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Military bases in Russia and Belarus were rocked by an outbreak in fires and explosions Thursday, just days after a Russian airbase in Crimea saw explosions that wiped out nine warplanes.  Russian media reported that a military housing unit was ablaze in a town outside of Moscow early Thursday but did not provide information on how the fire broke out.

Argentines mired in their country's latest economic meltdown are experiencing a growing sense of hopelessness, according to a landmark mental health study that points to boom times for at least one profession: psychologists.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of "nuclear terror" Thursday as fighting continues around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine.  Speaking during an international defense conference held in Denmark, Zelenskyy warned that Russia could cause "the largest radiation accident in history" at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is the largest nuclear plant on the European continent and among the largest in the world. 

Russian oil pipeline flows resumed to Central Europe on Wednesday, ending a six-day halt, after Hungarian group MOL paid transit fees owed to Ukraine, providing a temporary solution to the latest disruption of Russian energy supplies.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Climbing Russian casualties and reports suggesting that Russia is now looking to North Korea to aid its flagging troops raised eyebrows this week as some began to question whether Moscow would drag Pyongyang into its war in Ukraine.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Zhang Hanhui, China's ambassador to Moscow, touted his country's close relationship with Russia and accused the U.S. of being responsible for the "Ukrainian crisis" in an interview Wednesday with the Russian state-owned news agency Tass.  "As the architect and main instigator of the Ukrainian crisis, Washington, while imposing unprecedented comprehensive sanctions on Russia, continues to supply arms and military equipment to Ukraine," Zhang told the Russian news agency. 

Americans who spoke to Fox News in Wisconsin almost all agreed that Taiwan is its own country amid tensions over the island's independence from China.  "Taiwan is definitely its own country," one man, Dustin, told Fox News.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Israeli forces made nearly two dozen arrests overnight in the West Bank as the death toll in Gaza rose to 32 on Sunday.

China has carried out four consecutive days of military drills in the air and waters around Taiwan following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, officials announced Sunday.  Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has called on the international community to "support democratic Taiwan" and "halt any escalation of the regional security situation."

Israel and Palestinian militants agreed to a cease-fire brokered by Egyptian officials Sunday night following the worst fighting in Gaza since an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas last year.