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In Washington and some parts of Europe, people are cautiously welcoming the long-awaited phone talk between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday because it may open up further discussion about ending Russia's terrible war in Ukraine . Additionally, it represents the most decisive action China has taken to date in assuming the mediatorial role that it has hinted at playing for months. However, the hour-long discussion, which is said to be the first between the two presidents in the fourteen months since Russia invaded Ukraine, also offers few specific recommendations for how China may assist in bridging the terrible, war-torn gap between the two countries. Its timing, which coincides with Beijing's intense focus on bolstering relationships with Europe in the face of deteriorating relations with the United States, implies that China is considering other factors in addition to peace, according to observers. Since the star...

In the previous year, Volodymyr and his soldiers could simultaneously fire all 40 barrels of their BM-21 Grad rocket launcher. They are now only able to fire a few shots at a time against Russian targets. He says, "We don't have enough ammunition for our weapon." His outfit, the 17th Tank Battalion, is still needed to help Ukrainian forces desperately holding on to Bakhmut, the eastern Ukrainian city that Russia has been attempting to annex for months. Russian forces are incurring significant costs as they approach their aim of capturing the city. Volodymyr gets the order to fire his rocket launcher at a Russian mortar position about 15 kilometers away as we are hiding out in a row of trees. His men clear the branches that were hiding their car. They immediately calculate the range as they drive toward an empty field approximately a kilometer distant. They aim the rocket barrels towards the target while a Ukrainian drone hovering above judges their accuracy ou...

The largest US consulting firm Bain & Company has revealed that Chinese police had visited and questioned certain employees at its Shanghai office. According to a company spokeswoman who talked to the correspondents, "We are cooperating as appropriate with the Chinese authorities." It happens at a time when ties between Washington and Beijing have gotten worse lately. Five local workers of the US company Mintz were jailed following a search on their Beijing offices last month. We can confirm that employees at our Shanghai office have been questioned by Chinese officials, Bain said. We have nothing additional to say at this time," it continued. Following media reports that authorities had paid Bain's office in the hub of Chinese finance an unannounced visit two weeks prior, the company issued a statement. According to the Financial Times, which quoted persons briefed on the situation, officers removed computers and phones. The central business area of ...

To confront the nuclear threat from North Korea, the US and South Korea have struck a historic agreement . Washington has consented to send US nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea on a regular basis and to include Seoul in nuclear planning activities. South Korea has committed to refrain from creating its own nuclear weapons in exchange. According to US President Joe Biden, the Washington Declaration will improve the allies' cooperation in preventing a North Korean assault. Concern over North Korea's nuclear danger has grown on both sides of the conflict. Pyongyang is perfecting its long-range weapons, which can reach the US mainland, and creating tactical nuclear weapons that can hit South Korea. The US has already agreed to defend South Korea under international law, and it has also promised to deploy nuclear weapons if necessary. However, some South Koreans have begun to question that dedication and advocate for the nation to continue its own nuclear developme...

A former senior official in the former government of Sudan who was wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity was recently released from jail in the country's capital, Khartoum. Numerous Sudanese leaders, including Ahmed Haroun, the leader of the country's ruling National Congress Party, were detained in 2019 as a result of a popular revolt and military takeover that brought down the government of former President Omar al-Bashir. As Sudan's State Minister for the Interior and later State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Haroun is accused of committing more than 40 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur in the early 2000s, including murder, rape, torture, attacks on civilians, and property destruction. Since conflict between two military factions started 12 days ago, Sudan has descended into pandemonium. According to the World Health Organization, at least 459 people have died and more than 4,...

After Sudanese rebels took control of the National Public Health Laboratory in the nation's capital Khartoum, the World Health Organization issued a "huge biological risk" warning on Tuesday. This came as foreign countries rushed to launch quick evacuation operations from the country and violence shattered a tenuous ceasefire mediated by the US. In Khartoum on Tuesday, half a day after the announcement of a 72-hour ceasefire raised hopes of opening up escape routes for desperate civilians to evacuate, CNN correspondents heard gunfire and the thunder of fighter jets. Eyewitnesses informed CNN that fierce fighting broke out between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group opposing the army for control of the nation. The fighting took place in the northern region of Khartoum state. On Tuesday, half a day after the proclamation of a 72-hour ceasefire raised hopes of opening up escape routes for civilians anxious to flee, our corre...