Russia and China start naval exercises in Sea of Japan

MOSCOW (WS News) – Russia and China started naval exercises in the Sea of Japan on Saturday, Russian news agencies cited...

New World Bank Loss and Damage fund names first director

WASHINGTON (WS News) – The board of The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage to help countries ravaged by Climate-driven...

Putin jokes too: Russian president was joking about support for Harris in US election

MOSCOW (WS News) – Russian President Vladimir Putin was joking when he said Moscow was supporting Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in November’s US presidential...

Ukraine says Russia is planning strikes on nuclear facilities

KYIV (WS News) – Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Saturday that Russia is planning strikes on Ukrainian nuclear facilities before the...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens freed from captivity in Indonesia’s Papua

JAKARTA (WS News) – New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed more than 19 months after being kidnapped by armed...

Quad to expand maritime security cooperation at Biden’s farewell summit

WILMINGTON (WS News) – Leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States will announce plans for new security initiatives in...

Residents of Polish town hit by flood hope to make homes liveable by winter

POLAND (WS News) – As water receded in Stronie Slaskie, one of the areas worst-hit by massive floods in south-west Poland,...

Record rains in Japan’s quake-stricken Noto region kill at least one

TOKYO (WS News) – Record rains in central Japan’s Noto region, still recovering from a major New Year’s Day earthquake, killed...

Son of Uganda’s president ends 2026 election bid

KAMPALA (WS News) – The son of Uganda’s long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday he had abandoned plans to run...

UN chief Guterres ‘gravely alarmed’ by reports of RSF assault on al-Fashir

UNITED NATIONS (WS News) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “gravely alarmed” by reports of a full-scale assault on the...