North Korean soldiers have been “brought in again” to fight at the frontline in the Kursk region after reports that foreign ...

Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising ...

North Korean troops seem to temporarily withdraw from one section of front in Kursk Oblast, military says Russia claims to ...

Authorities in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast have said they will begin forcible ... with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claiming that Moscow was ready for an equal and mutually respectful dialogue ...

Ukrainian drones damaged fuel and lubricant storage tanks at the 8 March plant in Russia's Tula Oblast. Earlier, Defence Intelligence of Ukraine confirmed a successful strike on this oil depot. Source ...

Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the 3-year-old war. In the past year, Russian troops have slowly but ...

27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone with Taisia Leonova, a girl from the Moscow region, as part of a nationwide charity ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin ... where nearly 70% of the population lives in extreme poverty — the fifth ...

HONG KONG: China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the downturn will worsen in ...

By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from Hong Kong To get its citizens to have more children and stop its population from shrinking, China has tried it all, even declaring having babies ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation ...