Russia and Ukraine issued conflicting battlefield reports on Friday, with Moscow claiming control of eight towns and cities, while Kyiv said it had stabilised the front near Kupyansk.
The Russian Ministry of Defence said its forces had captured locations including Seversk and carried out one large-scale strike along with five coordinated attacks, describing them as retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on civilian facilities inside Russia.
Ukraine’s National Guard reported advancing towards Kupyansk, seizing two settlements and several northern districts of the city. The Ukrainian General Staff also confirmed an attack on a Russian oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region, targeting Moscow’s military fuel supply.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Kupyansk on Friday (12 December) to mark Land Forces Day, meeting troops on the frontlines and awarding soldiers defending the area, reinforcing Kyiv’s focus on troop morale amid ongoing clashes.
Belarus has released 123 prisoners, including opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, following an agreeme...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated his offer to host Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Ankara, at his meeting with Russian President Vladi...
Two Syrian security personnel and several U.S. troops were injured on Saturday after a joint patrol came under gunfire near the city of Palmyra in cen...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday responded to the release of new photographs from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. Trump said he had not seen the p...
Russian forces struck Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa for a second consecutive day on Saturday (13 December), deploying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in the conflict, Ukrainian authorities said.
ussian President Vladimir Putin described Moscow’s relations with Baghdad as historically strong and unbroken during a meeting with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid in Turkmenistan.
The Kremlin on Friday dismissed proposals for a ceasefire to allow a territorial referendum in Ukraine, describing any pause in hostilities as a tactical ploy rather than a genuine step toward ending the conflict.
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Japan has lifted a tsunami advisory issued after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 hit the country's northeastern region on Friday (12 December), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The JMA had earlier put the earthquake's preliminary magnitude at 6.7.
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The United States issued new sanctions targeting Venezuela on Thursday, imposing curbs on three nephews of President Nicolas Maduro's wife, as well as six crude oil tankers and shipping companies linked to them, as Washington ramps up pressure on Caracas.
The resignation of Bulgaria's government on Thursday (11 December) puts an end to an increasingly unpopular coalition but is likely to usher in a period of prolonged political instability on the eve of the Black Sea nation's entry into the euro zone.
An extratropical cyclone has caused widespread disruption across Brazil’s São Paulo state, with powerful winds toppling trees and power lines, blocking streets and leaving large parts of the region without electricity.
Belarus has released 123 prisoners, including opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, following an agreement with the United States to ease sanctions on the country’s potash exports.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated his offer to host Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Ankara, at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks took place on the sidelines of the international Forum for Peace and Trust in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Friday (12 December).
Two Syrian security personnel and several U.S. troops were injured on Saturday after a joint patrol came under gunfire near the city of Palmyra in central Syria, local media reported.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday responded to the release of new photographs from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. Trump said he had not seen the photos but downplayed their significance, stating that the images were “no big deal.”
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