KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine will hold its first coalition meeting on a homegrown ballistic missile defense system in France “in the coming days” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, advancing Kyiv’s yearslong effort to begin producing a domestically made counter to Russia’s deadly ballistic missiles. The push follows this week’s NATO summit in Ankara, where…
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s Vladimir Putin addresses the audience at the 23rd Congress of the United Russia party in Moscow on June 28, 2026. Yekaterina Shtukina | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has conceded that the country is facing fuel shortages following a barrage of…
James Kamau Ndungu told only a few friends that he was heading to Russia. He told them he had been promised a job as a day laborer there. He was 32, unemployed in Kenya and needed the work. Last June, Mr. Kamau sent a photo to his friends from Istanbul Airport, saying he was in…
Thousands of young African men have signed up to fight in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. Some have posted cheerful videos with Russian soldiers. But many others say they were deceptively lured to Russia and then coerced into signing military contracts. Many have been killed on the battlefield. Though Africa is thousands of miles from the…
A rare joint offensive by Tuareg separatists and militants linked to Al Qaeda in Mali over the weekend represented a major setback for the West African country’s military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners. No death toll has been confirmed by the two groups that claimed responsibility for the attacks: JNIM, the Qaeda-linked group; and…
Shorouk Express The American side wants to finalize the issues of territory and security guarantees, Axios reported on Sunday. But as POLITICO reported earlier, Zelenskyy will make the final decision on any territorial issues. “The Americans want to finalize it completely, Ukrainians want to know what they will bring to Moscow,” the official said. Zelenskyy…
Shorouk Express “We lost everything we were restoring 24 hours a day! Every time the enemy strikes even more brutally, even more cynically,” the operator said in a post on Facebook. The company scheduled power cuts that can last up to 16 hours in some regions, as it works to repair the power supply. “Emergency…
Shorouk Express While Russia has militarily invaded Ukraine, Moldova is facing an unprecedented hybrid war orchestrated by the Kremlin. Experts believe that Moscow is likely to invest significantly in efforts to manipulate the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections, attempting to win the “hearts and minds” of Moldovans through extensive cyberattacks and traditional tactics such as co-opting…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 11 September 2025 21:51 (UTC +04:00) Russia’s oil exports fell by 70,000 barrels per day (b/d) to 7.3 million b/d in August, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Access to paid information is limited If You already have a account, please log in Subscription…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 23. Governor of the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation Igor Babushkin has sent a congratulatory letter to First Vice President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva on the occasion of her birthday, Trend reports. “Dear Mehriban Arifovna, Please accept the assurance of my highest consideration and my congratulations…
