A military artist’s concept of an anti-satellite missile being launched from an F-15 Eagle aircraft.
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Fears are growing that Russia may be trying to put a nuclear weapon into orbit.
Ukrainian soldiers unload supplies from a truck in Kharkiv Oblast.
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Recruiters are struggling to find enough men to counter a Russian invasion that has gained momentum in recent months.
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While there may not be any major practical outcomes, the summit is a chance for Ukraine to press its case that any settlement of the war should be based on just principles.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 3, 2024. LeBlanc is tight-lipped following the release of a report that says unnamed MPs have participated in foreign interference in Canadian politics.
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If Canada’s political leaders want the public to trust them, they need to trust citizens with foreign interference information contained in a recent security and intelligence report.
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A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Firefighters battle a blaze in a residential area of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city which has been under Russian bombardment since the war began.
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Washington’s policy shift will change the dynamics of the battle for Ukraine’s second city.
After the terrorist attacks at Crocus City near Moscow, the Russian government is rounding up central Asian migrants and sending them home.
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Russia has been rounding up central Asian migrant workers and sending them home.
Navy ships from Nato members on an exercise in the Baltic Sea in 2020.
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A rogue document apparently showing Russian intention to expand its territory in the Baltic region surfaced in the past few days.
Vladimir Putin.
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Putin is busy consolidating his alliances while the west keeps dithering.
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The US initially supported the court’s creation, but has had ambivalent feelings towards it ever since then.
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan.
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The ICC is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders that are suspected of committing war crimes in Gaza.
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Putin’s trip to Beijing may not have gained him as many trade benefits as he had hoped.
A protester wearing a Georgian and European flag faces off with policemen blocking a street near the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, May 14 2024.
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Georgia seems to be particularly prone to activism, distinguishing it from its neighbours in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, speaks to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken after placing flowers at a memorial for fallen soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 15, 2024. Blinken told Ukrainians that billions of dollars in American military aid is on the way after months of political delays.
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The Russia-Ukraine war over the past several months has been described as a stalemate and Russia’s latest offensive as a ploy. If so, it’s proving to be a successful one, and here’s why the West is to blame.
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Russian soldiers in the Ukraine war are sending out signals in morse code on a daily basis, even though there are more high tech solutions.
EPA/Olivier Hoslet
Ad-hoc responses to the situation in Ukraine don’t amount to a coherent vision.
More than two years of war have left swaths of Ukraine in ruins.
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The World Bank estimates that it will take $480 billion of investment to get Ukraine back on its feet after the war.
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Children’s rights are often violated in times of war.
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Tens of thousands have taken to the streets to protest a new bill they claim was taken straight from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s playbook.
Soldiers at a traditional Victory Day parade in Red Square, Moscow.
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Putin has encouraged a group of young people to hand out a special ribbon representing the ‘glories’ of Russian history.