Editorial: Faced with an increasingly bellicose Russia that is threatening ‘consequences’ over the UK’s military support for Ukraine, a substantial increase in defence spending will likely more than pay for itself

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The United States and South Korea have regularly conducted military drills to prepare for potential conflicts with North Korea

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Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Japanese ambassador to protest Tokyo’s criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Kuril Islands, the Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that is claimed by both countries

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Ukrainian forces used unmanned aircraft manufactured by two UK companies

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Ukrainian forces have launched one of their biggest drone attacks on Russia since the invasion began, firing almost 800 drones

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The withdrawals are causing liquidity problems in Russia, a senior finance official said

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Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year

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The economist’s claims come as Ukraine has repeatedly attacked Russia’s oil refineries and largest retailer Wildberries this summer

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Nato has raised the alarm over the threat of a Russian attack amid repeated incursions by Moscow’s drones

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Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Monday

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Ukraine has successfully targeted Wildberries hubs seven times in six weeks as part of a campaign to bring the war to Russia

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Ukraine’s state energy company says Russia has attacked its facilities 13 times over the past week, with nearly 300 attacks this year

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Day after day over recent weeks, Ukrainian drones have pummeled giant depots belonging to Wildberries, the country’s biggest online retailer, burning estimated billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise and bringing the war home to the broad public

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The attack on the rocket fuel plant was part of what Moscow says was Kyiv’s largest drone attack of 2026

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Editorial: Putin is hitting back hard after Ukraine showed it can strike deep into Russian territory. Without the weapons to defend itself, it is the Ukrainian people paying the price

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Kyiv has been striking targets beyond enemy lines in recent months

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The Russian leader’s first visit to the disputed Kuril islands has exposed how far ties between Moscow and Tokyo have deteriorated, and why Japan has grown increasingly assertive in expanding its military capabilities. Namita Singh writes

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Video shows thick plumes of smoke rising from a burning Wildberries warehouse in Moscow, after Ukraine launched hundreds of drones against Russia overnight.

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It’s not all about short-legged speed when 150 corgis gather for an international race celebrating the little dogs

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Russian official says suspect was acting ‘on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies’. Kyiv has not publicly commented on the attack

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Russian authorities said Kyiv fired around 600 drones to the capital of Moscow

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North Korea has threatened to exercise its right to self-defense in a statement that slammed the upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills as a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year

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Since its start, the festival has grown from a weekend workshop with a handful of participants to the largest festival of its kind in Europe, lasting more than a month, with daily workshops drawing hundreds of participants and near nightly concerts attended by over 10,000 people total, according to organizers

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Conor Kennedy said he was ‘willing to die’ in Ukraine after signing up to fight in 2022. Four years later he has been accused of acting as a mercenary by a Russian court

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Ukrainian drones have struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, marking the fourth attack in three days

An annual monsoon in the ‌area is complicating salvage efforts near a nature reserve

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Reports in Russia claim the deceased is a former Ukrainian navy official who defected to Russia

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An anti-missile launch pad was left ‘ablaze and sputtering for three hours’, according to Ukraine’s military

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Earlier, Zelensky says his forces struck ‌Russia’s Novorossiysk ‌naval base with drones, ‌missiles and unmanned ‌boats

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Ukrainian leader accused Russia of using Korean ballistic missiles to exploit shortages of American air defences

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First used in the 1991 Gulf War, the US Patriot air defence system has seen demand spike sharply this year

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Ukrainian warns Putin is poised to escalate the conflict as air defences run dry

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Ukraine said the attacks on key air defence systems would allow them to strike deeper into Russia

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Nine members of the Russian team and staff were initially denied visas for the championships in Croatia

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