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The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel's war against Hamas militants in Gaza.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned Russia's use of a fast, powerful new missile to attack the city of Dnipro on Thursday, calling it a "nuclear adventure" and a stark escalation in the war.

Since Moscow launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv has complained that it is defending itself with one arm tied behind its back in the face of Russia's full might.

The United States has sanctioned Gazprombank, Russia's third-largest lender, and dozens of other financial institutions as President Joe Biden seeks to further curtail the Kremlin's ability to finance its war in Ukraine before he leaves office in two months.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced Thursday a new set of sanctions targeting Russia's financial sector and its ability to fund its war with Ukraine, hitting Gazprombank as well as many other internationally connected financial institutions, entities and individuals.

Prices of milk, potatoes, and butter are soaring in Russia. Retailers are beefing up security to prevent shoplifting. Mortgage rates are skyrocketing as the sales of new apartments plummet.

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Influential Ukrainian tycoon Dmytro Firtash is among eight people targeted by fresh British sanctions that accuse the group, which includes his wife, Lada, of large-scale, international corruption.

At least 38 people were killed and more than 40 wounded after gunmen opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying Shi'ite Muslims in northwest Pakistan as religious tension in the region rises.

A senior North Korean general has been wounded in Russia's Kursk region, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing Western officials. More than 10,000 North Korean troops are supporting Russian forces in Kursk. Russian President Vladimir Putin is hoping to recover the swath of the Kursk region that Ukraine seized in August before President Donald Trump takes office early next year. The United States this

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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.

Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin, the Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, participated in the 11th Meeting of ASEAN Defence Ministers and Dialogue Partners (ADMM+), held on 21 November in Vientiane, the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Ukraine said Tuesday it hit ammunition warehouses in the Bryansk region of Russia in a predawn strike, an attack the warring sides said for the first time involved the deployment of long-range U.S.-supplied ballistic missiles.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on November 19 that Ukraine used six U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles in its attack on the Bryansk region overnight, claiming Russian forces managed to shoot down five of the missiles and damage one.

The international community must continue to show solidarity with Ukraine, a senior UN aid official said on Tuesday, marking 1,000 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order Approving the Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on November 19 updating and expanding Moscow's nuclear doctrine to allow for the use of atomic weapons in case of an attack on Russia by a nonnuclear actor that is backed by a nuclear power.

Taiwan plans to spend 70.6 billion New Taiwan dollars (US$2.2 billion) on American weapons next year, confirming recent speculation that it would make big new purchases to signal its commitment to President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that it pay more for U.S. "protection."