Sister of Kim Jong-un insults South Korea over sanctions

South Korea risks exacerbating tensions in the region by closely following the US, Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a senior government official, said on Thursday. She blasted South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his government, calling them “idiots” for signaling that Seoul could impose new sanctions on the North.

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Switzerland rules on arms deliveries to Russia and Ukraine

The Alpine nation has imposed a ban on weapons deliveries to Moscow, with similar measures partly applied to Kiev Switzerland has prohibited weapons exports to Russia, a measure which will be partially applicable to Ukraine as well, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) announced on Wednesday, citing the nation’s neutrality stance. However, it did not…

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UK failed in Afghanistan – watchdog

Britain subjected its multi-billion-pound aid programs to US military goals and got mired in corruption and criminality, a report claims Despite spending almost £3.5 billion ($4.23 bn) in aid over two decades on building a functional state in Afghanistan, Britain mostly failed to achieve its goals, a government watchdog said in a damning report. A…

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