INTERNATIONAL: The Russian rouble slid on Wednesday after Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine wreaked havoc on its financial system while surging oil prices exacerbated concerns…
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INTERNATIONAL: U.S. President Joe Biden assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin, barred Russian flights from American airspace, and led Democratic and Republican lawmakers in a rare display of unity…
UKRAINE: In a video message delivered by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday (2 March), seven days since Russia’s invasion began, the Ukrainian leader says Russia aims to erase Ukraine, its history…
INTERNATIONAL: Two Australian states were submerged in floodwater on Wednesday (March 2), as tens of thousands of residents fled from their homes with torrential rains battering the country's east coast.
INTERNATIONAL: Big American brands and well-known companies such as Apple, Google, Ford, Harley Davidson and Exxon Mobil, join the wave of corporate sanctions being made against Russia for its invasion…
SYRIA: On Tuesday, at least 11 people were killed, and seven others wounded, from a fire that broke out at a shopping mall in the capital city of Damascus in Syria.
INTERNATIONAL: U.S. President Joe Biden has attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin, he has barred Russian flights from American airspace and led Democratic and Republican lawmakers in a rare display…
INTERNATIONAL: A massive forest fire broke out in the city of Valparaiso, Chile, a South American country, started Monday, February 28.
INTERNATIONAL: Americans should not be worried about nuclear war, U.S. President Joe Biden has said on Monday, February 28,, the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin put Russia's nuclear deterrent…
INTERNATIONAL: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told an emergency session of the 193-member General Assembly on Ukraine on Monday ,February 28, that the idea of a nuclear conflict…
INTERNATIONAL: Kyiv residents ,both men and women have showed up on Monday ,February 28 at local civil territorial defence centres to sign up and receive arms, days after Russia has invaded their country.
INTERNATIONAL: President Joe Biden has announced on Tuesday night's State of the Union that the US is banning Russian aircraft from US airspace, joining a growing number of countries who are closing their…
INTERNATIONAL: Russian President Vladimir Putin has been stripped of his honorary taekwondo black belt over his country's invasion of Ukraine, a personal rebuke heaped on top of international economic…
INTERNATIONAL: More refugees arrived in the eastern Polish town of Przemysl on Tuesday, 1 March, a place which has become a hub for people escaping Russian military action.
CHINA: The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, said on Tuesday, 1 March, that any attempts at providing support for Taiwan are bound to be futile. His comment comes in response to a planned…
INTERNATIONAL: Asian stocks regained some composure on Tuesday (March 1) as the massive selling that rocked financial markets after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week paused for breath, while surging…
INTERNATIONAL: 12 Russian diplomats at the United Nations over national security concerns were expelled, the U.S. and Russian diplomats have said on Monday.
INTERNATIONAL: Additional German navy ships left the northern port of Kiel on Monday,February 28, to reinforce NATO's northern flank as Alliance members rally in defence of Ukraine.
INTERNATIONAL: More than 70 Ukrainian servicemen were killed by a Russian rocket attacks and dozens of civilians have died in "barbaric" shelling, Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday, as a huge Russian…
INTERNATIONAL: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made a statement on Tuesday that the Ukraine is "victim of the crises created by the United States".
INTERNATIONAL: President Joe Biden will play host to a special summit of the United States and leaders of Southeast Asian leaders on March 28 and 29 in Washington, the White House has announced on Monday.
INTERNATIONAL: In an attempt to diffuse growing tensions between European Union and China, it will hold a summit on April 1, European Commission Vice-President and EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis has…
INTERNATIONAL: Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded to crippling sanctions imposed by the West after he ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
INTERNATIONAL: Many of Moscow's residents said they were yet to feel the effects of sweeping Western sanctions against Russia for its invasion of neighboring Ukraine, but some were bracing for a grim…
PHNOM PENH: The Foreign Ministers of Cambodia and Turkey have expressed their commitment to holding the third meeting of the Joint Economic Commission to seek practical action in achieving the goal of…
PHNOM PENH: Foreign Ministry spokesman, Chum Sontory, has confirmed to reporters that the situation of Cambodians living in Ukraine is normal and all are currently living in a safe place.
INTERNATIONAL: Russian billionaire businessman Roman Abramovich, who owns Premier League soccer club Chelsea, has accepted a Ukrainian request to help negotiate an end to the conflict in Ukraine, his…
INTERNATIONAL: A Vietnamese couple whose beloved dogs were culled last year while they were in Covid-19 quarantine, hopes to get over their personal trauma and heartbreak by adopting sick and unwanted…
INTERNATIONAL: A Ukrainian brewery has switched from making beer to producing Molotov cocktail petrol bombs to fight off Russian forces.
