in Yemen

Iran Agrees to Stop Arming Houthis in Yemen

As part of a China-brokered deal to re-establish diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, Iran has agreed to halt covert weapons shipments to its Houthi allies in Yemen, according to US and Saudi officials. The development is being hailed as a positive step towards ending one of the region's longe...

Putin Makes Surprise Trip to Mariupol

Putin Makes Surprise Trip to Mariupol

Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin made a 'working visit' to the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday night, following an unannounced trip to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia's takeover of the Black Sea peninsula....