Leo Timm

On March 4, a Russian television crew got close-up footage showing the wreckage of the world's largest and heaviest aircraft — and claimed it was destroyed by Ukrainian artillery fire. Built in 1985, the Antonov...

A 23-year-old Chinese woman took to social media implying she will kill herself after using her real identity to report the alleged sexual misdeeds of the former chief economist at a state-run infrastructure company. Claiming...

News analysis  Early in the morning of Feb. 24, the Russian Federation launched a “special military operation” on multiple fronts across Ukraine, escalating a frozen conflict that began in 2014 to a full-scale invasion. The...

For the week since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, observers from the amateur to expert have noticed the white sprayed-painted letters adorning tanks and other vehicles taking part in the "special military operation." While their utility...

Update March 2: Recent developments suggest that Russian forces have surrounded, but not established control over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and the satellite town of Enerhodar. As the Ukrainian regular army and militias continue...

Speaking with Japan’s Fuji Television, former prime minister Shinzo Abe discussed his past conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin  Editorial update: Abe was assassinated on July 8, 2022, while making a campaign speech. Read more:...

Russian infantry, tanks, and vehicles have entered the city of Kharkov, Ukraine’s second-largest, as defenders continue to put up strong resistance across the besieged country.  The previous day, footage and photos from the nearby Russo-Ukrainian...

Chinese have expressed concern for their compatriots present in Ukraine since the outbreak of war with Russia on Thursday, Feb. 24 amid intense fighting, and as the costs and difficulty of leaving the country rise. ...

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its third day, the invaders have yet to succeed in taking several major Ukrainian cities, notably Kiev and Kharkov, which are the country’s two largest. Only Melitopol, located...

Example set by Moscow puts pressure on Chinese communist leaders to make good on ‘reunification’ promise News analysis On Feb. 24, nine aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) air force approached Taiwan from...

Armed forces of the Russian Federation began large-scale operations across the Ukraine in what may become the worst European conflict since World War II.  In the early morning of Feb. 24 local time, explosions and...

Olaf Scholz, the new chancellor of Germany, has responded to the Kremlin’s recognition of separatist-held regions in the Ukraine by halting the lucrative Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline between Germany and Russia.  Scholz said...