Britain and France are to lead a military exercise to test a multinational force’s ability to deploy to Ukraine, if there is a peace deal. Nearly 3,000 military personnel from 12 European nations will take part in the rehearsal in neighbouring Poland this month. Plans for a reassurance force for Ukraine were set out last
This week, dozens of people were also able to access their belongings and homes in the so-called “red zone” of Kherson – an area so exposed to drones and artillery attacks that it has become unlivable. “Some are venturing into places where nobody has dared to go for years, filming areas where simply being present
The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival opened Monday with a rain-soaked red carpet and a ceremony at Hulic Hall, where Japan’s government used the occasion to restate its goal of selling JPY20 trillion ($133 billion) worth of Japanese content overseas by 2033. The festival received 1,892 film submissions from 112 countries and regions this year.
US President Donald Trump has said his decision to suspend several Russian sanctions is an effort to keep Moscow at the negotiating table. “I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump said on his Truth Social messaging platform, adding that he didn’t want to “do anything that
UNITED NATIONS — Colombia’s new government told the United Nations on Monday that over 132,000 people have been killed and armed group membership has increased from 6,000 to almost 30,000 in the decade since the country signed a highly touted peace agreement with its largest rebel group. Addressing the Security Council for the first time,
Around 1259 BCE, two ancient kingdoms finally decided to let bygones be bygones. After two centuries of intermittent skirmishes for regional control, the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II and Hittite King Ḫattušili III agreed to what is now known as the Kadesh Peace Treaty. The rulers signed their agreement about 15 years after the famous Battle
