Ukraine, South Korea agree to deepen security cooperation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he had discussed the deployment of North Korean troops to aid Russia with South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, and agreed to strengthen security cooperation. The call between the leaders came as concern among Ukraine’s allies is mounting over the apparent transfer of thousands of North Korean soldiers to […]

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Russia-North Korea military cooperation ‘significant security threat’: South Korea president

South Korea’s president said Tuesday that growing military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang posed a major global security threat, after Washington accused North Korea of sending 10,000 soldiers to train in Russia. “This illegal military cooperation between Russia and North Korea is a significant security threat to the international community and could pose a serious […]

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North Korea sent 10,000 troops to train in Russia, US says

North Korea has sent some 10,000 troops to train in Russia, Washington said Monday, tripling its estimate and prompting NATO as well as EU warnings of a dangerous expansion of the Ukraine war. Pyongyang — with whom Moscow signed a mutual defense pact — is already widely believed to be arming Russia for its invasion, […]

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Taiwan says China holds ‘combat’ patrol after latest US arms sales

China deployed fighter jets and drones as part of a “joint combat readiness patrol” around Taiwan on Sunday, Taipei said, hours after Beijing slammed the latest round of US arms sales to the island. The US State Department on Friday approved a $2 billion arms sale package for Taiwan, including advanced surface-to-air missile systems and […]

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Putin says hopes West ‘heard’ warning over long-range strikes

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday he hoped the West “heard” his warning about the danger of a direct war with NATO if it allowed Ukraine to use long-range weapons against Russia. Putin made the initial threat in September after Britain and the United States mulled letting Kyiv use long-range arms against Russian targets, warning […]

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Assassinations, sabotages, cyberattacks: Israel’s operations against Iran

From hitjobs to sabotages and cyberattacks, Israel has either been blamed for or has itself claimed a variety of attacks against Iran. In Israel’s sights are Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Tehran’s nuclear programme. As Israel launched a series of air strikes Saturday, which it said were aimed at Iran’s military infrastructure, AFP […]

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Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli strikes on Iran

Saudi Arabia condemned Israeli strikes on military targets in Iran on Saturday, warning against any further expansion of the conflict in the Middle East. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expresses its condemnation and denunciation” of the Israeli strikes and emphasised its “firm position rejecting escalation of the conflict in the region”, which “threatens the security […]

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Turkey calls for end of Israeli ‘terror’ after strikes on Iran

Turkey on Saturday condemned Israel’s strikes on Iran and called for an end to what it said was Israel’s “terror” in the region. “Putting an end to the terror created by Israel in the region has become an historic task for the establishment of international peace and security,” the Turkish foreign ministry said in a […]

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Iran says has ‘duty’ to defend itself, after Israeli strikes

Iran said it was obliged to defend itself, after Israeli retaliatory strikes hit military targets and killed two soldiers in the Islamic republic on Saturday. “Iran has the right and the duty to defend itself against foreign acts of aggression,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, citing Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.

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