Finland said the NATO member country is planning to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defense spending to at least 3 per cent of GDP by 2029. The country said, it is taking the steps in response to the evolving military threat from Russia. Talking to...
Iceland evacuated the town of Grindavik and the nearby Blue Lagoon today as a volcano started spewing lava, the eighth eruption to hit the region since the end of 2023. Icelandic authorities began the evacuations this morning after magma flows and a series of small earthquakes in the region...
The Kremlin said that the United States and Russia were working on ideas around a possible peace settlement in Ukraine and on building bilateral ties. The statement comes after US President Donald Trump while talking to media said he was angry with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his comments...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Monday launched a crew of four private astronauts led by a crypto entrepreneur on a mission to orbit Earth from pole to pole, a novel trajectory in which no humans have traveled before.
Maltese investor Chun Wang, a Chinese-born magnate who founded a bitcoin mining company,...
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen is set to meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week in the first high-level talks since President Donald Trump’s re-election and his vow to “take control” of Greenland, the Financial Times said.
The prospect of such talks comes amid simmering tension between...
The Israeli military on Monday issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of Rafah, indicating it could soon launch another major ground operation in the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip.
Israel ended its ceasefire with the Hamas militant group and renewed its air and ground war earlier this month.
At the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the Myanmar earthquake as a top-level emergency and urgently sought 8 million US Dollars to save lives and prevent disease outbreaks over the next month.
Due to limited medical facilities, many injured people face infection risks. WHO has already sent nearly three tons...
The Israeli military said on Sunday it intercepted a missile launched by militants in Yemen.
The military said in a statement that the air force intercepted the missile “in accordance with protocol.”
Police said the missile triggered air raid sirens in areas including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the coastal plain.
Houthi forces...
Russian forces are preparing to launch a fresh military offensive in the coming weeks to maximize the pressure on Ukraine and strengthen the Kremlin’s negotiating position in ceasefire talks, Ukrainian Government and military analysts said.
The move could give Russian President Vladimir Putin every reason to delay discussions about pausing...
The death toll in Myanmar earthquake has risen to 1,000 following a powerful 7.7 magnitude quake on the Richter Scale yesterday. The country’s military-led government said in a statement that 1,002 people have now been found dead and another 2,376 injured, with 30 others missing. It said the numbers...
