WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Assad in UAE as second post-quake Gulf visit signals growing Arab outreach

Mar 19, 2023 (AFP)

The trip -- Assad's second to the oil-rich United Arab Emirates in as many years -- comes after a visit to Oman last month, his only official engagements in Ara...

At least six killed in Peru clash with Shining Path

Mar 18, 2023 (AFP)

The statement from the Joint Command of the Armed Forces did not give the date of the confrontation, in which it said that five members of the Sendero Luminoso,...

US says Chinese call for Ukraine ceasefire would aid 'Russian conquest'

Mar 17, 2023 (AFP)

"We don't support calls for a ceasefire right now," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters ahead of next week's visit to Moscow by Chines...

N.Ireland peace deal saved 'thousands' of lives: ex-Irish PM

Mar 17, 2023 (AFP)

The former Taoiseach played a pivotal role in negotiating and implementing the Good Friday Agreement with the UK government under Tony Blair. "The last 25 years...

Myanmar ethnic rebel alliance asks China to help diffuse coup crisis

Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)

China is a major ally and arms supplier of the internationally-isolated junta and has refused to call the putsch that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government two y...

Nobody crossed Lebanon-Israel border in recent days: UN peacekeepers

Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)

The Israeli army said on Wednesday it was probing the possible involvement of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement after troops "neutralised" the suspect following a bl...

Hezbollah link probed after suspect with explosive belt killed: army

Mar 15, 2023 (AFP)

The incident comes with tensions already high over violence which has worsened in the Israeli-occupied West Bank this year. The last anti-Israeli suicide blast ...

Syrian soldier among three dead in Israeli strikes: war monitor

Mar 12, 2023 (AFP)

"Israeli strikes targeted a weapons depot belonging to pro-Iran forces located... between Tartus and Hama provinces," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian...

Israeli strikes on Syria kill two pro-Iran fighters: war monitor

Mar 12, 2023 (AFP)

"Israeli strikes targeted a weapons depot belonging to pro-Iran forces located... between Tartus and Hama provinces," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britai...

Ukraine readies counteroffensive as Russia inches forward in Bakhmut

Mar 12, 2023 (AFP)

The remarks came as British intelligence said the frontline had shifted in the fight for Bakhmut -- the longest and bloodiest battle of Moscow's year-long invas...

Colombia FARC dissidents optimistic for peace

Mar 11, 2023 (AFP)

The men and women of the so-called Rafael Aguilera Front based in the country's southwest are dissidents who chose to not join their comrades in the Revolutiona...

Biden scraps Trump's paint scheme for Air Force One

Mar 11, 2023 (AFP)

President Joe Biden is sticking with a classic blue-and-white color scheme for the jets, which are under construction, retaining a design that dates to John F. ...

Wagner says Russian fighters near central Bakhmut 'killing zone'

Mar 11, 2023 (AFP)

In a video posted on messaging app Telegram, Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen standing on the rooftop of a high-rise building in what is said to be Bakhmut. "This is t...

Ukraine mourns 'Da Vinci' war hero killed in battle for Bakhmut

Mar 10, 2023 (AFP)

President Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin also made a surprise appearance at the ceremony, and thousands of mourners marched ...

In Israel, Pentagon chief says US 'disturbed' by settler violence

Mar 10, 2023 (AFP)

The US defence secretary held talks in Israel as three suspected Palestinian militants were killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and protesters rallied agai...

Russian strikes pound Ukraine as Bakhmut holds out

Mar 09, 2023 (AFP)

For months Russia has been pummelling key facilities in Ukraine with missiles and drones -- disrupting water, heating and electricity supplies for millions of p...

First child soldier charges against ex-FARC guerrillas: tribunal

Mar 08, 2023 (AFP)

Ten ex-members of the guerilla group will face charges for allegedly recruiting minors into their ranks to help fight their bloody decades-long war against the ...

EU defence chiefs to discuss arming Ukraine as Bakhmut fighting rages

Mar 08, 2023 (AFP)

Ukraine's critical shortage of ammunition will top the agenda at the meeting in Stockholm, where European leaders will try to replenish the thousands of 155-mil...

Israel strike knocks out airport in Syria's Aleppo: ministry

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

The airport has been a major conduit for aid flights since a February 6 earthquake devastated swathes of southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria, and they to...

Russian defence minister visits destroyed Ukraine city Mariupol

Mar 06, 2023 (AFP)

His visit comes as Russia forces are closing in on Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine that has become the stage of the longest-running battle of Russia's interv...