Even the International Red Cross Society leader writers agree with the notion that wars may create winners and heroes, but they also generate suffering and sacrifice.

Annus horribilis fittingly sums up 2022. It was a year of World War that wasn’t. Yet, the entire globe felt the scorching heat of a conflagration that is typical of a bygone century. Indeed, it was one of those horrible years when politics of a globalised world made no real sense!

Freshly arrived at Cincu army training camp, 120mm cannons loaded on French tanks are already booming out across the muddy firing range as NATO bolsters its forces in Romania, a member country bordering Ukraine.

Thirdly, the elasticity of the definition of Europe which now includes Israel. It is instructive that Morocco, Algeria, Egypt etc. which are physically closer to Europe are excluded.

NATO on Monday launched its regular nuclear deterrence drills in western Europe after tensions soared with Russia over President Vladimir Putin's veiled threats in the face of setbacks in Ukraine.

Russian lawmakers on Monday voted unanimously in favour of legislation to annex four regions of Ukraine, rubber stamping a move that escalates the conflict and was already approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Forty-two bodies have been found in a mass grave in the Libyan city of Sirte, an ex-stronghold of the Islamic State group, the country's missing person authority said Sunday.

The presidents of nine NATO countries in central and eastern Europe declared on Sunday they would never recognise the annexation by Russia of Ukrainian territory.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned Turkey would not ratify the NATO membership bids of Sweden and Finland until the two Nordic countries "kept" promises they had made to Ankara. "Until the promises made to our country are kept, we will maintain our principled position," Erdogan said in a speech to parliament in Ankara.…

As the Ukraine war enters into the eighth month, the US and its Western allies have suddenly intensified their incessant propaganda campaign – claiming that the Ukrainian army is now snatching back the lost territories from the demoralized Russian armed forces.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that President Vladimir Putin's decision to send reinforcements to Ukraine's Kharkiv region underlined the huge losses Russia's forces are taking in its war. "There are a huge number of Russian forces that are in Ukraine and unfortunately, tragically, horrifically President Putin has demonstrated that he will throw…

Turkey on Sunday alleged fellow NATO member Greece has used a Russian-made air defence system to harass Turkish jets on a reconnaissance mission, calling it a "hostile action".