A currency trader talks on the phone at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Thursday as anxiety about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine rose. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) By Associated Press World stock markets plunged

By Anadolu Agency ‘Military infrastructure, air defense systems, military airports and air force in Ukraine disabled,’ says Russian Defense Ministry Russia on Thursday said it is using “high-precision weapons” to disable Ukrainian air defense systems. “Military infrastructure, air defense systems, military airports and air force in Ukraine were disabled with high-precision weapons,” Russian Defense Ministry

By Anadolu Agency A Russian military convoy was seen moving towards the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday. The convoy with nearly 200 military vehicles was seen near the Kuibyshevo settlement in the Rostov region of Russia while it was advancing towards the border with the Donbas region. Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba

An Aston Martin DB11 car is seen during the 87th International Motor Show at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann By Reuters Aston Martin narrowed its annual loss in 2021 as sales surged and the company said on Wednesday it expected further improvements this year as it launches new, more profitable models

File Photo/Somali Times The federal electoral dispute Resolution committee has cleared six seats, including the seat recently won by Fahad Yasin, President Farmajo’s national security adviser and former Somalia’s spy chief. The dispute resolution committee said it had received a report from the Hirshabelle electoral dispute resolution Committee, which told them that no formal complaint

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani meets with US President Joe Biden at the White House, on 31 January 2022 (AFP) Middle East Eye By Paul Iddon Qatar was designated a major non-Nato ally by the United States before Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates because of the unique role Doha plays

File Photo/Somali Times The Danab Commandos of the Somali National Army have carried out heavy operations in Hiran and Middle Shabelle regions in the past few hours, killing the Al-Shabab leader and 60 other Al-Shabab fighters. The state-run media quoted Danab officials as saying that the troops had set fire to areas taken over by

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a video address to the nation, following the initiative of the country’s lower house of parliament and security council to recognise two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, in Moscow, Russia, in this picture released February 21, 2022. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS By Reuters President Vladimir Putin

Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. Picture taken March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford By Reuters Oil prices jumped more than $2 on Tuesday on supply disruption worries as tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated after Moscow ordered troops into two breakaway regions

By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed his country’s armed forces late Monday to carry out “peacekeeping operations” in the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. The two separate presidential decrees ordered Russia’s Foreign Ministry to conduct negotiations on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the “people’s republics” and to formalize the agreements with