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Government’s nuclear-free policy remains unchanged: Cabinet

Taipei, May 29 (CNA) The government’s policy of creating a “nuclear-free homeland” has not changed, and there is no consideration of extending the service of Taiwan’s nuclear power plants, Cabinet spokesman Lin Tze-luen (林子倫) said Monday. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202305290012

Russians hit Kharkiv Oblast with Iskander missile: injured people include pregnant woman and two children

Pravda Ukraine The Russians have attacked the town of Kivsharivka in Kharkiv Oblast with an Iskander missile: three elderly women were wounded. A pregnant woman and two children were injured as well. Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on social media Details: Syniehubov said the occupiers launched the missile attack, presumably with…

Russia Follows Barrage on Kyiv With More Drone, Missile Attacks

Wall Street Journal The strikes targeted military facilities and infrastructure in an escalating campaign to disrupt Ukraine’s preparations for an offensive it has signaled could be imminent. https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-follows-barrage-on-kyiv-with-more-drone-missile-attacks-f9a4c9b6

Attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: 1 dead and 9 injured in Pokrovsk community

Pravda Ukraine One person was killed and nine people were injured when Russian troops attacked the Pokrovsk hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 29 May [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a town or village and adjacent settlements – ed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/29/7404327/

Putin signs law allowing for holding of elections under martial law

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The list of measures is also supplemented by a provision for the “forcible, controlled transfer of citizens from a territory where martial law has been declared to territories where martial law is not in effect” https://tass.com/politics/1624467

Russia ratifies joint air defense deal with Kyrgyzstan

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Under the deal, Russia and Kyrgyzstan will set up a joint regional air defense system as an integral part of the integrated air defenses of the Commonwealth of Independent States https://tass.com/politics/1624459

Kazakhstan’s President declines Lukashenko’s offer to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus

Pravda Ukraine Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has said that there is no need for his country to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus, and that it needs no nuclear weapons either. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/29/7404326/

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister calls on the world to not become inured to Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities

Pravda Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has called on the international community to avoid becoming inured to large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities and to continue strengthening Ukraine’s air defence capabilities. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/29/7404324/

Leader calls for closer Iran-Oman ties, welcomes regional diplomacy drive

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran and Oman will benefit from enhanced bilateral cooperation. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/05/29/704310/Iran-Leader-Oman-Sultan

Iran says Afghan border secure after deadly Taliban attack

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Iranian interior minister says tensions eased on the eastern border with Afghanistan after a deadly attack by Taliban forces. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/05/29/704306/Iran-Vahidi-Afghanistan-border-Taliban