Zelenskyy said Russia was using citizens from countries including India, Ghana, Nepal, Tajikistan, Yemen, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Belarus, Sudan and South Africa.
The disclosure comes after families of sailors raised concerns about deteriorating mental health of the sailors and difficult living conditions during the lengthy mission.
An Indian national was killed after MV Cape Dao came under attack while sailing towards India near Oman, with maritime sources reporting that the vessel was struck by projectiles.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian rejected surrender to the US, accused Washington and Israel of attacking Iran and said Tehran was ready for dialogue without accepting “the language of force”.
Hurricane Polo rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm off Mexico as a strengthening El Niño creates conditions linked to major shifts in global weather patterns.
Xi Jinping’s Washington visit combines high-stakes Trump talks on trade, AI and Taiwan with an unusually star-studded White House dinner featuring America’s top technology executives.
Houthis advance in Yemen as Saudi Arabia faces attacks and Bab al-Mandab comes under threat, while Trump holds off on US strikes against the Iran-backed group.
Even as Trump and Mamdani traded praise in public, the meeting put their disagreements on display, most notably over Trump's decision to bar CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House.
The present Bangladesh High Commissioner, Riaz Hamidullah moves to Geneva as Bangladesh's permanent representative to the UN Office at the end of this month.
No press pool meant no microphones. When Trump spoke at a White House helipad event on Monday, his words were drowned out by helicopter noise, showing what happens when the networks that usually mic up the president step back.
The visit comes at a time when tensions have soared in West Asia amid widening conflict over Houthis participation. US approved visas for the Iranian delegation on Thursday.