May 21st, 2026 - 08:03 GMT
ALBAWABA- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko jointly monitored large-scale nuclear exercises involving Russian and Belarusian forces, highlighting the growing military integration between the two allies amid heightened tensions with the West. Speaking during a video conference broadcast by Belarusian state media, Putin described the Russia-Belarus nuclear triad as a key guarantee of the sovereignty and security of the Union State. “In light of escalating global tensions ...
![Egyptians carry the body of one of the thirteen people killed in a car bomb attack earlier in the day, during his funeral in the Egyptian city of Mansura, North of Cairo. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/000_Was8164705.jpg?itok=7orFxr7a "Egyptians carry the body of one of the thirteen people killed in a car bomb attack earlier in the day, during his funeral in the Egyptian city of Mansura, North of Cairo. [AFP]")
![Iraqi men take part in the funeral of four of the five journalists killed in an attack on an Iraqi television station headquarters the day before, in the northern city of Tikrit, during their funeral, on December 24, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iraq/000_Nic6278587.jpg?itok=yJsJRnhk "Iraqi men take part in the funeral of four of the five journalists killed in an attack on an Iraqi television station headquarters the day before, in the northern city of Tikrit, during their funeral, on December 24, 2013. [AFP]")
![Egyptian women shout slogans during the funeral of one of the thirteen people killed in a car bomb attack earlier in the day, in the Egyptian city of Mansura, North of Cairo, on December 24, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/000_Nic6278681.jpg?itok=aSFQsAuY "Egyptian women shout slogans during the funeral of one of the thirteen people killed in a car bomb attack earlier in the day, in the Egyptian city of Mansura, North of Cairo, on December 24, 2013. [AFP]")
![The Defense Minister of Iran Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi (L) and Defense Minister of Iraq Saadoun al-Dulaimi (R). [armyrecognition]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iraq/saadoun.jpg?itok=BmM0mtH2 "The Defense Minister of Iran Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi (L) and Defense Minister of Iraq Saadoun al-Dulaimi (R). [armyrecognition]")
![Angry Egyptians set fire to a microbus, said to be belong to a company owned by a businessman who supports the Muslim Brotherhood, after passengers allegedly held up four fingers, the symbol known as "Rabaa", during the funeral of those killed in a car bomb attack earlier in the day, in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, North of Cairo, on December 24, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/000_Nic6278684.jpg?itok=UgVx085s "Angry Egyptians set fire to a microbus, said to be belong to a company owned by a businessman who supports the Muslim Brotherhood, after passengers allegedly held up four fingers, the symbol known as \"Rabaa\", during the funeral of those killed in a car bomb attack earlier in the day, in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, North of Cairo, on December 24, 2013. [AFP]")
![Rescuers climb on the rubble of a destroyed building following an airstrike in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 24, 2013. Syrian warplanes have killed more than 330 people in a nine-day bombing campaign. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/000_Nic6278539.jpg?itok=M4krqibQ "Rescuers climb on the rubble of a destroyed building following an airstrike in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 24, 2013. Syrian warplanes have killed more than 330 people in a nine-day bombing campaign. [AFP]")
