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Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official has said, after Moscow instructed troops to step up military operations.

A senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the country is capable of making a nuclear weapon but a decision whether to do so has not yet been made.

The foreign ministers of North Macedonia and Bulgaria have formally signed a bilateral protocol to ease their disputes and move Skopje on to what it hopes will be eventual European Union membership.

In 2018, a Bulgarian woman who grew up in France made a documentary about her family's communist past and her shock at discovering that her mother was a secret police informer. Now, her mother, who had misgivings about her daughter's film, has told her own side of the story.

Nearly 17 years after having been granted EU candidate status, North Macedonia finally looks set to start EU accession negotiations. It will be a cause for celebration among many in Skopje, but also a cause for concern.

Hungary has outlawed all private institutions from offering IVF treatment, with the government saying it wants to make the procedure more accessible and help stop the shrinking of the population. Instead, fewer people are able to receive fertility treatment and many are looking to go abroad.

In a live discussion, we spoke with Asem Zhapisheva, founder of Masa Media, an independent news website in Kazakhstan, and Nikita Makarenko, a freelance journalist from Uzbekistan, to talk about their difficult work conditions, the line between journalism and activism, and the future of journalism.

New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI/PNN): Mauritius-based AG Dynamic Funds Limited has picked up a stake in Shubham Polyspin Ltd which is the global market leader in the polypropylene yarn industry

Civilian casualties mount as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities, some close to the front line and some far away. Moscow faces more war crimes accusations, this time over forced deportations and “filtration” centers. And at home, those who dare speak out against the war face prison terms.

A special-needs girl was one of at least 23 people killed in a July 14 missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsya. Until the very day of the attack, the child’s mother had documented the struggles and joy of raising a child with Down syndrome.