Hundreds of North Korean soldiers have reportedly died from the coronavirus and thousands of others are being quarantined. But the secretive nation’s leaders are sticking to the official narrative that the global epidemic has not reached them. According to Daily NK, a South Korean news organisation, the Covid-19 virus killed 180 North Korean soldiers in January and February and has sent another... 

A fierce gun battle between Mexican soldiers and cartel operatives erupted at the southern border this week, according to reports. On Friday at around 4 p.m., Mexican forces reportedly confronted armed criminals in the town of Sonoyta, just half a mile from the port of entry in Lukeville, Arizona, one of the busiest human smuggling and illegal migration corridors in the world. John Fabbricatore, candidate... 

In a dramatic turn of events, a group of uniformed Gabonese soldiers has taken to national television to announce the dissolution of all state institutions and the cancellation of the country’s contentious elections. This extraordinary declaration comes in the wake of the recent presidential race, which declared longtime leader Ali Bongo as the winner. During a live address in the early hours... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin is now releasing the draft peace agreement that Moscow and Kiev negotiated in the spring of 2022. At the same time, he is accusing Ukraine of being the party that saw to it that the peace negotiations collapsed at the last moment. The document shows that the parties’ delegations actually agreed on the general terms of Ukraine’s neutrality and on some security... 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is ready to launch a sensational counteroffensive to take back areas of Russian occupied territory. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Zelenskyy insisted: ‘We strongly believe that we will succeed’. ‘I don’t know how long it will take,’ he continued. ‘To be honest, it can go a variety of ways, completely... 

The grim reality of the war in Ukraine has been brought to the forefront with a harrowing film shown to Russian prisoners of war (POWs), detailing the alleged atrocities committed by Russian forces. The video, titled “Absolute Evil,” leaves no room for ambiguity as it exposes the brutal acts carried out against civilians and prisoners of war. Narrated without censorship or editing, the... 

In a dark turn of events, reports suggest that the Russian army has resorted to extreme measures to discipline its own troops during the conflict in Ukraine. Allegedly, soldiers who refuse to fight or are found guilty of heavy drinking are being subjected to a brutal form of punishment – confinement in makeshift dungeons known as ‘Zindan’ cells. These Zindans, reminiscent of Imperial... 

New revelations has sent shockwaves throughout the international community, harrowing videos have surfaced, purportedly showing Russian soldiers engaging in gruesome acts during the conflict in Ukraine. Allegedly perpetrated by members of the Wagner Group, these acts include beheadings of Ukrainian soldiers, with their severed heads displayed on spikes. The first disturbing video, posted on a pro-Russian... 

In the complex quagmire of the Ukraine conflict, Vladimir Putin finds himself ensnared in a “no-win situation,” according to James Olson, former director of counterintelligence at the CIA. The seasoned intelligence veteran believes that the war will persist unless the Russian president meets a grim fate – either being killed or ousted, rendering him a “dead man walking.”... 

The Russian soldier Andrej Medvedev, who sought asylum in Norway, was arrested on Wednesday night after he participated in a fight outside a pub in Oslo, Norwegian TV2 reports. Medvedev sought asylum in Norway and said he was prepared to testify against the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, also known as “Putin’s chef”. But after a pub fight this week, he ended up in... 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg recently warned that Russia is amassing at least 200,000 soldiers for a massive new attack on Ukraine. Stoltenberg further claimed that there is “no sign” that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “preparing for peace,” adding that the nation is preparing for “more war” ahead of the one-year mark of the beginning... 

Russian FSB agents and armed soldiers have prowled a Ukrainian orphanage to abduct children and send then to Moscow, chilling CCTV footage shows. Ukrainian intelligence claims a staggering 13,000 orphans as young as toddlers have been kidnapped and shipped to Russia where they are indoctrinated with pro-Kremlin propaganda, while teenagers are trained to be soldiers. Volodymyr Sahaidak is the director... 

Berlin has declared that the 1,100 German soldiers presently serving in Mali will leave by May 2024. As part of the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA, German troops have been stationed in the African nation for over ten years, to the growing chagrin of the Bamako administration. According to government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit, the deployment will get one last year-long extension request from... 

The first man arrived at 7.27am. Russian soldiers covered his head and marched him up the driveway toward a nondescript office building. Two minutes later, a pleading, gagged voice pierced the morning stillness. Then the merciless reply: ‘Talk! Talk, f*****g motherf***er!’ The women and children came later, gripping hastily packed bags, their pet dogs in tow. It was a cold, gray morning,... 

Russia is teetering on the brink of a potential civil war, exacerbated by deepening ethnic tensions and racial divisions following a series of mass shootings at a military base in Belgorod. At least 11 soldiers lost their lives in the incident, sparked by a confrontation between a Russian commander and mobilized individuals from Muslim regions who contested their involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. The...