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Russia asked China to give it military equipment and support for the war in Ukraine after President Vladimir V. Putin began a full-scale invasion last month, according to U.S. officials. Russia has also asked China for additional economic assistance, to help counteract the battering its economy has taken from broad sanctions imposed by the …

India said on Friday March 11, it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan this week because of a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance, giving its version of events after longtime foe Pakistan warned the incident could have “unpleasant consequences.” “On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction …

More now from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is holding a news conference in Kyiv. He tells reporters around 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed in the first 17 days of the Russian invasion. It’s a figure the BBC cannot independently verify. Western sources estimated on Friday that around 6,000 …

Russian forces continued the assault on the southern port town of Mariupol, where at least 1,500 people had been killed, according to officials, and those who are trying to flee in freezing temperatures have no water, heating, and very little food. Russian forces inched towards Kyiv Saturday and pounded civilian …

An airstrike on a hospital in the port of Mariupol killed three people, including a child, the city council said Thursday, and Russian forces intensified their siege of Ukrainian cities, even as the top diplomats from both sides met for the first time since the war began. The attack a …

The first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig has died. David Bennett, who had terminal heart disease, survived for two months following the surgery in the US. But his condition began to deteriorate a couple of days ago, his doctors in Baltimore said, …

Since the beginning of the early 80s, a couple of fearless and lionhearted drug lords have made fortunes for themselves. Some of these ruthless nation wreckers are alive while others are dead. Let me walk you through the path of the top 10 richest drug lords of all time. 1. …

Humanitarian corridors will open at 10:00 Moscow time (07:00GMT) on Saturday from the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha. A ‘regime of quietness’ will be implemented for the civilian population to leave the cities and has been agreed with the Ukrainian authorities, the defence ministry was quoted as saying. The head …

They had barely a week to prepare – getting medical screenings, making sure bills would be paid, arranging for relatives to care for children and pets – before marching with rucksacks and rifles onto a plane bound for Germany. “It’s been very hectic and stressful, but overall it’s worked out,” …

The port city of Kherson in Ukraine’s south has reportedly become the first major city in the country to be taken over by Russian forces. It came as Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an overnight video address, called on Ukrainians to keep up the resistance. “We are a people who in a …