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Know all about ammunition made of depleted uranium and the risks
The depleted uranium is still radioactive but has a much lower level of the isotopes U-235 and U-234 - way less than the levels in natural uranium ore - reducing its radioactivity
Ukraine withdraws report of Russian withdrawal from Nova Kahkovka
Russian forces redeployed to the east bank of the Dnipro River last November after abandoning positions on the west bank in the face of a counter-offensive by Ukrainian troops
Ukraine claims Russian forces have withdrawn from town in Kherson
Most of the Kherson region fell to Russian forces early in the invasion launched last February but Kyiv's army wrested back control of the regional capital last November
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy exhorts EU to send jets, missiles
Zelenskyy also urged the leaders to impose more sanctions on Moscow, speed up work on Ukraine's EU membership bid, and increase support for a peace plan proposed by Kyiv
IMF preparing for first review of Egypt loan programme
The IMF approved in December a $3 billion Extended Fund Facility loan for Egypt, which has been under acute financial pressure since long-standing problems were exposed by the economic fallout from the war in Ukraine
Slovakia delivers first 4 Soviet-era MiG-29 jets to Ukraine
The Slovak Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the United States has offered Slovakia 12 new military helicopters as compensation for the fighter jets the European country is giving to Ukraine
Ukraine needs $411 billion for reconstruction and recovery
The $411 billion needed is 2.6 times Ukraine's estimated gross domestic product for 2022
'Hope for Peace': Ramzan begins for Muslims around the world
The first daily fast of the Islamic holy month of Ramzan began on Thursday. During the coming four weeks, hundreds of millions of Muslims will abstain from food and water from dawn to dusk, before gathering with family and friends for nighttime meals
‘Any attempt to arrest Putin would lead to a nuclear apocalypse,’ says Dmitry Medvedev
The Kremlin says the ICC arrest warrant is an outrageously partisan decision, but insignificant with respect to Russia. Russian officials deny war crimes in Ukraine and say the West has ignored what it says are Ukrainian war crimes
China watching world's response to Ukraine war, has not crossed lethal aid line, says top US diplomat
The Russian invasion has sparked debate about how the conflict may alter China's military thinking about Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing regards as Chinese territory
Ukraine War: Risk of nuclear conflict at highest level in decades, warns Russia
Relations between Russia and the United States (US), long strained, have worsened even further since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. In February, Moscow pulled out of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Washington
Ukraine: Russia hits apartments and dorm, killing civilians
Russia has denied targeting residential areas even though artillery and rocket strikes hit apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure daily
Ukraine War: Know actual outcome of Russia-China dialogue
Putin said Chinese proposals could be used as the basis of a peace settlement in Ukraine, but nothing emerged from the meeting to tie his hands militarily
Is Russia taking archaic Stalin-era tanks out of storage for Ukraine war?
Several accounts on social media platform Twitter as also a few open source intelligence organisations and media houses have claimed that Russia has de-mothballed 1940s and 1950s T54 tanks out of storage and is sending them to the frontlines of the Ukraine war
Russia, Belarus barred from next season’s ice hockey world championships
The International Ice Hockey Federation cited security concerns for players, competition staff and fans — because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — to extend the exclusion that will stretch beyond two years when the 2023-24 season is over
China sees Russia as 'counterweight' to US influence: White House
Xi's visit to Moscow came days after China clinched a Saudi-Iran deal, regarded as a diplomatic coup, to end the hostilities between the two countries and restore diplomatic ties. The deal was regarded as a major achievement for China in expanding its global outreach and countering US influence
Ukraine needs $411 billion for reconstruction, recovery: World Bank
The assessment, made jointly by Ukraine's government, the World Bank, the European Commission and the United Nations, is an increase from the $349 billion estimated in a report released in September
US offers helicopters to Slovakia for sending fighter jets to Ukraine
Slovakia, a NATO member on the military alliance's eastern flank, currently has no combat helicopters
Russia launches fresh missile assault on Ukraine as Xi Jinping departs
Hosting Xi in Moscow this week was Putin's grandest diplomatic gesture since he launched the war a year ago and became a pariah in the West. The two men referred to each other as "dear friend", promised economic cooperation, condemned the West and described relations as the best they have ever been
Most Russian fighter pilots gained combat experience in Ukraine war, claims defence minister Shoigu
The Russian defence ministry has revealed that pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces have flown over 140,000 sorties in the special military operation in Ukraine and gained significant combat experience