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WARSAW: Ukraine awaits President Xi Jinping’s visit to the Kremlin this week with apprehension, fearing that China may ultimately decide to supply its strategic ally with arms, influencing the outcome of the war. Beijing seeks to depict itself as a neutral party to the conflict, neither condemning nor explicitly supporting […]

SEOUL: South Korea will fully implement a key military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a defence ministry official told AFP today, as the two countries move to thaw long-frozen relations and renew diplomacy to counter Pyongyang. -ADVERTISEMENT- At a fence-mending summit on Thursday, the neighbours agreed to turn the page on […]

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump and his family failed to disclose gifts worth a total of more than US$250,000 (RM1.12 million) given by foreign governments while he was in the White House, Democrats said yesterday — including golden golf clubs from Japan and swords from Saudi royalty. The items were among some […]

WASHINGTON: Former US vice president Mike Pence offered his most forceful rebuke to date of his one-time boss Donald Trump on Saturday (Mar 11), saying that history will hold him accountable for his role in the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Pence was in the Capitol when […]

WASHINGTON: The Louisville, Kentucky, police force routinely discriminates against Black residents, uses excessive force and conducts illegal searches, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday, following a probe prompted by Breonna Taylor’s killing in 2020. The department’s findings come nearly two years after US Attorney General Merrick Garland launched the […]

SEOUL: North Korea warned Tuesday (Mar 7) that it would be a “clear declaration of war” if its missiles were shot down during their test launches over the Pacific Ocean. The United States and South Korea have ramped up defence cooperation, including joint drills, in the face of growing threats […]

OXON HILL, Maryland: Former US president Donald Trump said Saturday (Mar 4) that he would continue his third presidential campaign even if indicted. “Absolutely, I wouldn’t even think about leaving,” Trump told reporters ahead of a speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is under investigation by prosecutors […]

SEOUL: North Korea’s foreign ministry on Sunday (Mar 5) called on the United Nations to demand an immediate halt to combined military drills by the United States and South Korea, saying they were raising tensions that threaten to spiral out of control. The drills and rhetoric from the allies are […]

A Russian spacecraft on a mission to bring back to Earth a crew stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has docked at the station, Russian space agency Roscosmos said early on Sunday (Feb 26). The Soyuz MS-23, which lifted off from Baikonour space centre in Kazakhstan on Friday, is […]