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Russian forces lost four tanks, 11 armored personnel vehicles (APVs) and 20 artillery systems on Saturday, July 8, according to Ukraine's military. Moscow has now lost a total of 4,078 tanks, in addition to 7,964 APVs, since February 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces said on Sunday.…

Image source, Reuters Image caption, The American president touched down at Stansted Airport near London on Sunday By Kathryn Armstrong & James FitzGerald BBC News US President Joe Biden has landed in the UK ahead of a Nato summit in Lithuania later this week - which comes after several allies…

Published By: Pritha Mallick Last Updated: July 09, 2023, 00:03 IST Kyiv, Ukraine Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters put out a fire at a house destroyed in a Russian shelling, in a residential neighbourhood, in Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/File) A residential building, an annex to a…

The United States is defending the decision to deliver cluster munitions to Ukraine. The widely-banned weapons are controversial because they can harm civilians even decades after dropping. The decision has split Congress and the world, even as Ukraine's president thanked U.S. leaders for the move. Charlie D'Agata has more. Read…

Podcasts What should we make of the trade in Russian trophies? Will Amsterdam evict its red light district? And how did Barbie get embroiled in a border dispute?Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Abdulwahab Tahhan, Julia O’Driscoll…

While defined as “dual purpose,” the “hundreds of thousands” of cluster munitions the United States is sending to Ukraine have one but function: Annihilate everything within its 7.5-acre blast spread. Used since at least World War II because of their low-tech efficiency and flexibility—and now banned by 123 countries—they can…

PARIS: Humanitarian organisations on Friday (Jul 7) condemned plans by the United States to supply controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine, citing the long-lasting danger posed by the weapons which leave behind unexploded bomblets. "This is a death sentence to civilians over the long term. There are people who have not…

(RNS) — A new report by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research suggests that migration of Jews from both Russia and Ukraine to Israel may be reaching “exodus” levels. The report, which draws on data from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, finds that if trends continue, both Russia and…

Remains believed to be those of Finbar Cafferkey, the Irish man killed fighting in Ukraine in April, have been recovered. However, the Cafferkey family have been told it may be months before they can be repatriated to Ireland due to the large number of human remains which have to be…

In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett that aired Wednesday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on President Biden, whom he called the “decision-maker,” to invite Ukraine into NATO “now.” The Ukrainian leader said he understood that Ukraine would “never be in NATO before war finishes,” but he said even…