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Kim stops to see fighter jet plant as Russia, N Korea warned off arms deals

Kim Jong Un arrived Friday in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in far eastern Russia and is expected to visit a plant that builds fighter jets as South Korea has said it's concerned his visit is focused on expanding military cooperation in a possible arms-for-technology deal. The visit to Komsomolsk-on-Amur is one of several the North Korean leader is making on a days-long trip to Russia. Arriving on an armoured train from North Korea, he rolled into Russia on Tuesday and was met by officials at a station near the Russia-North Korea border. After a long train trip north, on Wednesday he met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome and was greeted by Putin with a 40-second handshake. On Thursday, he largely disappeared from view, before reappearing local time Friday as his convoy swept out of Komsomolsk-on-Amur station. Putin told Russian state TV after the summit that Kim will travel to Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where he will visit an aircraft plant, and then go to Vladivostok to v

Zelenskyy likely to visit US as Cong debates $21 bn in aid for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill next week as he visits the US during the United Nations General Assembly. Zelenskyy's trip comes as Congress is debating providing as much as USD 21 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion. The trip was confirmed by two congressional aides granted anonymity to discuss the plans.

Elon Musk's denial of Ukraine's Starlink request prompts senate probe

Chairman Jack Reed said in a statement Thursday the reports on the use of Starlink exposed "serious national-security liability issues and the committee is engaged on this issue"

The G20 tightrope

India navigated political minefields to show great economic leadership to make progress on the G20's core mandate

Won't hesitate to impose additional sanctions: US on Russia, N Korea deal

The official spokesperson of the US Department of State highlighted how "troubling" it is to see the cooperation between Russia and North Korea

Kim vows support for Russia's 'just fight' during summit with Putin

North Korea may have tens of millions of aging artillery shells and rockets based on Soviet designs that could give a huge boost to the Russian army in Ukraine

Kim concludes one-on-one talks with Putin at Russian space launch base

One-on-one talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have ended, Russia's state news agency Tass reported Wednesday. The meeting of the two leaders at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Siberia followed wider talks between delegations headed by the two leaders. Before the talks, the two leaders toured some of the facilities of the strategic spaceport. In remarks before the private meeting, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday his country's full and unconditional support for Russia's sacred fight to defend its security interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine, and said Pyongyang will always stand with Moscow on the anti-imperialist front.

Crimea shipyard burning after Ukrainian attack and 24 injured: Official

The Sevastopol Shipyard in Russian-annexed Crimea was on fire Wednesday after a Ukrainian attack, and 24 people were injured, local Russian-installed official reported. Mikhail Razvozhayev, Moscow-appointed governor of the port city of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula, said on Telegram on Wednesday that the fire was sparked by a missile attack. The official posted a photo of the fire with smoke billowing over it. The Sevastopol Shipyard is of strategic importance to Russia as vessels in its Black Sea fleet are being repaired there.

Urgently declare Gershkovich was arbitrarily detained: His lawyers ask UN

Lawyers for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich asked a United Nations body on Tuesday to urgently issue an opinion that he has been arbitrarily detained by Russia on espionage charges which are patently false. The request to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says Russia has failed to produce a shred of evidence in support of its accusations since the 31-year-old journalist was arrested on March 29 on a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg, almost 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) east of Moscow. Russia is not imprisoning Gershkovich because it legitimately believes its absurd claim that he is an American spy, the Journal's request said. Instead, Russian President Vladimir Putin is using Gershkovich as a pawn, holding him hostage in order to gain leverage over and extract a ransom from the United States, just as he has done with other American citizens whom he has wrongfully detained. Jason Conti, executive vice president and general counsel of Dow Jones,

Kim in Russia to meet Putin, with both locked in standoffs with the West

North Korea's Kim Jong Un rolled through Russia on an armoured train on Tuesday toward a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, a rare encounter between isolated leaders driven together by their need for support in escalating standoffs with the West. Kim is expected to seek economic aid and military technology for his impoverished country, and, in a twist, appears to have something Putin desperately needs: munitions for Russia's gruelling war in Ukraine. It's a chance for the North Korean leader to get around crippling UN sanctions and years of diplomatic isolation. For Putin, it's an opportunity to refill ammunition stores that the war has drained. Any arms deal with North Korea would violate the sanctions, which Russia supported in the past. Kim's personal train stopped in Khasan, a station on the Russia-North Korea border, where it was met by a military honour guard and a brass band, according to video posted on social media channels. He was met on a red carpet by regional Gov.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un to meet Russian President Putin, Kremlin confirms

