92 minutes ago South Korea warns it could arm Ukraine amid fears of Putin Kim Jong Un weapon swap

South Korea claimed North Korea sent 1,500 special operation forces to Russia this month

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3 hours ago Putin sends defiant message to the West as he gathers world leaders for BRICS summit to show sanctions aren't working (but cracks are showing between his most powerful 'allies')

The summit, running from October 22-24 will be the biggest held in Russia since Putin ordered troops to storm across the border of Ukraine more than two-and-a-half years ago

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3 hours ago Tiny fossil tracks unearthed in South Korea reveal new ways dinosaurs used wings

Researchers say origin of flight may not be simple binary of ‘can or cannot’ but a spectrum of aerial movements

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8 hours ago South Korea calls for immediate withdrawal of North Korean troops in Russia

South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to demand the immediate pullout of North Korean troops allegedly deployed in Russia

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19 hours ago North Korean arms more significant than troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine

Intelligence builds that members of Pyongyang’s special forces are in Russia preparing for combat as munitions are also shippedUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, got to the point in his presidential address last night: “Another state,” he said, was “joining the war against Ukraine”. He was referring to the growing intelligence that shows elite soldiers from North Korea are in Russia preparing to join what has become a fight that, in effect, extends all the way across Asia.The effect will be greater than the numbers believed to be involved. On Friday, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported that 1,500 members of Pyongyang’s special forces had crossed the border to Vladivostok in Russia’s far east to begin training and some degree of participation in the war in U...

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21 hours ago Leaked footage shows North Korean troops being kitted out in Russia as elite 'Storm Corps' unit prepares for deployment in Ukraine

The video shows uniformed special forces soldiers picking up clothes and other apparel to stuff into their backpacks as they are acclimatising in Russia.

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21 hours ago Middle East crisis live: dozens of Palestinians reportedly killed in northern Gaza; Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon, officials say

Palestinian news agency says at 29 killed, including children, in northern Gaza Strip; Lebanese health ministry reports multiple deaths across countryIsraeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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22 hours ago Dreaming of a new life abroad? These are the 10 most desirable countries to emigrate to (and the top spot in Europe ISN'T Spain or France... )

Researchers produced a ranking of the 10 countries with the biggest expat population increases since 1990. Is YOUR favourite spot on the list?

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23 hours ago Watch: Ukraine video appears to show North Korean troops at Russian military base

A Ukrainian video appears to show North Korean soldiers receiving uniforms and equipment at a training ground in Russia.

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