1 hour ago Revellers slam pub for banning head tattoos as they say it's like 'North Korea'

The Wobbly Goblin Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, have introduced a new dress code and it has not gone down well with some of its tattooed punters, who could be barred

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10 hours 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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12 hours ago South Korea warns it can send arms to Ukraine after reports of North's troops in Russia

South Korea warns it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia

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17 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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28 hours ago The Guardian view on foreign powers in Sudan: struggling for advantage while civilians starve | Editorial

The role of the United Arab Emirates in fuelling the war is under the spotlight. But other countries too are exacerbating the deadly conflictThe often denied but obvious involvement of foreign powers in Sudan’s deadly civil war is now firmly in the spotlight. Tens of thousands of people, including many civilians, have been killed since it began last April. Now, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accused the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) of bombing its ambassador’s residence in Khartoum, causing “extensive damage”. The SAF denied it, claiming that last month’s strike was the work of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), backed by the UAE.What’s not in doubt is that both sides are committing war crimes and that they are able to do so because foreign governments are supporting t...

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29 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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30 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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32 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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