Recent overtures have signalled closer military ties between the nuclear-armed North Korea and Russia amid the Ukraine war

Western powers failed to 'Ukrainise' G20 agenda: Russia's Sergey Lavrov

The Western powers failed to "Ukrainise" the agenda of the G20 largely due to consolidated efforts by the grouping's member nations from the Global South, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, hailing the declaration unveiled by the leaders of the bloc that avoided condemning Moscow for its war against Ukraine. He also described the G20 Summit under India's presidency as a "breakthrough" in many ways as its outcomes showed a path to the world to move forward on a range of challenges. "We didn't expect that. We were ready to defend our wording of the text. The Global South is no longer willing to be lectured," he said referring to the G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration. India managed to hammer out an unexpected consensus among the G20 countries on the contentious Ukraine conflict through a series of hectic negotiations with emerging economies such as Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia playing a leading role in reaching the agreement on the declaration. At a press briefing, ..

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We don't mind negotiations: Lavrov on ceasefire possibility with Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday said that his country is not against negotiations to end the Ukraine conflict but these should take into account "the realities on the ground"

India to offer Russia to invest trapped rupees, says Sergei Lavrov

Lavrov also said Russian arms contracts with India remain in force, despite difficulties with payments caused by sanctions imposed by the US and its allies over Russia's invasion of Ukraine

India's G20 win shows US learning how to effectively counter China's rise

Biden led the charge, seeing in India his administration's best hope of isolating China and Russia - and providing a booster shot to the US-led world order

Text on Ukraine in G20 declaration reflected convergent consensus

The text relating to Ukraine conflict in the G20 leaders' declaration is a "convergent consensus" rather than a "divisive consensus" and it could show a path to resolution of the crisis, official sources said on Sunday, a day after India pulled off a breakthrough on the contentious issue. It was a combination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "guarantee and magic", the sources said while referring to total unanimity among member nations on the entire New Delhi G20 leaders' declaration. India managed to hammer out an unexpected consensus among the G20 countries on the contentious Ukraine conflict through a series of hectic negotiations with emerging economies such as Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia playing a leading role in reaching the agreement on the declaration. It is important to look at the nature of the consensus with the document as the declaration actually reflects "47 sub-consensus" in a range of issues, the sources said. Explaining it further, they said the declaration

No way Putin will be arrested if he attends Rio G20 meet: Brazil Prez

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly skipped international gatherings, including the G20 Summit in New Delhi, where foreign minister Sergey Lavrov represented Russia

Russia turning to old ally N Korea to resupply its arsenal for Ukraine war

After a year and a half of fighting in Ukraine, Russia needs to replenish its supplies of ammunition for what could be a long war of attrition. Along with ramping up its domestic arms production, Moscow is turning to an old ally with a vast arsenal North Korea. Estimates say the reclusive and isolated Asian country has tens of millions of artillery shells and rockets that could give a huge boost to the Russian army. United States officials expect North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Russia in the coming days to seal a possible deal on munitions transfer with President Vladimir Putin. That would be a remarkable reversal from the 1950-53 Korean War, when the Soviet Union provided the communist North with weapons and ammunition. We know that Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has visited recently for artillery shells predominantly, and most likely that will be discussed between Putin and Kim Jong Un, said Alexander Gabuev, head of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Centre. Shoigu .

Bali was Bali and New Delhi is New Delhi: EAM on Ukraine in G20 declaration

The G20 leaders declaration avoided mentioning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and made a general call to all states to follow the principle of respecting each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty, in what is largely seen as a climbdown by the Western powers on the conflict. India managed to hammer out an unexpected consensus among the G20 countries on the contentious issue through a series of hectic negotiations with emerging economies such as Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia playing a leading role in reaching the breakthrough. Sources said these three countries also helped in drafting the text that drew every member nation's approval. The declaration issued at the G20's Bali summit last November had deplored in the strongest terms the Russian aggression against Ukraine while most members strongly condemned the war. "With regard to the comparison with the Bali Declaration, I would only say Bali was Bali and New Delhi is New Delhi. I mean, Bali was a year ago," External