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Paying schoolgirls to have babies: Russia gives financial incentives for teen mothers- part of worldwide trend

Representative image (AP) Amid country’s declining birthrate, several regions in Russia have started paying pregnant schoolgirls over 100,000 roubles (around £900) to give birth and raise their children, news agency PTI reported. The initiative, recently expanded to ten regions, is part of a broader demographic strategy aimed at reversing the country’s declining birthrate.The scheme builds […]

China fears US will turn focus on it if Russia defeated in Ukraine war: Report

BEIJING: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has told EU leaders that Beijing does not want to see Russia losing its war with Ukraine because the US would then shift its whole focus towards China, a candid admission that surprised officials in Brussels, a media report said.Wang’s comment during his talks with EU’s Kaja Kallas – […]

Are interceptor drones Ukraine’s best option against Russia?

Representative Image (AI-generated) Russian airstrikes on cities and towns across Ukraine are rapidly increasing in intensity. Between June 1 and June 20, Moscow launched 3,681 Shahed drones and fake drones, which serve to disorientate the Ukrainian air defense forces. A year ago, the average was at around 600 per month.To counter these attacks, Ukraine is […]

‘What is certain is that…’: Iran says Russia supported airstrikes on US base in Qatar as Trump announces ceasefire

Iran says Russian defense minister Andrey Belousov (in photo) called Iran counterpart and extended support after Iran’s attack on US base in Qatar. Iranian defence minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh claimed Russia extended its support after Iran’s strike on US base in Qatar, which US President Donald Trump dismissed as a ‘coordinated’ attack and announced […]

Operation Midnight Hammer: Ukraine supports US airstrikes on Iran; Russia mocks Trump for forgetting Noble peace prize aspirations

Ukraine foreign minister Andrii Sybiha (left) and Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev (right) (Image credit: AP) Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister Andrii Sybiha supported the recent US strikes on Iran, which targeted three nuclear sites early Sunday under the code name ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’.He also backed US President Donald Trump‘s statement that Tehran must not be […]

Israel-Iran conflict: Russia warns US against military action after Trump’s ‘may join’ Israel remark; calls it ‘extremely dangerous step’

Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AFP) Russia issued a stern warning to the United States on Thursday against military intervention in support of Israel in its conflict with Iran.Following Israel’s unprecedented strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory missile and drone attacks, tensions have escalated […]

‘Agree with Trump’: Kremlin on US President’s ‘excluding Russia from G8 big mistake’ remark; calls G7 ‘useless’

Kremlin on Tuesday expressed agreement with US President Donald Trump’s view that expelling Russia from the G8 in 2014 was a “mistake”. However, it added that the G8 format now held little practical value for Russia, and that the G7, in its current form, appeared “useless”, Reuters reported quoting Kremlin. Trump had criticized the administrations […]

‘Alarming allegations’: FBI director Kash Patel declassifies documents on 2020 election; China, Russia accused of meddling

FBI Director Kash Patel has made public a batch of documents that he claims contain “alarming allegations” about foreign interference in the 2020 US presidential election.“The FBI has located documents which detail alarming allegations related to the 2020 US election, including allegations of interference by the CCP. I have immediately declassified the material and turned […]

G7 summit: ‘Excluding Russia big mistake,’ Trump slams Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau

US President Donald Trump on Monday slammed the Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau administration for excluding Russia from the G8 member nations which then became G7. Calling it a “serious mistake”, he added that if he would have been the president, there wouldn’t have been a Russia-Ukraine war. “The G7 used to be the G8. […]

‘Everybody hates Russia but loves Germany and Japan’: Donald Trump reflects on World War II in talks with Macron and Putin; calls it ‘a strange world’

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump took a reflective turn on Thursday, steering a conversation back in time to the days of World War II. In remarks that blended history with surprise, Trump recounted recent conversations with French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin—both of which circled back to one of […]