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Russia’s recent military buildup in Central Asia
Kinga Szálkai On June 12, the Kyrgyz parliament ratified an agreement that enables Russia to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to its local foreign military base in Kant. During the course of the year, at least two Orlan-10 multipurpose drones will arrive in Kyrgyzstan. The base will also receive two modernized Mi-8MTV5-1 helicopters, and a...
22 killed as military plane crashes in Ukraine
Monitoring Desk CHUGUIV: A Ukrainian air force plane crashed near Kharkiv in the east of the country, killing at least 22 people including military cadets and seriously injuring two others on Friday, according to the interior ministry. Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko confirmed the death toll to AFP, describing the incident as a...
Ukraine military plane crash kills at least 22
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the crash as a “terrible tragedy” and said he would travel to the Kharkiv region on Saturday …read more Source:: The News...
At least 22 killed as military plane crashes in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the crash as a “terrible tragedy” and said he would travel to the Kharkiv region on Saturday …read more Source:: Geo...
Rosgvardiya: Hurtling Towards Confrontation?
Colonel Jason P. Gresh Over the past five years, analysts have noted an increasingly assertive “global Russia” that has deployed military forces in Ukraine, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, and beyond, yet insufficient attention has focused on changes in Russia’s domestic security structure, particularly the drastic reorganization of internal...
Pandemic splits surrogates from families
Monitoring Desk BEIJING: Cherry Lin wistfully strokes a babygrow, fretting it may be too small for a son she is yet to meet — one of hundreds of Chinese mothers estranged from babies born to commercial surrogates overseas after the coronavirus forced border closures. China banned all forms of surrogacy –- both commercial and altruistic — in 2001...
Europe fights to contain virus second wave
Monitoring Desk MADRID: A host of European countries imposed new local restrictions on Friday to reduce spiralling new cases of coronavirus as they seek to avoid the example of Israel which enforced a second nationwide shutdown. City authorities in Madrid announced a partial lockdown on nearly a million people, the British government unveiled new...
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov talks about West’s historical revisionism, US election and Navalny Case
Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: During his interview with Sputnik, Russia’s top diplomat has weighed in on a wide array of subjects that define the state of international affairs on a global scale at the moment – from tense presidential campaign in the US, to security in the turbulent Persian Gulf and the tumultuous relations between Russia and the...
WHO warns Europe over ‘very serious’ spread of COVID-19
Monitoring Desk COPENHAGEN: In another grim landmark, the number of coronavirus cases surged past 30 million around the globe Thursday as the UN health body warned of “alarming rates of transmission” across Europe and cautioned against shortening quarantine periods. The World Health Organization’s regional director for Europe Hans Kluge...
WHO reports record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: With the total rising by 307,930 during the last 24 hours, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday. The biggest increases were from India, the United States, and Brazil, according to the agency’s website. Deaths rose by 5,537 to a total of...
