Some 11,000 North Korean soldiers have already arrived in the Russian border area of Kursk, according to Ukraine. “We see an increase in the number of North Koreans, but we see no increase in the response of our partners. Unfortunately,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening video message. He said the information wa

Sweden has cancelled 13 planned offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea on security grounds. The government in Stockholm, a new NATO member, announced on Monday that it would no longer issue any licences for the construction and operation of the farms, which were to extend off the Swedish east coast down to the Öresund […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in the Kremlin for talks on Monday. “Today is a national holiday for us, and meeting with good friends on holidays is a good tradition,” Putin said in greeting. The Kremlin did not disclose any details of their discussion. North Korea supports Moscow [&helli

The Spanish province of Catalonia is being hit by heavy rainfall following the flood disaster in the neighbouring region of Valencia in eastern Spain. The airport in the regional capital Barcelona cancelled around 70 flights and diverted 18 more on Monday, the airport administration authority Aena announced. Media outlets including the regional new

German Foreign Minister Annalena Barbock announced an additional €200 million ($218 million) to support Ukrainians during their third winter of war, amid Russia’s ongoing attacks on infrastructure, she said during a visit to Kiev. The money will be used so that homes close to the front line without energy supplies can also receive fuel and [&