In 2020, the world spent $1.83 trillion on defense, which marked an increase of 3.9 percent in real terms, the latest Military Balance report said. The amount that governments of the world spent on defense in 2020 was only "slightly lower" compared t...

About 89 percent of patients connected to ventilators died in Ukraine as a result of the coronavirus infection, a study by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine said. The researchers who conducted the study analyzed the period from the start of...

Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party of Ukraine, commented on rumors about changes in her appearance, the Tabloid website reports. "I want to calm all your viewers down, I was just able to rest for 30 days," Tymoshenko...

US President Joe Biden spoke about the territorial affiliation of the Crimean Peninsula.According to the White House, Biden published a statement in connection with the "anniversary of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine." "On this somber anniversar...

The Japanese Coast Guard intends to open fire at foreign vessels should they approach the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands in the East China Sea, Kyodo News reports. This archipelago is the subject of a territorial dispute between Japan, Taiwan (Republic of ...

The United States launched an airstrike in Syria on a building, which is believed to be associated with the pro-Iranian militia that support Damascus, Politico reports with reference to a representative of the US Department of Defense. It was also sa...

According to Zelensky, in order to put an end to all the strife between the Ukrainians and the Russians, Russia must "return" Crimea to Ukraine. "Crimea was the heart of Ukraine. It was a sunny, kind, and bright jeart. Seven years ago, the heart was ...

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia demanded both Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his government should resign. The statement from the military came after Pashinyan dismissed First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Armenia...

Bars and restaurants in Florida, USA, may soon be allowed to sell take-away alcoholic drinks. Moreover, drivers will be allowed to drive home with sealed alcoholic drinks as part of this 'to go' service, mypanhandle.com website reports. Such an optio...

It transpired that the Russian Armed Forces deployed the legendary 1L222M Avtobaza-M radio surveillance complex on the territory of Syria.The ground-based surveillance complex was spotted at the Russian army base in Syria. The system has already mana...

No Russian instructor has been either captured or killed in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Russian ambassador said commenting to reports about the murder of fighters from private military company (PMC) Wagner, RIA Novosti reports.According t...

On Sunday, February 14, an armed man shot three people at Northwoods Mall in South Carolina. According to North Charleston Police Department, the shooter did not intend to target the victims and shot them sporadically, abcnews4.com reports. The inten...

The cold front, known as Beast from the East 2, continues devastating underground gas storage facilities in Europe. As of Sunday morning, February 14, EU storage facilities were 42.65 percent full, Interfax reports, citing data from the Gas Infrastru...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is going to come to Russia to talk to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Lukashenko plans to discuss a possibility of a three-billion-dollar loan to Minsk, The Kommersant reports. Negotiations may take p...

A new coronavirus strain, which was first found in South Africa has been identified in the USA for the first time, kjrh.com website reports. Two cases of the infection with the South African strain have been reported in South Carolina, officials with...

Six senators from the US Democratic and Republican parties submitted a bill to Congress about  personal sanctions against Russian officials who were involved in "flagrant violations of international law, including the poisoning and imprisonment of R...

During the International Aerospace Exhibition Aero India 2021, Russia will present more than 200 types of military hardware and weapons.According to rossaprimavera.ru, 78 companies from 14 countries of the world will take part in the show. Russia wil...

Japan intends to build a missile, which, if necessary, could strike Russia.The Japanese government plans to increase the range of the Type 12 Khitonisiki missile, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Japanese publication Mainichi Shimbun.Currently, ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his new US counterpart Joe Biden not to push Europe into an alliance against Beijing, Politico reports. If the USA takes any measures that would be designed to push China out of global trade and technology networks...

During the first full day as the 46th President of the United States, one of the first things that Joe Biden did was getting rid of the red button that Donald Trump pushed to get a glass of Diet Coke, Buzzfeed reports. This may raise eyebrows, but wh...