INTERNATIONAL: The European Union's foreign policy chief has said on Sunday ,February 27, the bloc would support Ukraine with lethal weapons “another taboo has fallen, the taboo that the European Union…
INTERNATIONAL: The first round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials has happened in the Belarusian city of Gomel on Monday,February 28, four days after Russia has invaded Ukraine, the…
INTERNATIONAL: A footage of burned out military vehicles could be seen still smouldering on the streets on Bucha, Ukraine. The video shows Mayor Anatolii Fedoruk addressing residents from the scene of…
INTERNATIONAL: On 01 March 2022 the ASEAN region has reported a total of 20,551,409 Covid-19 cases, this includes 324,823 deaths. The data was released by Worldometer, a website that is compiling Covid-19…
INTERNATIONAL: The first round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine officials has ended on Monday, February 28. So far, no tangible result between the Kyiv-Moscow negotiations, which have just been…
INTERNATIONAL: The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell has made clear on Monday that membership for Ukraine is currently “not on the agenda,” with the Russian offensive…
INTERNATIONAL: Talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials began on the Belarusian border on Monday, Moscow has said, as Russia's diplomatic and economic isolation deepens four days after invading Ukraine,…
INTERNATIONAL: Niagara Falls was illuminated in blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine on Saturday , 26 February. The tourist attraction, that straddles the U.S.-Canada border, is one of several landmarks…
INTERNATIONAL: Myanmar soldiers took a group of civilians, including at least 80 children, hostage for two days during clashes with rebels before releasing most of them on Monday, according to media reports,…
INTERNATIONAL: European Union members have announced new sanctions and assured Ukraine of more military support in the coming days.
INTERNATIONAL: Ukraine has declared its independence after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. At the time, a substantial portion of the Soviet nuclear arsenal was housed within Ukraine's borders, and…
INTERNATIONAL: President Joe Biden has instructed the U.S. State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from U.S. stocks to Ukraine on Friday as it struggles to repulse…
INTERNATIONAL: Volunteers across Central Europe have sprung into action on Sunday to help Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, donating mountains of supplies, transporting new arrivals from the border…
INTERNATIONAL: North Korea has fired what could be a ballistic missile, Japan's coast guard has announced on Sunday, February 27, in what would be the first test since the nuclear-armed country has conducted…
INTERNATIONAL: The European Union's chief executive on Sunday has expressed unequivocal support for Ukraine becoming a member of the bloc, calling the country now under attack from Russia "one of us."
INTERNATIONAL: The world's largest cargo plane, the Ukrainian made Antonov-225 Mriya, has been burnt in Russian attack on Hostomel airport near Kyiv,Ukrainian state arms manufacture Ukroboronprom has…
INTERNATIONAL: The United Nations Security Council on Sunday , February 27, has called for a rare emergency special session of the 193-member General Assembly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which held…
INTERNATIONAL: Russian missiles have hit the Ukrainian town of Vasylkiv southwest of the capital, Kyiv, setting an oil terminal ablaze, the town's mayor has said on Sunday ,February 27.
INTERNATIONAL: On 28 February 2022 the ASEAN region has reported a total of 20,462,065 Covid-19 cases, this includes 324,374 deaths. The data was released by Worldometer, a website that is compiling Covid-19…
INTERNATIONAL: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered on Sunday,February 27, his military command to put Russia's deterrence forces , a reference to units which include nuclear arms ,on high alert,…
UKRAINE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced the creation of the International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine, which will register foreigners who want to fight for the…
PHNOM PENH: Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his views on the Russia-Ukraine war, saying that although NATO has not been directly involved in the war between the two countries on Ukrainian territory,…
INTERNATIONAL: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military command to put Russian security forces on its units, including those with nuclear weapons, on high alert, citing "angry" statements.…
INTERNATIONAL: Ukraine has announced on Sunday , February 27, it would hold talks with Russia at its border with Belarus - near the Chernobyl exclusion zone , after a call between President Volodymyr…
INTERNATIONAL: Russia is ready to hold negotiations straight after the Ukrainian forces "lay down their arms," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
PHNOM PENH: The ASEAN Foreign Ministers are deeply concerned over the evolving situatiin and armed hostilities in Ukraine. They call on all relevant parties to exercise maximum restraint and make utmost…
INTERNATIONAL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed moves to disconnect Russia from "global financial civilisation" in a video message on Saturday , February 26.
INTERNATIONAL: Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to send a Russian delegation to Minsk for negotiations with Ukraine at the level of representatives of the Defense Ministry, the foreign ministry…
INTERNATIONAL: Hollywood actor and director Sean Penn is in Ukraine filming a documentary about Russia's invasion, Kyiv and Hollywood publication Variety have confirmed.
UKRAINE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday night has posted a video of himself alongside other Ukrainian officials in the governmental district of Kyiv, confirming that he is still in…