Vietnam-born man is one of Ukraine’s toughest war heroes

Tung Nguyen, a Vietnamese-born man who moved to Chernihiv to join his parents when he turned 18, returned to the frontlines to defend his re...

Ukrainian woman gets deepfaked to find Chinese husbands, sell Russian goods

A Ukrainian YouTuber is exposing the horrors of deepfakes on Chinese social media after learning that her image has been extensively cloned ...

Model of Ukrainian descent becomes Miss Japan 2024, sparking debate

Carolina Shiino, a 26-year-old Japanese model of Ukrainian descent, became the center of controversy after winning the title of Miss Japan 2...

Ukrainians celebrate 75th birthday of Japanese man who opened free cafe for them

Ukrainians recently celebrated the 75th birthday of the Japanese man who earlier this year opened a free cafe for those in need in the city ...

OnlyFans model claims Ukraine ‘mafia’ tried to get her to smuggle weapons

“No matter how much they sharpened their knives, threatened to cut off my fingers… I knew they were fascinated with me… an...

Chinese singer sparks outrage over performance of Russian war song in a bombed-out Ukrainian theater

Chinese opera singer Wang Fang has sparked outrage for performing the Soviet-era patriotic song “Katyusha” in a bombed-out theater in Mariup...

Chinese influencer exposed for posing as Russian soldier fighting in Ukraine

A Chinese influencer who talked about his experience fighting in Ukraine as a Russian soldier has been banned from Douyin after online sleut...

Hundreds of locals in war-torn Ukraine city eat free daily thanks to elderly Japanese man’s cafe

A 75-year-old Japanese man has opened a free cafe in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to help those affected by Russia’s invasion.  Fum...

Xi Jinping tells Putin they are ‘driving changes not seen for 100 years’ during Kremlin farewell

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were filmed bidding warm farewells to one another after their two-da...

Violent ‘Hunter x Hunter’-inspired gang from Moscow now terrorizing Ukraine

A gang member believed to be the ringleader of a notorious Moscow gang inspired by the anime “Hunter x Hunter” was recently arre...

‘Strong indications’ Putin involved in downing of Malaysia Airlines jet that killed 298, probe finds

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been implicated in the 2014 downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet, according to Dutch prosecutors. On Wedn...

Five Russian asylum seekers who fled Putin’s war stranded at S. Korean airport for months

Five Russian men seeking asylum are currently stranded at Incheon International Airport after South Korean authorities denied their entry in...

IOC plans for Russian, Belarusian athletes to compete under neutral flag at Asian Games

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Wednesday it would “explore a pathway” for Russian and Belarusian athlete...

3 men convicted of the downing of Malaysia Airlines jet that killed nearly 300

Russians Igor Girkin and Sergey Dubinskiy and Ukrainian separatist Leonid Kharchenko were found guilty of shooting down Malaysia Airlines F...

First Taiwanese combatant dies in Russia-Ukraine war

Tseng Sheng-Kung, a 25-year-old volunteer, is the first Taiwanese soldier to die in combat in Ukraine. A volunteer soldier from Ji’an Town...

Vladimir Putin declares Taiwan is ‘inherent part’ of China, blames ‘granny’ Nancy Pelosi for stoking tensions

At the 19th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow, when asked about Taiwan, Russian President Putin responded that “Taiwan...

Xi tells Putin China is ready to partner with Russia to ‘lead world’

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand, ...

Putin slams US lawmakers’ visits to Taiwan, blames US for Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine

Addressing an international security summit attended by military officials from Africa, Asia and Latin America, Russian President Vladimir ...

‘Things are very, very rarely black and white’: Ukraine volunteer Elliot Kim reflects on serving in Russo-Ukrainian War

Ukraine volunteer Elliot Kim sat down with NextShark to share his experiences in the Russo-Ukrainian war zone, including what he did before...

Ukraine’s first lady wears elegant kimono-inspired jacket in interview with Japanese television

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska chose to wear an elegant, sky blue kimono-inspired jacket in an interview with Japan’s national televi...

Zelenskyy urges opportunity to speak with Xi because China has power to stop Russian invasion

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 44, has continued to seek out an opportunity to speak “directly” with Chinese President Xi Jinping. ...

Ken Rhee, facing prosecution for going to Ukraine to fight: It would be ‘a crime not to help’

Former South Korean Navy SEAL turned YouTuber Ken Rhee claims he has no regrets fighting in Ukraine and says it would have been a “crime” n...

US Marine veteran Grady Kurpasi is third American to go missing in Ukraine this week

Former U.S. Marine Corps officer Grady Kurpasi, 49, who has not been heard from since April 23, is the third American to be reported missin...

Why Zelenskyy wore a T-shirt designed by a Singaporean teen during a recent international summit

During the Shangri-La Dialogue, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was seen deviating from his usual attire in favor of a T-shirt des...

Korean ex-Navy SEAL and YouTuber Rhee Ken is promoted to leader in Ukraine army

Former Korean Navy SEAL lieutenant-turned-YouTuber Ken Rhee, 37, has reportedly been promoted to a leadership position in the Ukrainian mil...

YouTube suspends channel of Chinese vlogger who posts about his life in war-torn Ukraine

Wang Jixian, a 36-year-old Chinese programmer living in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, is known for posting videos of himself openly criticiz...

China accuses Taiwan for ‘taking advantage’ of Ukraine crisis by giving financial aid to its refugees

China criticized Taiwan on Wednesday for sending aid to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia, saying the island was “taking advantage o...

Hundreds of Taiwanese reservists train for combat as Ukraine crisis stokes fear of Chinese invasion

Around 400 military reservists in Taiwan reportedly participated in combat training exercises on Monday as part of a new program launched e...

Korean Ukrainian actor Pasha Lee, 33, dies from Russian shelling after joining war defense

Actor-turned-soldier Pasha Lee was killed from a shelling attack by Russian forces in Ukraine’s city of Irpin on Sunday. Lee, who worked a...

Korean ex-Navy SEAL and YouTuber Rhee Ken says he is in Ukraine ‘to fight in the frontlines’

YouTuber Rhee Ken, a former Korean Navy SEAL lieutenant, posted that he and his team would be fighting on Ukraine’s ‘frontlines.’  On March ...

ARMY donates money to Ukraine instead after sold-out BTS tour tickets put up for resale at $19,000 apiece

Korean K-pop boy group BTS are scheduled to go on tour in Seoul and Las Vegas, with four shows in each city. Presale tickets were bought o...

Indian medical student refused to flee war-torn Ukraine without her Siberian husky puppy

A Kerala medical student, Arya Aldrin, refused to leave behind her six-month-old Siberian Husky puppy Zaira in Ukraine during evacuation. ...

Chinese news anchor wears Ukrainian flag colors while reporting NATO is responsible for Russian invasion

Internet users are speculating whether a Chinese news anchor deliberately wore colors of the Ukrainian flag on air. A screenshot of the ne...

Comedian Uncle Roger’s joke about Ukraine falls flat with netizens

Chinese Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng, better known as his Uncle Roger persona, received online backlash for promoting his world standup tour...

Ukrainians filmed attempting to block Russian tanks sparks comparisons to Tank Man of Tiananmen Square

A pair of Ukrainian men are being applauded online for trying to stop armored vehicles from infiltrating their country during Russia’s inva...

‘I am his whole family’: Indian student refuses to flee war-torn Ukraine without his dog

Rishabh Kaushik, a software engineering student at Kharkiv National University in Ukraine, refuses to leave behind his rescue dog Maliboo i...