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August 29, 2024 11:01 AM

Russia faces “difficult fight” to retake Ukraine-held area, says top US spy

Russian President Vladimir Putin will mount a counteroffensive to try to retake territory in the Kursk region captured by Ukrainian troops, but Russian forces will encounter "a difficult fight," Deputy CIA Director David Cohen said on Wednesday. Coh...

August 23, 2024 8:53 AM

PM Modi’s Ukraine visit is likely to explore deeper ties in different sectors

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Kyiv in war-hit Ukraine on Friday after concluding his two-day visit to Poland. This is the first-ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Ukraine. The visit came at the invitation of Ukraine President Vo...

August 22, 2024 6:32 PM

Russia says it thwarts Ukrainian cross-border raid in new area

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the capture of another Russian village as he visited a border area from which Ukrainian forces entered Russia over two weeks ago, but Moscow said its troops had taken a village in east Ukraine. Kyiv also said ...

August 22, 2024 11:21 AM

Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Russia with US-made weapons

Ukraine said on Wednesday it had destroyed Russian pontoon bridges with U.S.-made weapons to defend its incursion into Russia's Kursk region, while Moscow said its forces had halted Kyiv's advance there and gained ground in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv ha...

August 16, 2024 2:31 PM

Ukraine opens military office in occupied Kursk region, says it is still advancing

Ukraine's top commander said on Thursday Kyiv had set up a military commandant's office in the occupied part of Russia's Kursk region where he said his forces were still advancing, even as Moscow's troops stepped up its offensives in Ukraine's east. ...

August 15, 2024 3:29 PM

French President Macron and World Leaders Celebrate India’s 78th Independence Day

French President Emmanuel Macron led a chorus of international leaders in congratulating India on its 78th Independence Day. In a message shared on social media platform X, Macron expressed his eagerness to work with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a...

August 13, 2024 1:23 PM

Wildfire fanned by gales menaces Athens suburbs as residents flee

Greece's worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs on Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee as it torched trees, homes and cars and choked busy roads with smoke and ash. The government called for help from fellow EU members to tac...

August 13, 2024 12:50 PM

More than 47,000 people died in Europe last year due to heat, report says

More than 47,000 people died in Europe due to scorching temperatures in 2023, with countries in the region's south hit the hardest, according to a report by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) published on Monday. Last year was the ...

August 13, 2024 12:31 PM

Ukraine touts huge gains in Kursk region as it takes war back to Russia

Ukraine said on Monday its biggest cross-border assault of the war had captured 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of Russia's Kursk region and that Russian President Vladimir Putin would have to be forced into making peace. With Russia stil...

August 12, 2024 3:22 PM

Russia evacuates another border region amid growing threat from Ukrainian units

Russia on Monday evacuated civilians from parts of a second region next to Ukraine after Kyiv increased military activity near the border just days after its biggest incursion into sovereign Russian territory since the start of the 2022 war. Ukraini...

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