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Japan announces plans to boost security role in region to tackle threats

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida announced plans to boost country's diplomatic and security role in the Asia Pacific to tackle growing threats in the region amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Civilians flee intense fighting in eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk

Civilians fled intense fighting in eastern Ukraine on Friday as Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in a grinding battle of attrition for key cities in the country's industrial heartland. Mostly women, children and elderly residents left on a special evacuation train that departed from the city of Pokrovsk and headed west. We live on the front line now, said Svitlana Kaplun, whose family fled as shelling reached their neighborhood in the city of Krasnohorivka. The kids are worried all the time, they are afraid to sleep at night, so we decided to take them out. After a bungled attempt to overrun Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, in the early days of the war, Russia shifted its focus to an eastern region of coal mines and factories known as the Donbas. The area borders Russia and has been partly controlled by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014. The fighting there has led to mounting casualties and renewed pleas from Ukraine to the West for more weapons. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to ..

Zelenskyy thanks UK for 'effective support' after meeting defence chief

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the U.K. for its effective support of Kyiv, following an in-person meeting with Britain's defense chief

Ukraine war: IMF says is concerned by food, fertilizer export restrictions

It welcomed India's decision recently to relax its originally announced ban on wheat exports, and allow some shipments to proceed

US, G7 allies aim to strip Russia of 'most favored nation' status: Report

Stripping Russia of its favored nation status paves the way for the United States and its allies to impose tariffs on a wide range of Russian goods.

G7 warns against unjustified export restrictions in wake of Ukraine war

G7, EU and other organisations are calling for guarding against export restrictions in wake of the Ukraine-Russia war for stabilising food prices

Biden to attend emergency NATO summit in Brussels, G7; address EU leaders

US President Joe Biden would attend an emergency NATO Summit, address European Union leaders and hold meetings with G-7 leaders, his national security advisor said

G7 Health Ministers' condemn attacks on health facilities in Ukraine

As the healthcare system in Ukraine continues to remain under significant strain, G7 Health Ministers condemned the 'indiscriminate' attacks on the Ukrainian population, health facilities and workers

G-7 nations restrict Russian Central Bank's use of gold in transactions

Russia holds roughly $130 billion in gold reserves, and the Bank of Russia announced Feb 28 that it would resume the purchase of gold on the domestic precious metals market

Japan's PM Kishida warns Ukraine-like invasion of Taiwan by China

Kishida said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine might presage similar events in Taiwan unless Japan and its Indo-Pacific allies respond to a crisis on the self-governing island in a unified manner

Dozens feared dead after Ukraine school bombing; Biden meets G7 leaders

Putin says 'victory will be ours, as in 1945'; US sanctions Russian TV stations

60 feared dead in Ukraine school bombed by Russia, says Luhansk governor

Ukraine and its Western allies have accused Russian forces of targeting civilians in the war, which Moscow denies.

Russia-Ukraine war placing global food security under severe strain: G7

Group of Seven (G7) urged Russia to end its blockade and all other activities that further impede Ukrainian food production and exports in line with its international commitments

Ukraine asks G7 to step up arms supply, pressure on Russia amid war

Ukraine's foreign minister said his country remains willing to engage in diplomatic talks with Russia to unblock grain supplies and to achieve a political solution to the war in Ukraine

Japan joins G-7 against Ukraine invasion, will quit Russian oil imports

It's an extremely difficult decision for a country that mostly relies on energy imports, including oil, Kishida told reporters Monday. But G-7 unity is most important right now.

Ukrainian forces thwart Russians at river as fight shifts to Donbas

Kremlin mulls retribution for Finland and Sweden NATO moves

G7 says will continue economic pressure on Russia, tackle 'wheat war'

G7 to continue weapons supplies 'as long as necessary'; G7 to speed up efforts to end dependence on Russia energy; EU says no sign Putin wants to end war

G7 urges China not to undermine sanctions imposed on Russia amid war

The group of seven industrialized nations, representing the world's richest nations, on Saturday urged China not to undermine the sanctions imposed on Russia for its attack on Ukraine

Money for crisis-hit Ukraine tops G7 agenda; inflation, food a concern

IMF chief optimistic G7 funds for Ukraine can stave off hyperinflation

Inflation, Russia-Ukraine war, refugee crisis draw G7 leaders' focus

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the meeting's host, told reporters ahead of the meeting that Ukraine will likely need a number of double-digit billion euros over the coming months