Slovakia's Prime Minister Eduard Heger said on Friday (March 17) that his government has approved sending 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to war-torn Ukraine. Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Heger said, "Slovak government just approved sending 13 MiG-29s to Ukraine!

After Poland, Slovakia to send 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to war-torn Ukraine; Kremlin reacts

Several reports have highlighted that marriage rates in South Korea have been declining. A recent Bloomberg report mentioned that marriages in the nation fell to a new record low last year.

South Korean marriages fell to a new record low last year

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Russia has been confirmed for next week. He will be in Russia from March 20-22 for a state visit, Kremlin said Friday. President Vladimir Putin had earlier invited Xi to visit the country.

Xi Jinping set to visit Russia from March 20-22, on trip ‘for friendship and peace’

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (March 16) mocked the United Kingdom with turnip-related snide remarks as he suggested to the West that they should go to Russia for vegetables amid a massive food security crisis.

Vladimir Putin mocks West with turnip reference amid food crisis

The Ukrainian government has invited Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to visit the war-torn country after he called Russia's offensive a "territorial dispute." Taking to Twitter on Tuesday (March 14), Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko criticised DeSantis' remarks and invited the Republican leader.

Ukraine invites Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to visit after he called Russian invasion ‘territorial dispute’

Chechnya's battle-hardened leader, assumed to be "terminally ill" after an alleged poisoning, shocked the world by surfacing in Moscow. Ramzan Kadyrov recently had an unexpected meeting with his overseer Russian President Vladimir Putin and vows to fight till the end in Ukraine.

Putin's 'poisoned' Chechen ally surfaces in Moscow vowing to finish Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin's verbal attack on the West rose to a crescendo for yet another time on Tuesday when he defended the war in Ukraine, saying it is the question of Russia's very existence as a state.

Putin defends Ukraine war, claims it’s about ‘survival’ of Russian statehood

Has Ukraine become a testing ground for new-age Russian weapons? A viral video shows flaming munitions falling down in Ukraine's Vuhledar. What were they? Mohammed Saleh explains.

Gravitas: Ukraine becomes testing ground for new-age Russian weapons

Ukraine and Russia have reported inflicting heavy losses as the battle for Bakhmut rages on. Moscow has been trying to take the eastern Ukrainian city for months in a grinding war of attrition. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces had suffered more than 1,100 deaths in the past few days, with many more seriously injured.

Ukraine war: Heavy losses reported as battle for Bakhmut rages

Over 8 Million people have fled Ukraine taking along with them the future of the country, Ukraine's economy is tanking, and Russia is closing in. Who is responsible for the destruction of Ukraine? Putin or Zelensky?

Gravitas: The Battle for Bakhmut & the destruction of Ukraine

Russia on Tuesday extended the Black Sea grain deal, which facilitates safe passage to the Ukrainian agricultural exports, for another 60 days, the state-owned TASS news agency reported while citing the Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko.

Russia extends Black Sea grain deal for another 60 days: State media

A group of Ukrainian soldiers in Monday wrapped up a four-week training in Spain on how to operate the Leopard 2A4 battle tank. The key training comes in the aftermath of the West's agreement to help Kyiv fight against Russian forces by supplying the battle tanks.

Ukrainian soldiers wrap up Leopard tank training in Spain

The presidents of Iran and Belarus hailed their close ties during talks in Tehran Monday at a time both countries are sharply at odds with Western powers, including over Russia's war in Ukraine.

Belarus, Iran vow to boost ties amid Ukraine war

Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to visit Russia as soon as next week, the news agency Reuters reported on Monday (March 13) quoting people familiar with the matter.

Ukraine war: Chinese President Xi Jinping plans Russia visit as soon as next week

A Russian strike in Ukraine's Kherson city on Saturday (March 11) killed three people and injured two others. According to Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of Kherson's regional military administration, the casualties occurred when a car was hit by a shell and caught fire, the news agency AFP reported.

Ukraine war: Russian strike in Kherson kills three; battle for Bakhmut rages on

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Ukraine, Russia claim hundreds of rival casualties in battle of Bakhmut

Surprising everyone in the two warring nations and elsewhere around, the chief of the Russian mercenary group Wagner revealed his political ambitions and declared his intentions to run for Ukraine's President in 2024.

Russian mercenary group Wagner’s chief reveals ‘political ambitions’, to run for Ukraine’s president in 2024

The Japanese government is considering exporting weapons to countries that are under invasion such as Ukraine, in a move which is expected to enhance Japan's credibility in the global security arena.

Japan considering exporting weapons to countries under invasion: Report

Russia showered major cities across Ukraine with Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missiles as it unleashed its largest missile barrage against Kyiv in three weeks.

Russia launches Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missiles on Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of G20 meet were "constructive" but that the US said nothing new.

Talks with Blinken at G20 ‘constructive’ but US said nothing new: Lavrov

The United States is purportedly refraining from sharing the American intelligence with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on "war crimes" allegedly committed by Russia during the ongoing war in Ukraine, New York Times reported.

Pentagon refrains from sharing evidence of alleged Russian war crimes with international court. Here's why

The recently departed chief executive of Shell saw his remuneration increase by more than 50 per cent to almost (almost US$12 million) in 2022, including a bonus that critics called "jaw-dropping," as reported by the Guardian.

Former Shell CEO's salary jumped by more than 50% in 2022: Report

‘Won’t withdraw from Bakhmut,’ says Ukraine’s Zelensky with Russia on cusp of seizing control city

Ukraine has started withdrawing its troops from the embattled Bakhmut, as Russia inches closed to one of its major victories this year, Sky News reported. Russia's Wagner private army chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in a video posted on social media said that only one road out of Bakhmut remains under Ukrainian control and called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to abandon the city.

Ukraine begins withdrawal from Bakhmut as Russia gains upper hand: Report

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