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China has announced new tariffs and trade restrictions, following a similar move by the administration of US President Donald Trump, which views competition against China as a key foreign policy point. Last week, Trump ordered additional 10% tariffs on all goods from China, saying he is using his emergency authority …

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it has foiled a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl. The suspect is a Russian citizen who was working for Kiev, and who planned to poison workers of the facility with toxic …

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it has foiled a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl. The suspect is a Russian citizen who was working for Kiev, and who planned to poison workers of the facility with toxic …

Tens of thousands took to the streets of Romania’s capital Bucharest on Sunday to protest against the Constitutional Court’s invalidation of the presidential election. The court annulled the results of the first round in December after independent candidate Calin Georgescu outperformed all other candidates. Videos circulating on social media show …

Draft officers are within their rights to use lethal force in “self-defense” against citizens, a Ukrainian regional enlistment authority warned on Tuesday. The head draft office of the western Ukrainian region of Volyn stated that officers had already been instructed to use lethal force in situations requiring self-defense. “All personnel …

Antony Blinken traveled to China this week to warn Beijing about sanctions for supplying military technology to Russia, according to the Financial Times and Bloomberg in their previews of the US secretary of state’s visit. They didn’t specify which sanctions might follow, although FT sources suggested that financial and other …

Last week, terrorists opened fire on concert goers before a show by the band Picnic at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall. As a result of the attack, a fire started which spread to an area of 13,000 square meters and wasn’t extinguished until the next evening. 143 people were killed and 182 …

The Russian military carried out a massive wave of strikes on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure on Friday that successfully disrupted Kiev’s ability to produce new weapons and ammunition, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the barrage, using high-precision long-range …

Foreign media and analysts are increasingly accepting that sanctions against Russia have failed to produce the results that were expected. But much depends on how we view the effectiveness of sanctions, and on how we determine the concept. There is a classical definition, which implies that it’s determined by the …

Israel has resumed its attacks on Hamas after a lull lasting several days, accusing the Palestinian armed group of violating the ceasefire. West Jerusalem has repeatedly said that it would resume the hostilities after the truce is over. In a statement in the early hours of Friday, the Israel Defense …