Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday he could “neither confirm nor deny” reports of a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
Ukraine’s military said on Sunday that it shot down 70 drones out of the 151 that Russia launched to attack the country overnight. Ukraine’s air force said that 74 drones did not reach their targets, likely due to electronic warfare, and two were still in the air, it said in a statement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that over this week, Russia had launched 1,260 aerial bombs, almost 750 drones, and more than 10 missiles of various types against Ukraine. Zelenskiy said that Russian military production relies on sanctions evasion schemes, high oil prices and an insufficient number of Ukrainian…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would fire some FBI agents who were involved in investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump, speaking at a news conference alongside Japan’s prime minister at the White House, did not give any further details about how many agents would be fired or when.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would probably meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy next week to discuss Ukraine’s war to repel Russian invaders. Trump did not make clear whether it would be a face-to-face meeting or a video conference. He spoke about the possibility while taking questions from reporters in an Oval Office welcome for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Trump said he will “probably be meeting with President Zelenskiy next week,” and he also again expressed interest in meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin with whom he said he always had a “good relationship.” Asked for a location…
North Korea said on Saturday its nuclear weapons are not meant for negotiations but are intended for combat use against enemies that threaten its people and world peace, its state media reported. The statement comes after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday. The two leaders expressed their commitment to ensuring that North Korea ends its nuclear weapons programme. KCNA did not mention the meeting between the U.S. and Japanese leaders but instead cited reported comments by officials of NATO and the EU that reiterated demands for a complete denuclearisation of…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would fire some FBI agents who were involved in investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump, speaking at a news conference alongside Japan’s prime minister at the White House, did not give any further details about how many agents would be fired or when.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would probably meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy next week to discuss Ukraine’s war to repel Russian invaders. Trump did not make clear whether it would be a face-to-face meeting or a video conference. He spoke about the possibility while taking questions from reporters in an Oval Office welcome for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Trump said he will “probably be meeting with President Zelenskiy next week,” and he also again expressed interest in meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin with whom he said he always had a “good relationship.” Asked for a location…
North Korea said on Saturday its nuclear weapons are not meant for negotiations but are intended for combat use against enemies that threaten its people and world peace, its state media reported. The statement comes after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday. The two leaders expressed their commitment to ensuring that North Korea ends its nuclear weapons programme. KCNA did not mention the meeting between the U.S. and Japanese leaders but instead cited reported comments by officials of NATO and the EU that reiterated demands for a complete denuclearisation of…
Ukraine’s air force said on Saturday it shot down 67 of 139 Russian drones launched overnight, while another 71 disappeared from radar without reaching their targets.
Billionaire Elon Musk said that he was not interested in purchasing TikTok, the popular short-video app that the United States has been trying to ban over national security concerns with its Chinese owner ByteDance. Musk’s comments, made in late January, were released online Saturday by The WELT Group, a part of the German media company Axel Springer SE, which hosted a summit, where the Tesla chief joined the conference via video. “I have not put in a bid for TikTok,” Musk said a week after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was open to Musk buying the ByteDance-owned app if…