Debora dos Santos Avila used to resent firefighters for the death of her five-month-old baby in 2020, when she says he succumbed to smoke inhalation from worst-ever flames in Brazil’s Pantanal. But this year, as the world’s largest tropical wetlands sees new record infernos, the bereaved mother is on the frontline fighting back the flames […]
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group has left the Middle East after a restless deployment. A video shared this week by the crew of the carrier Ike offers a look at the combat operations. Footage shows American forces intercepting Houthi threats and conducting strikes in Yemen. A new video released by the crew of […]
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group has left the Middle East after a restless deployment. A video shared this week by the crew of the carrier Ike offers a look at the combat operations. Footage shows American forces intercepting Houthi threats and conducting strikes in Yemen. A new video released by the crew of […]
Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern city of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area have said. The Kremlin’s army is seeking to press its advantages in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western […]
Oleksander says he has volunteered to swap his prison cell for a trench for two reasons. The softly-spoken 43 year old wants revenge against the Russians who have killed several of his family, but after nearly half his life behind bars, he also wants to change his direction. His decision has seen him go from […]
Baltic countries are facing intensifying Russian hybrid warfare threats. Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are strong supporters of Ukraine. Officials in these nations have repeatedly raised concerns about Russian hybrid warfare operations. The three Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have been at the forefront of the conflict between the West and Russia since the […]
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet seconds later, unleashing flames that left the megastore an ashen shell. A third bomb failed to detonate when it landed behind the Epicenter shopping complex in Kharkiv. […]
KINMEN, Taiwan (Reuters) – In Taiwan’s Kinmen, less than an hour’s boat ride from the Chinese cities of Xiamen and Quanzhou, bar owner Powei Lee draws crowds by blending the tiny island’s battle-scared past into cocktails. During the height of the Cold War, Chinese and Taiwanese forces regularly clashed over Kinmen – then mostly known […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the situation in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, which has been massively attacked by Russian troops, has partially stabilized. “The occupier who invaded the Kharkiv region will be destroyed by all available means,” Zelensky said in his evening video message broadcast in Kiev on Wednesday. “Artillery, drones and […]
Ukraine expects Russia to throw as many of its resources as possible at an attack around Kharkiv as Kyiv’s forces are “on the edge” given how badly they are outgunned by Moscow’s troops. Spy chief General Kyrylo Budanov said the assault by Vladimir Putin’s forces is intended to exhaust Kyiv’s thin reserves across the frontline. […]
KHARKIV, Ukraine—After months of infighting on Capitol Hill, President Joe Biden has finally been able to sign off on a huge new $61 billion military aid bill for Ukraine. Delays to the bill, which got bogged down in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, were widely blamed for impacting Kyiv’s ability to defend itself from Russian […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Tuesday that joining the NATO alliance a year ago has transformed his country into a “front-line state,” given that it has doubled the military bloc’s border with Russia. Finland, which became the 31st NATO member in April 202 3, has a 1,340-kilometer (832-mile) land border with […]