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Russian lawmakers on Wednesday voted unanimously to ratify a landmark mutual defense pact with North Korea, as Kiev and the West claim Pyongyang sent thousands of troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine.

The agreement formalizes months of deepening security cooperation between the two nations, which were Communist allies throughout the Cold War.

North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles early Tuesday, Seoul's military reported, marking Pyongyang's second launch in days and occurring just hours before Americans vote for a new president.

North Korea launched a series of short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea early Tuesday morning, an act confirmed by military sources in South Korea and Japan just hours before the United States began its presidential elections.

If Donald Trump is re-elected president on Tuesday it will likely affect the United States' commitment to NATO and its European allies, prominent Greek-American journalist and political commentator George Stephanopoulos told Kathimerini ahead of the November 5 election.

North Korea has declared its unwavering support for Russia in the Ukraine conflict, with Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui stating in Moscow that North Korea would remain committed to Russia until it achieves victory.

This picture taken and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Oct. 31, 2024 shows the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during a test-fire conducted by the Missile Administration at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea said Oct.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said Russia could send North Korean troops into battle as early as Sunday and urged international pressure on the Kremlin and Pyongyang.

If Joe Biden‘s pick, Kamala Harris, wins the election, she will likely staff her staff with her closest advisers as well as key cabinet members.

Regardless of whether Democrats retain power in the Senate or Republicans take it, 59-year-old Harris will have to figure out which people to keep from the Biden administration.

A man reads a newspaper displayed on a street for the public in Seoul on Oct. 21, 2024, showing a photo (L) of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin toasting at a banquet in Pyongyang earlier this year. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

The North Korean military today used explosives to destroy sections of roads once used for cross-border exchanges with South Korea, Seoul said in a new episode of rising tensions between the two nations.